Show HN: Self-host Reddit – 2.38B posts, works offline, yours forever

Summary

Transform compressed data dumps into browsable HTML archives with flexible deployment options. Redd-Archiver supports offline browsing via sorted index pages OR full-text search with Docker deployment. Features mobile-first design, multi-platform support, and enterprise-grade performance with PostgreSQL full-text indexing. Supported Platforms: Platform Format Status Available Posts Reddit .zst JSON Lines (Pushshift) ✅ Full support 2.38B posts (40,029 subreddits, through Dec 31 2024) Voat SQL dumps ✅ Full support 3.81M posts, 24.1M comments (22,637 subverses, complete archive) Ruqqus .7z JSON Lines ✅ Full support 500K posts (6,217 guilds, complete archive) Tracked content: 2.384 billion posts across 68,883 communities (Reddit full Pushshift dataset through Dec 31 2024, Voat/Ruqqus complete archives) Version 1.0 features multi-platform archiving, REST API with 30+ endpoints, MCP server for AI integration, and PostgreSQL-backed architecture for large-scale processing. 🚀 Quick Start Try the live demo: Browse Example Archive → New to Redd-Archiver? Start here: QUICKSTART.md Get running in 2-15 minutes with our step-by-step guide covering: Local testing (5 minutes) Tor homelab deployment (2 minutes) - no domain or port forwarding needed! Production HTTPS (15 minutes) Example data testing 🎯 Key Features 🌐 Multi-Platform Support Archive content from multiple link aggregator platforms in a single unified archive: Platform Format CLI Flag URL Prefix Reddit .zst JSON Lines --subreddit /r/ Voat SQL dumps --subverse /v/ Ruqqus .7z JSON Lines --guild /g/ Automatic Detection : Platform auto-detected from file extensions : Platform auto-detected from file extensions Unified Search : PostgreSQL FTS searches across all platforms : PostgreSQL FTS searches across all platforms Mixed Archives: Combine Reddit, Voat, and Ruqqus in single archive 🤖 MCP Server (AI Integration) 29 MCP tools auto-generated from OpenAPI for AI assistants: Full Archive Access : Query posts, comments, users, sea...