1 # Lemmy {#module-services-lemmy}
3 Lemmy is a federated alternative to reddit in rust.
5 ## Quickstart {#module-services-lemmy-quickstart}
7 the minimum to start lemmy is
14 hostname = "lemmy.union.rocks";
15 database.createLocally = true;
22 this will start the backend on port 8536 and the frontend on port 1234.
23 It will expose your instance with a caddy reverse proxy to the hostname you've provided.
24 Postgres will be initialized on that same instance automatically.
26 ## Usage {#module-services-lemmy-usage}
28 On first connection you will be asked to define an admin user.
30 ## Missing {#module-services-lemmy-missing}
32 - Exposing with nginx is not implemented yet.
33 - This has been tested using a local database with a unix socket connection. Using different database settings will likely require modifications