Thank you a ton for getting all this rather not fun networking stuff set up for the community. The Index has been a huge help, and I'm sure this forum will be the same.
this post was submitted on 28 Sep 2025
68 points (100.0% liked)
Announcements
276 readers
27 users here now
The community for GunCAD Index announcements and official correspondence.
Only community moderators (site administrators) may post on this board.
founded 2 months ago
MODERATORS
Hello all, and welcome to the official GunCAD Index Forums, a place for anyone to discuss DIY gun content and all things adjacent. Browse around, everything should feel pretty familiar.
If you haven't yet, hit "Sign Up" in the top-right corner to make an account and get to posting. You can make posts in existing communities or create whole new ones if you want your own space.
If you'd rather browse, either scroll through the feed on the main page by hitting the logo in the navbar or hit "Communities" and browse for a ~~subreddit~~ community that seems interesting. Play with the selectors and sort options, too.
A Note on Reddit's Rule Changes
/r/FOSSCAD was banned a while ago, but starting October 9th, Reddit is adjusting its rules such that the following are now verboten:
-
User-to-user and user-to-vendor transactions of firearms and accessories (including things like magazines) where one of them is not a "licensed vendor". This completely destroys /r/GAFS and blows away all Super Safety advertising, too -- check out !supersafety@fosscad.io
-
Any directions on how to make a firearm, including 3D-printable design files and where to get them. This will absolutely be used to shut down even the thinly-veiled "Odd Sea" posting, which turns all of the 3D-printed gun sub hydra heads into glorified build showcases, if they're not getting banned outright.
The site is now actively, outwardly, and aggressively hostile to gun content more than they've ever been.
Comparison of Lemmy to Reddit
The site runs on a piece of software that's adjacent to reddit, but comes with a few key differences. The flow of upvoting/downvoting/crossposting content onto ~~subreddits~~ communities should come intuitively, but:
-
There's a big
@forum.guncadindex.comat the end of several URLs and embedded in several places on your UI. It's just like when you see:matrix.orgwhen you're on Matrix, don't worry that much about it -
Data is controlled by me, The Shittinator. And seeing as how I run the GunCAD Index, I don't have any issues with directly linking to content or discussing the nitty gritty of designing and building firearms. There are still some restrictions though, just to keep everyone out of hot water -- see the sidebar
FAQ
Most of the FAQ exists in the site's global sidebar, but here are some extra ones:
Q: Can it look more like a site I'm familiar with?
A: https://forum.guncadindex.com/
Q: This site looks like dogass. Is there a better frontend?
A: https://p.forum.guncadindex.com/
Q: What kind of data do you collect?
A: As part of signing up, you're trusting me to store your username, hashed password, email address, and all your posts. It's either that or I manually approve every signup. Use a burner if you want, or you could spin up your own Lemmy instance and federate with us. That's fine too.
Support Us
This site stays up via funds from the GunCAD Index's sponsors and your individual contributions. If you can, please consider supporting us:
Thanks bunches man, always happy to help.
And hey, if you ever want to spin one up yourself, feel free to reach out -- I'll help you avoid all the day-one issues. Another node in the federation is always welcome!
FYI got an error about token from email verification but login worked
Interesting. I'll keep an eye on the logs -- we'll be teething in certain places like that for a bit, but I think I've smoked all the major issues out already.
I did (briefly) get a validation success page but then it quickly redirected to a URL that 404s.
load more comments
(2 replies)
Can confirm, I also got an error when verifying
Same here.
same thing happened to me
I also received the error, but then I went to login and it worked anyways. 🤷♂️
Me too
I AM ALIVE
HOLY SHIT IT IS HE
You're doing amazing work for Guncad/FOSSCAD in general. Thank you for everything you have done.
<3
I'm in talks right now with Scout to see how this new platform will fit into the larger GunCAD ecosystem moving forward. I'll have much more to discuss in the near future
Scout is a good guy. I'm sure they'll work toward including the index into it's federation. I'm excited for the future without reddit overlords looming over us.
Same! It promises to be prosperous
Marking territory as the first Brazilian on the forum <3 🇧🇷
Dude, seriously, thank you for this. We really needed a place of our own to talk openly about our hobby and honestly it was just a matter of time before reddit gave us the boot. This forum format is leagues better than Discord, which makes it hard to find answers to questions asked some time ago. I know we lost a treasure trove of information and a lot of fosscad history with r/fosscad being deleted but hopefully we can rebuild it here.
load more comments
(1 replies)
This is exactly what we needed for this community--if Kiwifarms taught us anything, it's that our own independent platform fosters the best chance for our survival.
load more comments
(3 replies)
Danke dude!
o7
Go forth, make communities and stuff!
List of all communities for easy subscribing from the opposing instance:
Fourm.Guncadindex: !general@forum.guncadindex.com !guncadindex@forum.guncadindex.com !active_betas@forum.guncadindex.com !builds@forum.guncadindex.com !help@forum.guncadindex.com !offtopic@forum.guncadindex.com !suppressors@forum.guncadindex.com !filedrop@forum.guncadindex.com !memes@lemmy.ml !reloading@forum.guncadindex.com !Comms@forum.guncadindex.com !WIKI@forum.guncadindex.com !fpv_drones@forum.guncadindex.com !print_a_22@forum.guncadindex.com
Fosscad.io: !supersafety@fosscad.io !ark@fosscad.io !bazaar@fosscad.io !meta@fosscad.io !longrange@fosscad.io !3D2A@fosscad.io !reloading@fosscad.io !benchrest@fosscad.io
Thank you for making this everyone has been moving to discord and I think forums are the better format for this. Also out of curiosity Is there a reason the nicer front end isn't default? I know a lot of people will see the default front end and bounce.
On mobile, I highly recommend the voyager app or its progressive web app if you don't want to install an app. Some instances even default to the voyager web interface on their mobile site.
load more comments
(1 replies)
Might be a good idea to spin up our own gundeals over here since reddit would love to get that taken down as well.
load more comments
(1 replies)
It's good to be here. Thanks for letting us sign up on the GCI instance.
load more comments
(1 replies)
Love this! Never knew about lemmy but this sounds like exactly what we need.. glad to be here day 1.. can’t stop the signal
Thank you for jumping on this so quickly . . .
I figured being quick was really important here. I don't want us to fall into the trap of 5 different splinter subreddits that all face the same existential problem and share none of their userbase.
Amen to that . . . a consolidated location makes the most sense.
Nicely done. Can't stop the signal.
Can't stop the signal!!!
You fuckin' know it
LET'S GO
Absolutely amazing setup! Thanks!
o7
Hell Yeah welcome in brothers!
Guess I'm going to have to make a community surrounding the bee movie now.
You can upload gifs as community thumbnails. Make of that information what you will.
This is slick. Nice work!
Edit: Also this runs so smoothly...Makes me miss the old internet with classic forum setups like this. No bloat and ads getting in the way slowing everything down.
Amazing to see this already set up. Seems like everything you do is top notch. I hope this can become bigger than it was on reddit. The only problem is people seem to get confused or dissuaded by how "complicated" it is to get on lemmy.
Can't wait to see what's in store now that we don't have to pussy foot around things.
ty fren <3
I really hope the onboarding process here is low-friction enough that it doesn't dissuade any new members. I think Lemmy does a great job of making federation a "behind-the-scenes" thing that you don't have to worry about.
And yeah, isn't it wonderful? You can just link to guns here:
https://guncadindex.com/detail/FGC-9_MkII_Rev1:f
Who's gonna stop you?
Let’s Go!!!
Ready to continue stanky leg twist
view more: next ›