# reddit-archive/reddit

historical code from reddit.com

Repository: https://github.com/reddit-archive/reddit
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/reddit
Language: Python
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: reddit, python, javascript
Archived: true
Last push: 2017-10-17T19:57:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6650, "days_push": 3242, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 16965, forks 2851 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:17.532686+00:00)

## What it is
The historical source code of reddit.com, the social news and discussion website, archived by Reddit. It is no longer maintained and serves as a reference for how reddit was built.

## Use cases
- study how reddit was originally built
- self-host a reddit-like site
- learn from a large-scale python web codebase
- research reddit's original architecture

## When to avoid
- you want to run a modern reddit instance
- you need maintained software with security updates
- you want to contribute code

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: web-framework, http-server, api-framework
- domain: social-media, web-development
- platform: python
- tags: reddit, social-news, historical-code, self-hosted, linux

## Member repositories
- reddit-archive/reddit (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:17.532686+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:03:41.067521+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/reddit-archive/reddit (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:17.532686+00:00, sha 04355a98cc69)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.