Hello! I recently just released a Lemmy reader app for open beta. I’ve been working on the app since the black out about a week ago.
The app is will very much a work in progress however the core reader functionality should be working. I will continue to work on the app and estimate it will likely like a month before all core features will be implemented.
That being said, I’ve been having a lot of trouble browsing Lemmy on web and I still think the app is an upgrade over the raw web experience.
If anyone is interested please give the app a try and let me know what you think!
Here’s a quick demo as well: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MMpMHwzTuII
Update
I started a community at https://lemmy.world/c/summit. I will try to post frequent updates there.
Getting some RiF vibes, and that’s such a refreshing feeling in a era of bloated corporate apps.
I like it a lot so far.
Is it on F-droid?
Unfortunately it is unlikely that I will open source this project but we shall see. I respect the open source community, I just historically have enjoyed working close source more.
how can one enjoy working close source? You are welcome to keep your devlopment private, rather than putting it on an open source development protal like GitHub, and just release it under the GPL so the rest of us can learn from your work, without you having to put up with annoying “developers” on the internet.
how can one enjoy working close source?
Are you really asking how one could enjoy creating an app A) without the general public nitpicking at how and why you’re doing it and B) reserving the ability to make some money off the app?
I think maybe you misunderstand how Libre Software works. Nobody wants to take away control from the author of forbid them from making money. We just want to have control over our devices and the software that runs on them. We want to be able to see what it does and that it doesn’t have any malicious functionality. Lemmy itself is Libre Software and all software should be like this.
That is unfortunate, true.
So you don’t care about your users then. You don’t want them to be able to see what you app does on their device and be able to control it.
I second this, too. I always prefer Open Source apps.
Nice progress so far, the UI looks clean and easy to use. Though the name Reader is a little confusing to me - is it only for viewing / reading posts, or will you also be able to create new ones and comment on them?
tl;dr is everything is WIP. The goal is that you will be able to do everything and more that you can from the website within the app. I’ll make a post about the current priority list on https://lemmy.world/c/summit later today.
This is great! Thank you for sharing :)
Nice app. Feels a lot better than jerboa already, even if it’s just in early access. Have high hopes for this. Keep it up!
Not appearing for me at all in the play store. I’m in the US if that matters.
Hell yeah man, you cranked that out so quick, I don’t know what language you’re writing it in, but let me know if you want some help with any features, I’d love to pitch in!
I’m a mid level dev
Do you have a public git for this?
The author said in another comment that it will be proprietary.
Shows promise. Two recommendations:
Use or have an option for Android 12’s “Material You” colour scheme
Open source it
Damn, seem like a nice app. Coming from the Baconreader for Reddit app, this feels more familiar than Jerboa. It’s also one of the fastest feeling apps on my Nokia 7.2 (which is getting quite slow in some apps). Not feature-rich enough yet to replace Jerboa, but I’m keeping an eye on it nonetheless
I love BaconReader to death, so you’ve just sold it for me. Gonna go try it.
Keep in mind that it’s currently not really finished. It probably can’t be your main app (yet)
Yeah, tried it and it’s… very rough. Which is understandable, since it’s new!
I’m using Jerboa right now, and I’ll definitely try the app that the Sync for Reddit developer is making once that comes out. I tried a few Reddit apps too but I liked BaconReader the best, so I’ll see what I like most for Lemmy once things settle a bit and the apps aren’t so rough around the edges.
Downloading. Looks very good but features are a bit lacking from what i can tell (no comment/post history?) and saved posts are a wip. Keep up the good work, excited to see updates in the future
tl;dr is everything is WIP. At the moment no feature is “off limits”. I’m just trying to crank out as much as I can as fast as I can. I’ll make a post about the current priority list on https://lemmy.world/c/summit later today.
