# What is Lemmy? Lemmy is open source software used for running individually
hosted social media networks in the style of Reddit. It is built on the
ActivityPub protocol, and is part of the Fediverse. We wrote this introduction
with Apes in mind, but you may also want to check out the introduction a...
Chive and team put together a great primer on using Lemmy, so linking to it from here for new apes on the platform. Thanks Chives!