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Lemmy is similar to sites like Reddit, Lobste.rs, Raddle, or Hacker News: you subscribe to forums you're interested in, post links and discussions, then vote, and comment on them. Behind the scenes, it is very different; anyone can easily run a server, and all these servers are federated (think email), and connected to the same universe, called the Fediverse. For a link aggregator, this means a user registered on one server can subscribe to forums on any other server, and can have discussions with users registered elsewhere. The overall goal is to create an easily self-hostable, decentralized alternative to Reddit and other link aggregators, outside of their corporate control and meddling. Each Lemmy server can set its own moderation policy; appointing site-wide admins, and community moderators to keep out the trolls, and foster a healthy, non-toxic environment where all can feel comfortable contributing.

Hi all!

Wanted to share something I’ve been working on for a little bit. There are probably a ton of bugs and a bunch of features that are limited/not working, but any and all feedback is incredibly welcomed + if you find any issues please let me know.

I’m going to try to be publishing regular updates for features + bugfixes so please keep an open mind :)

Regards, Johnny

Edit: also I just published a new build that should be out in a day or two that optimizes the performance of the post details screen and adds support for markdown. If viewing posts is really slow please be patient.

Edit 2: I do plan to publish to Fdroid once things are a bit more mature.

Edit 3: Final edit I swear. I’m not associated with the main Lemmy devs and definitely don’t want to steal the spotlight from any of the incredible work they have done.

  • Metawish
    19·
    4 years ago

    Awesome! Once it’s on fdroid I’ll download but the temptation is soooo strong to get the app! Great work and major kudos

  • DessalinesA
    10·
    4 years ago

    I have some suggestions but I’ll wait till you open up the source code and have a proper issue tracker.

    • DessalinesA
      6·
      4 years ago

      @johnny@lemmy.ml I would highly recommend against using trello as an issue tracker. Use any code-integrated one, gitea, github, etc, so that can close issues with commits. Otherwise you’re just committing random things with no connecting to bugs or features, and will never be able to show where you fixed what.

  • SFloss (they/them)
    9·
    4 years ago

    Commenting from your app right now (: I’m really enjoying it for a first release! Has a nice design that doesn’t make it feel outdated like some open source apps.

    Some immediate problems:

    • Bottom bar is not dark in dark mode

    • Notification bar is grayed out and does not match well with the dark theme

    • No indication of when posts were submitted

    Regardless of these immediate problems, I enjoy it and will be using it plenty. I recommend everyone to try it out.

    P.S. Could you link the source?

    • ReK2
      7·
      4 years ago

      yes please i want to read the code before i install

    • johnnyOP
      2·
      4 years ago

      Wrt your second point can you post a screenshot with what you’re referring to?

      • SFloss (they/them)
        1·
        4 years ago

        The notification tray at the top is gray and doesn’t go well with the color of the dark theme.

        • johnnyOP
          4·
          4 years ago

          Ah! Funny because I didn’t even notice that at first but now that you point it out I can’t unsee 😬. Will fix this in the next release 🙂.

  • telefunk
    6·
    4 years ago

    I really like the app. You have a good eye for clean, minimalistic design. It would be nice to have some way of switching between instances without logging out of one then into another.

    • johnnyOP
      4·
      4 years ago

      Added to the roadmap! Thanks for the kind words ☺️

  • johnnyOP
    5·
    4 years ago

    Just pushed a new version that supports viewing the site without needing a login + you can now point at any Lemmy instance. Thanks for the support everyone 😊❤️

  • nutomicMA
    5·
    4 years ago

    Can I use it without login? Not gonna do that in an app from google play.

    • johnnyOP
      2·
      4 years ago

      Latest release I’m working on supporting browsing without logging in. Should be up in a couple days.

  • Kamui
    4·
    4 years ago

    ZOMG I’ve been waiting for this!

  • SirLotsaLocks
    4·
    4 years ago

    the app is so beautiful, the colors the rounded edges, the clean icons. The whole thing is amazing and smooth. This is gorgeous!

    • SirLotsaLocks
      5·
      4 years ago

      My main issue is only being able to use lemmy.ml, I’d love to be able to browse it and chapo.chat but everything else is so amazing I don’t even care. For an early build this is so amazing feeling to use.

      • andycuccaro
        4·
        4 years ago

        I think that’ll probably be possible once federation is enabled.

      • johnnyOP
        4·
        4 years ago

        There was an issue on the prod chapo.chat site that was blocking the app from working but that got resolved last night so I pushed a new build to the play store with the chapo instances as options. Should be up in a day or two!

    • k_o_t
      4·
      4 years ago

      could you post some screenshots? (i don’t have an android phone)

      • johnnyOP
        1·
        4 years ago

        Do you have a Mac + iPhone by any chance? Once source is up you can build and install from source yourself. Not sure how likely I’m going to get passed Apple’s app store review, but I might try eventually.

  • ajz
    41·
    3 years ago

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  • DelishVeg
    3·
    4 years ago

    I was surprised how well Lemmy mobile site works with Hermit, but this is great!! Thanks for your hard work.

    • johnnyOP
      1·
      4 years ago

      Have one working (I actually primarily develop on an iPhone simulator because it has better perf than the Android emulator) but I’m not sure how likely it is to get by app store review. When the source is released you can always build it yourself if you also have a Mac.