Hi there! So there’s been a ton of work by a bunch of developers that are really frustrated with Apollo going away end of month.
That’s why I created (yet another) Apollo-like Lemmy client called wefwef - https://wefwef.app.
Right now it’s targetting iOS - you can still use it on Android phones, but it’s untested. An Android theme is in the works!
So, why wefwef?
- Progressive web app — It’s easy to try, and works cross platform. Get the same experience on your phone, tablet and computer. If you like it, add to home screen for a like-native experience.
- Open source! Self hosting and hacking is totally doable
There’s a TON of work to be done, but the basics are there (browsing, commenting and voting). More to come soon! Let me know what you think.
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Im actually shocked at how well this works! Never expected a Webapp to be this great! Do you plan to make a native app for iOS at some point? I mostly ask because a lot of my favorite features from Apollo (widgets was a big one, FaceID, lockscreen widgets) are afaik only possible through native right? I would love to see stuff like that in the long run here too!
Regardless, this is really an awesome PWA and I can’t wait to see what you do with it!
If there was an ios native app even half as good as this one i’d be sold, please make an app!!
I decided to use this for now instead of the other iOS apps. It feels less clunky than most app. I’m still waiting on Artemis to come out of alpha to commit to anything.
Same. Ill keep Memmy and Mlem installed for now, I do want to support them too but at the moment this is the most stable and fluid implementation I’ve seen. Really damn impressed
For real! I would definitely be all in on this.
I’m actually amazed how amazing this PWA feels to use. I’ve always been critical on web apps and preferred native apps, but wefwef absolutely surprised me.
Thanks very much! 💙
This is just one more truly amazing experience in the fediverse. I didn’t know an experience this great could happen so fast, and in a web app. Thank you!
Wow, thank you! 😊
Lots of credit goes to Ionic (https://ionicframework.com)!
Two quick feature requests.
- Cannot see how to make a top level post on a community. I am commenting from wefwef here, so that is clear.
- Can you enable a “pull down to refresh” in the web app? Maybe this doesn’t make sense, but for me in iOS, it is just second nature and feels weird when it doesn’t stretch and bounce.
Oops, I think you found a bug where pull to refresh isn’t working on feeds. I’ll fix that.
EDIT: Pull to refresh on feeds should be working now. Might have to open and force close the app a couple times to force it to update.
And new creating a new post in a community is also coming soon! 😊
Pull to refresh now works after killing all and reopening. New bug, keyboard doesn’t load when trying to search. Maybe this is just my phone, but just want to share what im seeing.
Thanks! The keyboard is showing on my device on search, but I’ll keep an eye out.
FYI, this is what I’m seeing. I killed app and restarted to verify it is still doing it.Hmm. Usually that happens if you have a physical keyboard plugged in, or are viewing in a simulator.
This app looks lit, it almost feel illegal to have Apollo like experience on Android LMAO.
Definitely looking forward to a more native android theme although I’m sure it’s not a priority rn
Overall it looks great! Just a couple of notes: the colors for up/down votes being inverted from Apollo keeps throwing me off. Also, the save button doesn’t work. I don’t know if Lemmy really has an option for saving posts, and if not it might be better to not show the save bookmark icon. If I’m wrong and there is a way to find what I saved, please let me know where to find it!
Nope, saving is soon!
Wow! So far the best client I’ve tried for iOS, and also the best PWA I’ve ever used! Congrats :)
It’s now my favorite lemmy app. Thanks for your hard work 🙏
wefwef is looking great, keep up the good work! I love the Apollo feel.
Just found this app and it is sooooo awesome. Holy cow.
I had no idea a web app could be this good.
Great work!
I’m shocked at how good wefwef is already - I was not expecting something this good, this soon.
I’m sure you’ve got grand plans to develop more, but honestly you’ve made the transition away from Apollo (and Reddit) so much easier already.
Thank you so much and keep up the good work!!
This is incredible. It feels so cozy being able to browse lemmy in an Apollo-like UI. I didn’t realize how much I missed it.
Absolute chad! I have used it for a while today, and it is great for us Apollo users. Currently back on default lemmy because it is a bit unstable on iPad, it doesn’t react well to scrolling yet. But I’ll be using it again soon :) thanks for the effort!
Yeah it’s a bit laggy on my iPad too. Granted, it’s older
This is incredible. Well done, you’ve smashed it out the park!
Thank you!! 💙
I just added this wen app on a suggestion and it’s fantastic! Definitely the best I’ve used so far over the past few weeks, really improves the Lemmy experience.
I’m glad you’re enjoying it 💙
@aeharding this is so impressive on iOS! I didn’t know a PWA could feel this smooth!
