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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.

https://wefwef.app

wefwef app screenshots

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Apologies if this is the wrong thread to ask but is there an issue with the app at the moment? Thought it might be my account so I signed out but even as guest I’m getting this error as attached

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey, out of curiosity, how do you host the official instance? Is it just running on a VPS or some other static site host?

I ask because I'm the dev of another alternate web UI (but for desktop) called Alexandrite, and I'm hoping to refactor and move Lemmy API calls from the server to the client in the near future to avoid scaling issues with rate limits and I'm just exploring my options for hosting if I were to not have a hard dependency on SSR.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's now my favorite lemmy app. Thanks for your hard work 🙏

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Have you considered adding kbin accessibility? That would be great!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Wow. This is so neat! Some of you devs are just so damn talented! Definitely going in the rotation with things I suggest to other users, thank you!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Wow! So far the best client I’ve tried for iOS, and also the best PWA I’ve ever used! Congrats :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Holy crap I'm liking this app even on android

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

@aeharding nice! Now I know what you do for fun!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

wefwef is looking great, keep up the good work! I love the Apollo feel.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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!!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I would love a version of "compact" that hides all thumbnails. It makes for an even more compact list of text rather than dedicating space for a square thumbnail, many of which are just empty because they are text posts and/or just outward going links, and I do enjoy the visual cleanliness that comes from not having a variety of different squares of colors against a black background lining the right side of the text.

Thanks for all the hard work on this!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How do i self host and how do i get updates directly from you so my instance can stay updated? also do i need to upgrade my vps or will it just be me on the self hosted wefwef PWA or something?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Just found this app and it is sooooo awesome. Holy cow.

I had no idea a web app could be this good.

Great work!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Does the save button is working for you?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

This is incredible. Well done, you’ve smashed it out the park!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Why the shitty name? Any chance ya'll can change it when it comes out of alpha?

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