Lemmy posts and comments
Returns posts, and optionally their comment threads, from any Lemmy instance, the federated open-source forum network. Collect from specific communities, by keyword search, or from an instance-wide feed. Useful for community research, brand mentions and discussion analysis outside the large mainstream platforms.
What you get
- Post title, body text and link
- Instance and community name
- Author username
- Score, upvotes and downvotes
- Comment count
- Publish time
- Linked URL and thumbnail
- NSFW flag
- Comment text, author, score and time
- Comment path for rebuilding the reply tree
What it can do
- Collect posts from one or more communities, including communities on other instances
- Search posts by keyword across an instance
- Pull the instance-wide feed
- Sort by Hot, Active, New, Top, MostComments or NewComments, with time ranges for Top
- Add comment threads to each post
Limits
- Up to 10,000 results per run
- Only publicly visible data
- Comments per post are capped by maxCommentsPerPost
- Each run reads from one instance
Input options
| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| instance | Hostname of the Lemmy instance to read, such as lemmy.world. |
| mode | community for specific communities, search for keywords, or instance for the whole feed. |
| communities | Community names, local or in name@instance form. |
| searchQueries | Keywords or phrases to search for in search mode. |
| sort | Post order: Hot, Active, New, Top, MostComments or NewComments. |
| topRange | Time window when sorting by Top, from one hour to all time. |
| maxItems | Maximum posts per community, search query or feed. |
| includeComments | Also collect the comment thread for each post. |
Example
Ask your AI for the data in plain words and it picks this source. Developers can also call source procli_lemmy_a directly through the REST API or MCP with an input like this:
{
"instance": "lemmy.world",
"mode": "community"
}How to use it
- Create an account at prolevelmax.com. New users receive $1 in sign-up credit after verifying their email (one per person). No card required.
- Connect your AI. In the Dashboard, open Get started → Coding tools and API → Generate setup instructions and paste the instructions into your AI (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex and others). You can also add the MCP server
https://prolevelmax.com/mcpor call the REST API. - Request data. Your AI selects a source, quotes the price and runs it only after you confirm. Results are returned as structured JSON that the AI can format as a table or report.
FAQ
How is this source billed?
Per result: $0.0009/result + $0.001/run, min $0.02/run. Your AI quotes the price first, and you are never charged more than the quote.
Do I need a Lemmy account or API key?
No. You only need a ProLevelMax account. One balance and one connection cover all 157 platforms.
Is the data real-time?
Yes. Every call fetches public Lemmy data at the time of the request. Only publicly visible content is collected.
New users receive $1 in sign-up credit after verifying their email (one per person). No card required. Pay per use with no subscription. Top up by card (USD) or Alipay (CNY); Enterprise top-ups from $1,000 by bank transfer.
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