Updated 2023-11-12

A CSV version of this list is available at https://github.com/chrisacheson/instance_list_management

Topic/audience focused:

  • 4wd.social - “a home in the fediverse for offroad, overlanding, outdoors and related content”
  • adultswim.fan - “[adult swim] fan community lemmy instance”
  • aiparadise.moe - “a Lemmy instance focused on all things AI, everyone is welcome here :)”
  • ani.social - “A Social Hub for Anime Fans”
  • awful.systems - Tech snark?
  • bookwormstory.social - “Ascendance of a Bookworm Community”
  • boomer.casino - “the only website in the fediverse made for the digital elderly” (memes)
  • cdda.social - “The official Lemmy for Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead”
  • citizensgaming.com - “a Star Citizen specific Lemmy instance”
  • code4lib.net - “GLAM themed online community” (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums)
  • communick.news - “Given that Communick is a privacy-focused service provider who supports open source and the indieweb, you can expect some of this content to gravitate towards that”
  • community.nicfab.it - “This is a community space for projects and users interested in privacy, data protection, cybersecurity, and innovative solutions.”
  • crystals.rest - “A general instance for livestreaming, anime, and retro art!”
  • demotheque.com - “For the demoscene, culture and people associated with it.”
  • digipres.cafe - “A community notice board and discussion space for all things digital preservation, including digital-GLAM, and digital information records management.”
  • discuss.divergentparenting.space - “A space for caregivers of neurodivergent people to talk amongst themselves and provide support. Allies are welcome.”
  • discuss.ntfy.sh - “ntfy (pronounced notify) is a simple HTTP-based pub-sub notification service. You can use it to send push notifications to your phone via HTTP PUT/POST.”
  • disflux.org - “disflux is a lemmy instance focused on D.I.Y. and self sufficiency type communities.”
  • dit.reformed.social - “a space for Reformed Christians to have discussions, make friends, and support one another”
  • dormi.zone - “A Lemmy instance for fans of the third-person action games Warframe and Soulframe, developed by Digital Extremes”
  • fanaticus.social - “A community of sports fans to talk about sports.”
  • fanexus.com - “A lemmy instance devoted to fans of all kinds.”
  • fedi196.gay - LGBTQ-focused kbin instance
  • femboys.bar - “lemmy instance for the bois’”
  • frmsn.space - “The home for Freemasonry on Lemmy & the Fediverse”
  • futurology.today - “A community devoted to the field of Future(s) Studies and evidence-based speculation about the development of humanity, technology, and civilization.”
  • gekinzuku.com - “The best gaming site ever”
  • hobbit.world - “This is intended to be a small community of folks who love the works of Tolkien.”
  • hotaudiofiction.social - “A community for audio fiction fans and creators - For lovers and creators of audio fiction in any form—fiction podcasts, audio dramas, radio theater, audiobooks, and more!”
  • infosec.pub - Info- and cybersecurity, related to infosec.exchange Mastodon server
  • iusearchlinux.fyi - btw
  • l.cackl.io - “Link aggregation for furries: hyenas and hyena friends, specifically! Furry content not required.”
  • lebowski.social - “The Big Lebowski Instance”
  • lem.clinicians-exchange.org - “Mental Health Professional Discussion and Peer Support”
  • lemdro.id - Android
  • lemmy.4d2.org - “A general purpose instance with an affection for retrocomputing and a left-libertarian cypherpunk sensibility.”
  • lemmy.beyondcombustion.net - “A Lemmy community for cannabis, vaporizers, and vaporizer accessories.”
  • lemmy.blahaj.zone - “a general purpose lemmy instance for queer and gender diverse folk, and their allies.”
  • lemmy.bringdaruck.us - “A home for all things hiphop”
  • lemmy.dbzer0.com - “Communities about Generative AI, Copylefts, Neurodivergence, Filesharing, and Godot Engine software”
  • lemmy.design - “A Lemmy community for tech and design”
  • lemmy.film - “A Lemmy for filmmakers, movie buffs, artists, creators and everyone!”
  • lemmy.graphics - “A Lemmy instance for computer graphics hobbyists and professionals.”
  • lemmy.intai.tech - “Integrated AI - Home and forum for AI Enthusiasts” Front end broken? Doesn’t list any posts, but direct links to them still work
  • lemmy.kde.social - “Friendly lemmy instance for the KDE community”
  • lemmy.kodemystic.dev - “Extradimensional pit for eschatonic oracles, anarcho-technomancers, wasted tinfoil madhatters, seekers of eldritch abysses and amnesiac xenomorphs.”
  • lemmy.linuxuserspace.show - “This instance is brought to you by the guys that do the Linux User Space video and audio podcast.”
  • lemmy.mods4ever.com - “a collection of communities for our game mods including Deus Ex Randomizer and RollerCoaster Tycoon Randomizer, and also a community for The 7th Guest series”
  • lemmy.piracy.guide - “Piracy Guide Lemmy”
  • lemmy.radio - “A lemmy instance for amateur radio enthusiasts to use.”
  • lemmy.redkrieg.com - “Just a place for makers to post their things!”
  • lemmy.servarr.com - “Lemmy for Servarr and all arr related things”
  • lemmy.spacestation14.com - “A Lemmy instance for Space Station 14”
  • lemmy.srv.eco - “Self-sufficiency, mutual aid, collapse, and other subjects related to the environment and our place and role(s) within it.”
  • lemmy.studio - “An instance for musicians and music lovers”
  • lemmy.villa-straylight.social - “A general purpose Lemmy instance with a cool cyberpunk aesthetic”
  • lemmy.vrchat-dev.tech - “a community-driven lemmy instance for VRChat, a virtual universe home to thousands of unique worlds!”
  • lemmy.wraithsquadrongaming.com - “Star Wars is a buffet - there’s something for everyone!”
  • lemmy.zip - “A Lemmy community for everyone, with a focus towards tech, PCs, and gaming.”
  • lemmy2.addictmud.org - “focus on gaming in general, mudding more specifically, and my mud exactly (addictMUD).”
  • lemmyadmin.site - “A Federation of small instance administrators to share knowledge and back each other up during off hours incidents.”
  • lemmydeals.com - “A Federated deal finder”
  • lemmyf.uk - “your nsfw homepage”
  • lemmyfly.org - “A Lemmy instance with aviation related communities”
  • lemmyloves.art - A lemmy instance for artists & art lovers
  • lemmymemes.com - “Join our online board, connect with meme lovers, and unleash your laughter. Share, discuss, and enjoy the funniest memes around. It’s meme time!”
  • lemmynsfw.com - “NSFW (18+) only instance for Lemmy”
  • lemmyrs.org - “Federated Rust Lang Instance”
  • lib.lgbt - “positive and welcoming lemmy community with a particular focus on LGBT people and their allies.”
  • libreauto.app - “Libre Automation: Build Smart Homes, Liberating with Open-Source”
  • linux.community - “The Linux.Chat community is a multi-platform community for general Linux® support.”
  • literature.cafe - “A Cozy Place for Bibliophiles and Writers (and anyone else, really)”
  • mander.xyz - “An instance dedicated to nature and science”
  • mobilemmohub.com - “Community of mobile MMO games enthusiasts”
  • monero.town - “A town for the Monero community to live in.”
  • moto.teamswollen.org - “For all motorcycle discussions including racing.”
  • mtgzone.com - “Magic: the Gathering communities for all formats, interests, skill levels, and news!”
  • neatia.xyz - “dedicated to writing and sharing prompts for prompt engineering in LLMs.”
  • nerdbin.social - “Your home for all your favorite nerdy pop culture fandoms!”
  • oceanbreeze.earth - “A nature themed community for adventurists.”
  • odin.lanofthedead.xyz - “for LANoftheDead network members and other likeminded human beings.”
  • pathfinder.social - “A place for people to discuss Pathfinder and Starfinder tabletop RPGs”
  • pathofexile-discuss.com - “POE non-reddit discussion!”
  • pawb.social - “Communities for furries by furries”
  • poptalk.scrubbles.tech - “Communities centered around today’s pop music. Come join to Popheads, Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey, or create your own community!”
  • pornlemmy.com - “Clean fun safe porn” (“heavy bias towards vanilla content”)
  • possumpat.io - “An instance hosting communities for some niche interests and hobbies.”
  • preserve.games - “A place to discuss video game preservation and history”
  • pricefield.org - “The Pricefield corner of Lemmy! For all fans of Max and Chloe, Arcadia Bay, or just Life is Strange in general.”
  • programming.dev - “A collection of programming communities”
  • psychedelia.ink - “for all things psychedelia or psychedelia-adjacent.”
  • rblind.com - “This is an instance for blind and low vision folks, and friends of the blindness community”
  • retrolemmy.com - “A place to join and create all kinds of retro themed communities.” Currently focused on retro tech
  • rimworld.gallery - “Rimworld.gallery is a non profit kbin server dedicated to Rimworld, especially high resolution renders made with the progress renderer mod.”
  • seemel.ink - “See Me Link Aggregator” - Tech, mostly keyboards
  • sffa.community - “The Science-Fiction Fantasy Alliance”
  • shinobu.cloud - “For Shinobu and Anime lovers”
  • slrpnk.net - “Where solarpunks organize for a better world!”
  • startrek.website - “The warp core of the internet”
  • sub.wetshaving.social - “An rWetShaving Community”
  • support.futbol - “Association Football focused instance.”
  • tabletop.place - “A home for board games, tabletop games, wargames, and role-playing games!”
  • tagpro.lol - “lemmy instance for tagpro players”
  • terefere.eu - “Arts & history instance. Everyone is welcome!”
  • thegarden.land - “a home for gardeners and plant-lovers”
  • thevapor.space - “Vaping and engineering discussion space”
  • toons.zone - “A space for all things animation of all mediums, whether you’re just a fan, or an artist yourself.”
  • ttrpg.network - “a site dedicated to TTRPG discussion, memes, news, etc.”
  • wallstreets.bet - “a hedge against an eventual elimination and removal of the original /r/wallstreetbets”
  • waveform.social - “A home for musically minded people”
  • wayfarershaven.eu - “Creating a space for inspiration, creativity, handwork, reading, learning, travel, etc.”
  • wizanons.dev - “for wizards, witches, warlocks, and all magic users. LGBTQIA+ friendly. All welcome! Mysticism and psychedelics welcome too.”
  • yiffit.net - “A queer and yiffy lemmy instance for furry art discovery”
  • zoo.splitlinux.org - “Everything Split Linux”

Location/language focused:

(For some of these it’s a little unclear to me whether they should be associated with a country or a language. Please let me know if anything needs to be corrected.)