Emissary has some really wild tricks up its sleeve, and allows you to build whatever kind of interface or app experience you want.

Emissary is a revolutionary next-gen Web platform that lets you tinker with every little bit of it. It works with the Fediverse, is built on IndieWeb principles, and looks incredible.

  • amio@kbin.social
    143·
    7 months ago

    … OK, but seriously, what the fuck is it? Marketingspeke is cool (apparently), I get it, but what does it literally do?

    • taanegl@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      7 months ago

      In short, it’s a backend/frontend combination that can be shaped using standards compliant web technology, i.e HTMX and JSON, to make it easier in prototyping federated platforms.

      Prototyping frontend and backends in tandem is an undertaking to say the least. By creating a framework specifically designed to bridge that gap it will allow developers to more effectively develop, test and publish social media platforms.

      …also, they coupled the decoupling… because of course they did. But yeah, if this makes it easier to create federated platforms, I’m all for it.

    • SynthuirEnglish
      41·
      7 months ago

      They’ve set up a pretty detailed whitepaper here.