Lenster

Lenster is a decentralized social media application built on Lens Protocol, designed to offer a permissionless and user-controlled platform for social interaction. It enables users to create, share, and engage with content without centralized control, emphasizing privacy, security, and transparency. By leveraging Lens Protocol's blockchain-based infrastructure, Lenster ensures that users retain ownership of their data and social graph, addressing common issues found in traditional social media platforms.

The platform supports multiple environments including mainnet, testnet, and staging, allowing developers and users to experiment and contribute in various stages of deployment. Lenster is open source under the AGPLv3 license, encouraging community contributions and transparency in development. It provides a modern social media experience while integrating blockchain-native features such as decentralized identity and content ownership.

Lenster differentiates itself by being one of the first fully decentralized social media apps built on Lens Protocol, which itself is a composable and modular social graph protocol. This approach allows developers to build interoperable social applications and services on top of a shared decentralized social graph. Lenster's open governance and permissionless nature contrast with centralized platforms, making it a key example of Web3 social innovation. Developers can get started by exploring the open-source codebase, joining the active Discord community, and deploying or interacting with the app on the mainnet or testnet environments.