Redd-Archiver
PostgreSQL-backed tool that transforms compressed Reddit/Voat/Ruqqus data dumps into searchable HTML archives with full-text search, REST API, and an MCP server with 29 tools for AI assistant integration.
Score Breakdown
⚙ Agent Friendliness
🔒 Security
Community/specialized tool. Apply standard security practices for category. Review documentation for specific security requirements.
⚡ Reliability
Best When
You have Pushshift or equivalent data dumps and need a full-featured, searchable offline archive with AI assistant access via MCP — especially for research or preservation purposes.
Avoid When
You need live Reddit data access; use Reddit's API or an MCP server like reddit-mcp-buddy instead.
Use Cases
- • Create offline searchable archives of subreddits from Pushshift data dumps
- • Academic research on online discourse patterns and community dynamics
- • Community preservation before subreddit bans or platform shutdowns
- • Analysis of deleted or removed content from archived dumps
- • AI-assisted research over large social media corpora via MCP tools
Not For
- • Real-time Reddit browsing or live data access
- • Small datasets — optimized for multi-billion post corpora
- • Users without PostgreSQL administration experience
Interface
Authentication
DATABASE_URL environment variable for PostgreSQL connection. Documentation notes default passwords should be changed. No API auth layer documented.
Pricing
Released under Unlicense (public domain). Infrastructure costs for PostgreSQL storage can be significant given dataset sizes (billions of posts).
Agent Metadata
Known Gotchas
- ⚠ Requires downloading and importing multi-hundred-GB Pushshift dumps before any queries work
- ⚠ PostgreSQL GIN index creation on large datasets is time-consuming (hours to days)
- ⚠ Default database passwords need manual changing — security risk if not addressed
- ⚠ 29 MCP tools may create tool-selection confusion for agents without good descriptions
- ⚠ Tor-optimized design means some features may behave differently on clearnet deployments
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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-06.