I’ve been working on a Threadiverse frontend for almost a year called Blorp. Originally it was Lemmy only, but now it also includes PieFed. (source code) (try web version)

I just Dockerized the frontend and started publishing the Docker image, and I would love your feedback!

  • REACT_APP_DEFAULT_INSTANCE (e.g. https: //lemmy.zip no trailing slash)
    • Changes the default instance
  • REACT_APP_LOCK_TO_DEFAULT_INSTANCE set this to “true” or “false”
    • When true, this prevents the frontend from logging into other instances. Perfect if you host your own Lemmy instance and want this frontend to exclusively be used with your instance. You can still log into multiple accounts on the locked instance
    • When false, you can log into as many accounts across as many instances as you want. You can even mix and mach Lemmy and PieFed
# pull the latest Blorp image
docker pull christianjuth/blorp:latest

# run it on port 8080 (host → container), passing any runtime env‑vars you need
docker run -d \
  --name blorp \
  -p 8080:80 \
  -e REACT_APP_DEFAULT_INSTANCE="https://lemmy.zip/" \ # BUT without the trailing slash!
  -e REACT_APP_NAME="Blorp" \
  -e REACT_APP_LOCK_TO_DEFAULT_INSTANCE="false" \
  christianjuth/blorp:latest

Edit: I cannot get the trailing slash in https://lemmy.zip/ to go away, but make sure you exclude it. Idk what sorcery is going on with Lemmy, but it seems impossible to link a domain without a trailing slash. I’ll make the docker image more forgiving in the next update.

    • moseschrute@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      12 days ago

      Thank you! It’s so validating to see people actually host my project. I’m so grateful for all the hard work instance admins put in. Please don’t hesitate to open GitHub issues if you have feature requests or find bugs. Expect PieFed could break as they push breaking API changes, but I’ll try and resolve issues quickly.

  • moseschrute@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    7·
    12 days ago

    I was today years old when I learned Lemmy doesn’t let you have links without a trailing slash

    POST https://lemmy.ml/api/v3/comment

    • moseschrute@piefed.socialEnglish
      11·
      12 days ago

      It get’s even weirder. I’m now writing this from PieFed. If you view this comment from PieFed it won’t have the trailing slash, but from Lemmy it will. https://piefed.social

      Thank you for coming on this journey with me.

      • cecilkorik@lemmy.caEnglish
        5·
        12 days ago

        Very interesting I wonder what happens if I post both trailing and non-trailing options, do they both get canonized into the same format?

        https://piefed.ca/ – has a trailing slash https://piefed.ca/ – does not

        Thank you for having me along on this journey. I don’t really know where it’s leading, but maybe it’s about the weird software behaviors we discover on the way.

      • MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        11 days ago

        Trailing slashes actually serve an important purpose in URLs - they indicate you’re requesting a directory rather than a file, which affects how servers route reqeusts and can impact caching, redirects, and SEO.

    • moseschrute@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      12 days ago

      Idk. There’s a lot of Lemmy clients and many of them are really good. When I started, Voyager didn’t have good support for larger screens, but I think that has changed. I do think I have the best account switching. Voyager will reset the current navigation when you change accounts. Any pages you have open will be cleared. Blorp does not do that. Blorp is also cross platform like Voyager.

      But honestly if you prefer another app, you should use it! All the frontend devs are super cool!