Lemmy Scraper: Posts, Comments & Communities
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$0.25 / 1,000 result (post, comment or community)s
Lemmy Scraper: Posts, Comments & Communities
Lemmy posts and comments scraper: get posts, comments and communities from any Lemmy instance public API (default lemmy.world), search Lemmy communities and posts. No login. $0.25 per 1,000 results.
Pricing
$0.25 / 1,000 result (post, comment or community)s
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Scrape Lemmy without a login: post feeds, search results, comments and community lists as flat JSON rows. It reads the public Lemmy API (/api/v3) of any instance, default lemmy.world. Pricing is $0.25 per 1,000 results, with no start fee. Errors and empty results are not charged.
Built with AI assistance (Claude). Not affiliated with or endorsed by Lemmy or any instance.
Modes
| Mode | Rows (recordType) | Typical use |
|---|---|---|
posts | post: title, link, body, community, author, score, upvotes, downvotes, comment count, published | Monitor a community or the instance feed |
search | post: same fields, matching query | Brand and keyword monitoring |
comments | comment: text, author, score, reply count, tree path, parent post | Sentiment and discussion datasets |
communities | community: name, title, description, subscribers, posts, comments | Find communities to track |
Input examples
Run with the default input (25 newest posts on lemmy.world), or:
Pricing
Pay per event: $0.00025 per result row (one post, comment or community). No start fee. maxItems caps your spend.
Good citizenship
Requests go to the instance you name, at most 1 per second per instance, with an identifying User-Agent, and back off on HTTP 429. Only public data the instance already serves without login is returned. Posts and comments contain public usernames; use the data in line with the instance's rules and applicable privacy law.
Output
Each row has recordType, instance, id, link and the fields for its type (see the dataset schema). Error rows (recordType: error) are free.
Related actors
- RSS/Atom Feed Reader (bulk): another feed-based source for community and news posts.
- Archive.org Items Search: searches Internet Archive items.
- Website Contact Extractor: finds public contact details on sites linked from posts.
Use with AI agents (MCP)
Call this actor from an AI agent (Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client) through the Apify MCP server. Add this URL as an MCP server in your client: https://mcp.apify.com?tools=pennydata/lemmy-scraper-posts-comments-communities It exposes this actor as a tool the agent can run with the same input as above. An Apify API token is required. This actor was built with AI assistance.
