I’m trying to stop using Reddit, but it having an app I know about makes it have quite an advantage.
I know there’s a few apps out there I can use to browse Lemmy, but I’m not sure about their names and the different features they offer.
I’m the developer of Summit. Unfortunately I don’t see anyone mention Summit but I would suggest giving it a try as well.
I think I’ve been a bit slower to implement certain features compared to the other apps, but the app is heavily focused on scalability and performance. Give it a try just in case you might like it. Play store link: Summit for Lemmy
Is it open source?
Unfortunately the app is not open source :(
Is that something you would be open to working towards? Since the growth of Lemmy is attributed to Reddit becoming “closed”, I think many users might see it as a dealbreaker or be less inclined to use a closed-source app.
My feelings towards this might change in the future. However for the time being, my enjoyment of the project hinges on the project being closed source. Ie. open sourcing the project will likely lead to me stepping away from the project. So even if this significantly impacts the number of users, I would still prefer to keep it closed source. I’d rather have a fun side project I made than to create a popular project that I do not contribute to. It is unfortunate but it is what it is.
Looks really good! Dont be afraid to shill it :)
Do you have it on fdroid ?
Unfortunately the app is not open source. :(
Ah that’s sad. Won’t be using anything thats not open source when it comes to installing it on my device.
Great App! Props to you! = )
Thanks!
I just came from Reddit to ckeck lemmy out, looks quite promising. I am tring out different apps at the moment but summit looks and feels fast and responsive.
Do you by any cance release it on the F-droid appstore?
Unfortunately I cannot release this on Fdroid because the app is not open source :(
Tried it. Looks like it has a lot of promise, but I couldn’t view any comments on posts. I realize it’s early release but that makes it pretty unusable for now.
The comments are viewable? Just tap on a post?
Thank you for reporting this issue. I have never encountered this myself. I know this is a lot of work but if you have some free time and you are willing to help I would love to try to troubleshoot the issue with you. If you’re open to it send me a DM on Lemmy, or create a post about this on https://lemmy.world/c/summit.
I found Summit about 2 hours ago and love it! Thanks for your hard work.
Np! I’m glad you like it!
Didn’t find this when I was looking for lemmy apps at google play store. I downloaded it now and it’s the first one that actually works on my phone. Thanks.
Ok… this one is my favorite now, thank you!
I like this one, but I don’t see where to edit my profile at all. Hopefully it will remember my filter preferences in future releases. Overall, good job!
Thank you for your feedback. This feature is currently not in the app at the moment but I can add this feature to the roadmap. If you could explain your use case for filtering that would also help a lot with how I will choose to implement this.
Is it libre software?
I’m not sure what “libre software” is but if you are asking if it is free then yes, at the moment the app is 100% free with no ads. If you asking if it’s open source then no, it is not open source.
Libre software is used as a synonim for free (as in freedom) software, which is open source software with some nuances. Do you plan to open source it?
Unfortunately I am not planning on open sourcing the app. Summit is a fun side project for me. I think open sourcing the project would no longer make it a fun side project so I am keeping it closed source for my own selfish enjoyment.
Wouldn’t it be more fun if multiple people help you out and it may still be maintained if you stop working on it?
Darn, I didn’t want to debate this on a Monday morning. I’ll give a tl;dr about my thoughts to avoid a debate:
First of all I 100% support open source software (I even donate monthly to some projects), but I also think every developer should have the right to choose to open source or close source their own software.
Second, I write code full time as my job 8 hours a day for the past decade. Summit is a fun hobby for me. If I made Summit open source, it would end up more in the job territory. Why would I want to make a fun project into a job?
If you love debating and want to discuss further feel free to slide into my DMs.
I mostly use open-source software for the last few years but I would still support closed-source software if it’s by an individual developer.
I’m replying on Connect for Lemmy. I just looked at your app and it’s super dope but I’ve got to say the one thing that throws me off is the button for the link is on the far side from my finger. I also like swiping to reply and vote and nonsense like that and your app doesn’t have it.
Take your time however and implement things well and I’ll keep it in mind. My favorite app for Reddit was Relay I think I will be looking for an app until I get something similar or exactly the same.
List mode ftw
Thank you for your feedback! Regarding “button for the link” could you clarify what this is? Are you talking about the link to the community the post was from?
Sorry, I didn’t see this reply until now. I mean the button for whatever the post is linking to. Pictures, other communities, or external links. I’m right handed and the button is on the left. This makes it a big reach for my thumb to reach across my screen and I’m less likely to click on things or use your app because of it. I know it’s a small complaint but it’s all about feel, especially when it comes to apps, that’s why reddit had so many!
I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is my last update included a lot of new customizations including changing the direction of the content. See this demo: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8mIVZflUHhU.
The bad news is I submitted this update ~1.5 days ago to Google Play. The app is still in review. I have no idea what is going on since usually updates are reviewed within 1-4 hours. I hope the update will be available soon. You can take a look at my community at https://lemmy.world/c/summit to see updates about this.
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I do! I have a community on https://lemmy.world/c/summit
If you are a fellow reddit refugee, the Sync for Lemmy is coming soon.
These are the apps I’m using rn. So far i like thunder, connect and liftoff.
Can you link lemming? That’s the only one i can’t see to find
Same, I can’t find anything.
Hi, I’m the developer of Lemming. You can find it here: lemmy.world/c/lemming_app.
It is pretty hidden to be fair, it won’t pop up on Google even if I write the app name + dev name + GitHub lol.
Yeah, I couldn’t find it at all even after adding GitHub at the end lol
out of all those you are testing which one would you say has the closest UI to reddit is fun?
Thunder has a really weird swipe mechanic to voting that doesn’t seem to work very reliability for me unfortunately currently.
What do you mean?
You swipe the comment to the right and a thing pops up. It’s unclear when it is downvoting or upvoting because what it then does doesn’t seem to match the one you selected.
Liftoff has been my favorite so far!
So I am using lift off but how do you upvote posts from other instances ? It says unable to upvote coz youre not signed into lemmy.ml. Is there a way to upvote post from other instances?
I am pretty sure that you can upvote most of the stuff on instances you don’t have an account for. However some instances require you to apply for an account rather than just singing up (eg Beehaw was like that for me). An admin has to manually click a button for you to become a member. In those cases you can not just upvote or comment on one of those instances without an account. I think it’s to prevent a flood of bots on some of the instances. Not entirely sure if I got it right, though!
Would be nice to upvote and comment on post from other instance.
I’m new but Jerboa works like a charm on my Samsung, very fast and responsive.
My only complain is it’s a little too easy to click on the sub instead of the title, other than that Jerboa has been great.
It’s bit buggy, sometimes I press to open a sub and I need it used the internal browser and sometimes it takes me there within the app. No idea why it has two options.
Since the most recent update it closes wben I bookmark something and keeps saying to log into my instance.
Because not all the instance links has been added to Jerboa. It’s reported on github and hopefully will be fixed soon.
Try lift off from Github. Someone posted the link in the comments. Its amazzzzing
My current problem with jerboa is that it keeps pestering me to update server to a newer version without giving me a clue how to do it.
You can’t. System admin needs to, and they posted that they can’t yet because the new version doesn’t support captcha yet. They’re expecting a fix but have to wait.
currently using Jerboa, but waiting on Sync for Lemmy to be available! [email protected] to follow progress.
I’m clicking that link and it says 404 something
I belive that’s actually what you’d paste in the search box in your local instance to view the community from your instance, not a link to the community itself.
This link should take you to that community within its local instance: https://lemmy.world/c/syncforlemmy
I tried them all (Jerboa, Thunder, Liftoff, Lemmynade) and I like Jerboa the most. The layout is clean, compact and it works really well.
I was a Slide user on Reddit so I’m waiting for it to be available for Lemmy!
Isn’t Slide discontinued? Or do you mean Sync?
Both Slide and Sync for reddit are discontinued, however, both are now being developed for lemmy.
I meant Slide!
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Yes I did, I still prefer Jerboa’s post layout.
Where can I find Lemmynade?
It seems to be called Liftoff now.
Oh, that’d make sense.
The developer of Sync for reddit is creating a lemmy app. Can’t wait to try it, as Sync was my favorite reddit app.
This is a big reason for me moving over. I love Sync and can’t wait to keep using it.
I’m currently switching between Liftoff, Thunder, and Jerboa, altho Jerboa refuses to let me sign in, 'cause server version BS.
Liftoff has a nice UI IMO, and I like Thunder’s navigation, so I’ll prolly end up using one of the 2. Notably, Liftoff is more feature-complete than Thunder, so… Depends on what you want I guess.
Well that got out of hand quickly.
Have a nice day!
Liftoff for some reason won’t let me upvote posts from other instances. Very odd because it tells me I would literally need to make an account on every instance to upvote posts.
Also for @[email protected]
In the Settings -> General page there is a ‘Show EVERYTHING feed’ toggle which could explain why you’re getting that problem. That gives an option in the drop down at the top of the main feed page to view All from Everything which means it combines the All feeds from each instance you have in Accounts in the Settings (by default it has a few of the big instances added I think). It’s basically like you’re going to each site beehaw.org, lemmy.world, lemmy.ml, etc. even if you don’t an account there.
To avoid running into the issue of not being able to upvote you can remove the instances you don’t have accounts on, or just not use the Everything feed (turn it off, or select the instance you want to view from in the drop-down). And in case it’s not clear, if you view All from just your one instance you’ll still see posts from everywhere else but you are seeing it from the place you have an account so you’ll be able to upvote/comment.
Same hear, it seems that every app has a fair share of bugs, and the only way to determine which is best for you is to test them and see what you can live with.
Hmm, haven’t run into that yet. Noted.
I’ve tried jeroba, liftoff and thunder. My experience with jeroba is mostly negative. It’s not good enough to be a full replacement for using a web browser and with the new update it crashes on my older, not bleeding edge phone. It can’t even open lemmy links people post half the time.
Thundar is ok. I’m not a fan of its interface but at least you can actually browse communities you aren’t subscribed to.
The third one I’ve tried is Liftoff and it’s the best one I’ve seen so far. It’s about the same in terms of quality as Boost for reddit. You can explore new communities in other instances, have more than one active account logged in to be able to simultaneously use different instances and best of all there’s a search.
Connect is great for me so far…lftoff wouldnt accept my login details and Jerboa only returns a server error message
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Wasn’t able to log into lemmy.world instance because of a server version mismatch or something. But connect for Lemmy worked fine.
Jerboa has been working great for me on my Samsung Galaxy. A few minor bugs but overall gives me that RIF feel, and works great on my shitty rural internet connection. I did have to make an account through my browser and then log into Jerboa, but that wasn’t too bad.
Doesn’t work with lemmy.world yet as the version is too low.
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Jerboa if you’re on Android but it has a login issue that makes it unable to connect to instances that are still running the 0.17.4 version of the backend (and among them is lemmy.world). You’d have to wait for those instances to update to the 0.18.1 when it comes out before you can use Jerboa reliably.
Meanwhile, you can just open the web UI in your mobile browser and it will work just fine.
The Connect for Lemmy Android app works pretty well too.
Got a link? Not seeing it in F-Driod nor the (ugh) Play Store.
- Edit Nvm. It was right under an ad, I’m so hardwired to just ignore ads.
Doesn’t work at all for me on a Fold 4. Crashes as soon as I attempt to open the app
You can also use the previous version of Jerboa.
this is a great answer actually, the 0.0.34 is still very good
I had to uninstall 0.35 before it would let me install 0.34, but otherwise that is an excellent solution.
Only thing I didn’t like was no ability to reply from inbox but I totally forgot about the inbox at this point so I guess it’s not that important lol
I am using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kuroneko.lemmy_connect
Looks pretty good to me, it can make text larger so yeah. Like 10 minutes in rn though lol
Very much Connect for Lemmy, I think it’s the best of the pack now, works with 0.17 and 0.18 servers unlike the Jerboa official app. The latest update fixes commenting (keyboard used to cover input field) and there is now markdown. Gestures have been added.
It’s very much like my old favorite, Slide for Reddit.
It has an amoled dark mode ! That was one of my biggest requirement for an app.
I agree on the amoled setting requirement! So far Connect is one of the smoothest options.
Just tried out the amoled mode and it’s definitely an improvement! But it doesn’t look quite amoled black, it seems a few shades lighter to me.
The divider lines between posts and the menu are definitely darker than the posts in the feed, which makes me think it’s not fully amoled black. Having an amoled setting where the bulk of the UI isn’t fully black seems counterintuitive. Anyone else notice this?
Connect community links:
This might sound crazy, but i am just using the website via Firefox on my phone. Jerboa wasnt doing it for me, and someone recommended just using the website… I prefer it over jerboa. I imagine with all the development going on, there will be something better showing up, but until it does, I’m just going old school.
Jerboa was doing fine for me until Jerboa got updated beyond the Lemmy instances I’ve been browsing (which aren’t updating because the new Lemmy release removes the captcha, which then prevents new sign ups). Now Jerboa says the biggest Lemmy instance is below the minimum version Jerboa supports, and refuses to open the instance. Helluva bump in the road…
I downgraded for this reason.
Yeah, that’s a lemmy.world problem, however i get your meaning. I figure that are going to be growing pains over the next few months. This is one of em!
Yeah me too, the browser works just fine for me.
For me, the web client keeps re-rendering itself for apparently no reason. It’s a very janky experience.
Connect until sync comes out
That’s what I’m doing.
I’m currently using Connect for Lemmy and it’s pretty good tbh
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kuroneko.lemmy_connect
For convenience. It feels like Synch For Reddit.
Connect is also my favorite.
Just need an option to swap tap and long press functionality. I like to collapse comments while reading. Having to long press is so annoying :)
Same here, so far really good experience.
