# reddit/reddit

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16,957 stars · 2,855 forks · Python · NOASSERTION · archived

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/reddit/reddit
- awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/reddit-reddit.md

## Description

This project is a Python web application that functions as a community discussion forum and social news aggregator. It provides a system for organizing threaded conversations and niche interest groups into themed communities where users can post content and links.

The platform incorporates a voting system to determine the visibility and popularity of content. It includes community management tooling for content moderation and user-based discovery.

The codebase covers social media platform architecture and high traffic system design, utilizing a relational database schema, a distributed cache layer, and a REST-like API. It handles user identity through session-based authentication and renders pages via template-based HTML.

Installation guides and setup scripts are provided to deploy a web application instance on local hardware.

## Tags

### Content Management & Publishing

- [Forums & Communities](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/content-management-publishing/content-aggregation-curation/forums-communities.md) — Functions as a community discussion forum for organizing threaded conversations into themed groups.

### Software Engineering & Architecture

- [Social Media Architectures](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/social-media-architectures.md) — Implements a large-scale architecture supporting threaded discussions and content voting systems.

### System Administration & Monitoring

- [Community Moderation Systems](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/moderation-tools/community-moderation-systems.md) — Ships tooling for content moderation and user discovery within a public forum setting.

### Web Development

- [Python Web Frameworks](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/backend-development/web-frameworks/language-specific-ecosystems/python-web-frameworks.md) — Built as a scalable web application using the Python programming language.
- [News Aggregators](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/news-aggregators.md) — Operates as a social news aggregator where users post and vote on links to determine popularity.
- [Python Backends](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/python-backends.md) — Provides a server-side backend built with Python to process business logic and request handling.
- [RESTful APIs](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/restful-apis.md) — Exposes a REST-like API layer allowing clients to request and modify data via standard HTTP methods.

### Data & Databases

- [Distributed Caches](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/data-databases/data-engineering-infrastructure/caching-performance/caching/distributed-caches.md) — Implements a shared memory layer to accelerate page loads by caching frequently accessed data.
- [Relational Database Integrations](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/data-databases/relational-database-integrations.md) — Utilizes a relational database schema and integration layer to maintain consistency for posts and profiles.

### DevOps & Infrastructure

- [Distributed Systems Design](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/high-availability-systems/distributed-systems-design.md) — Employs distributed systems design patterns to handle high traffic and concurrent user loads.

### Security & Cryptography

- [Cookie-Based Session Management](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/security-cryptography/session-cookie-handlers/cookie-based-session-management.md) — Implements identity tracking across requests using server-side stores linked to browser cookies.

### User Interface & Experience

- [HTML Template Renderers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/layout-utilities/presentation-engines/template-engines/server-side-rendering-engines/html-template-renderers.md) — Generates dynamic web pages by injecting data into static HTML layout files.

### Part of an Awesome List

- [Social Media](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/media/social-media.md) — Facilitates building clients and scrapers for community discussion forums.
- [Social Media Platforms](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/media/social-media-platforms.md) — Enables building clients and scrapers for community forums.