Hey guys, a week ago I started working on a lemmy app like many others as an excuse to learn flutter. Along the way I found an old app that was abandoned but very well built.

After a couple of days I was able to get things running and semi-useable again. Including posting this post from the app! The main effort being updating to 0.17.x.

Here’s some screenshots:

I’ll be renaming the app (so I can republish it), tentatively under the name “Lem”… but really open to ideas here.

  • godless@latte.isnot.coffeeEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Looking great, can’t wait to test it! Nothing against Jerboa for the time being, but alternatives are always welcome. Been testing summit yesterday that someone posted as well, and I think every app has some unique features about it, so let’s see where the journey goes.

    Ideally I’d love to have something as close to Reddit Sync as possible :-P

    As for the name, isn’t Lem a bit short? Not that I dislike it, but in terms of being properly searchable on google and the likes it might be better to go for a longer, unique search string, else it could get a bit cluttered.

    • Zach @bigfoot.ninjaOPEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Should have a testable android APK on the repo tomorrow and I’ll work on getting the iOS app out for people to sideload.

      Over all it works pretty well, there’s a few bugs but it’s a solid foundation!

      Yeah I suck at names, I’ll keep thinking

    • TurtleTourParty@midwest.socialEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Ideally I’d love to have something as close to Reddit Sync as possible :-P

      I have good news for you. Sync for Lemmy is happening!

      [email protected]

      I second Lem being too short unless op plans on doing a lot of SEO or making people search Lem for Lemmy.

    • Whooping_SealEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Is summit worth using over Jerusalem? I currently have Jerboa installed but there’s some things I find clunky about it.

      Edit: I meant Jerboa

          • godless@latte.isnot.coffeeEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            No, in that case summit isn’t worth it just yet, it’s really a very early proof of concept app. I just like the idea that multiple apps are popping up, that was really helpful for reddit apps to adapt quickly.

            Now that ljdawson (dev of Reddit Sync) officially started to work on a Lemmy client over on https://lemmy.world/c/syncforlemmy, I’m seriously just waiting for his initial release. That app was my steady companion for 11+ years, and the first app I ever bought.