Lobsters is a link-sharing and discussion site you can run for your own community, with the threaded conversations and tight topic focus of the original lobste.rs. Members submit links or text posts, pick tags from a fixed list, and vote stories up the front page. Every tag has its own feed, and readers hide the tags they never want to see, with logged-out visitors keeping their filters in a browser cookie. Comments nest into threads that collapse with one click, and each story shows archive links so readers can still open a page after the original disappears. Moderation stays in the open: a public log records banned users, deleted stories, and tag changes with the reason for each action, and filters narrow it by moderator and by type. Growth stays manageable because new members arrive by invitation, the full invitation tree is public, and accounts in their first 70 days appear in green with limits on flagging and self-promotion. Flags carry an explanation so disagreement is not punished, and verified hats label comments from people speaking for a project or company. Use it for a developer forum, an internal engineering link board, a club for a niche craft, or a small group that wants good discussion without a personalized feed. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. BSD-3-Clause licensed.