Welcome to a minimalist social network built for thoughtful conversation. By stripping away noise, algorithms and visual clutter, Subreply lets you focus on what actually matters: genuine connection and ideas worth sharing.
💬 Subreply is designed to protect your time, attention and peace of mind while keeping the best part of the internet — talking with interesting people. No endless doomscrolling, vanity metrics or dark patterns; just a calm, intentional space to read, write and connect.
🛸 Lucian Marin created Subreply for people who love reading and writing, who value originality over visuals, who want to express themselves freely without algorithmic filters, and who want to meet like-minded people from around the world.
Social network costs
- $1632 in costs since 2014. $8/m for hosting plus $20/y for two domains.
- $130 donated in total by 3 people. $98 donated by 😀 Tom.
- No surplus donated yet. The remaining $1502 is covered by 🛸 Lucian Marin.
Install as a web app
- Install on Android by adding it to your home screen from Chrome.
- Install on iPhone or iPad by adding it to your home screen from Safari.
- Also available on Windows, Linux and natively on macOS.
Tech stack and support
- Hosted on a high-frequency Vultr VPS running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.
- Built with Python 3.12, Falcon and Django ORM.
- Powered by Gunicorn behind Nginx and PgBouncer in front of PostgreSQL.
- Icons by Heroicons and Sidekickicons, Route 159 typeface by Sora Sagano.
- Donate via PayPal to keep Subreply ad-free and running indefinitely.
Features and design constraints
- Pure reverse-chronological feeds — no algorithmic sorting.
- Expressive emoji handles like 📱 Joe Desetto.
- Streamlined, chat-like conversation threads.
- Automatic light and dark themes following your OS preference.
- First-class support for links, mentions, hashrefs and hashtags.
- Focused text: ASCII characters and emojis only.
- Concise thoughts: up to 640 characters per reply.
- Intentional linking: one link, mention, hashref or hashtag per reply.
- Single-paragraph replies to keep conversations clean and readable.
- Zero vanity metrics — no likes, follower counts or instant-gratification loops.
Privacy by default
- Edit or delete your replies anytime before someone responds.
- Remove replies to your posts before responding to them.
- Strict GDPR compliance — your data is never sold or redistributed.
- Instant, complete account deletion whenever you choose.
- Easy data export in a clean, human-readable format.