pbui / photon

A lemmy client

Photon

Jump to Self-hosting

An alternative web client for Lemmy with the UI of Xylo

Screenshots

Self-hosting

Put Xylo on your own domain for easier onboarding.

Running from image

# Use the env var PUBLIC_INSTANCE_URL to set the default instance URL.
docker run -p 8080:3000 -e PUBLIC_INSTANCE_URL=example.com ghcr.io/xyphyn/photon:latest

Running from repo

More unstable but latest features

Clone the repo:

git clone https://github.com/Xyphyn/photon && cd photon

and run the docker container:

docker build -t photon .

# Use the env var PUBLIC_INSTANCE_URL to set the default instance URL.
docker run -p 8080:3000 -it photon:latest

There you go, you now have an instance of Photon running.