UPDATED: There are now multiple iOS / Android apps in development for kbin & lemmy!

More up to date and more detailed information at: https://beehaw.org/post/683217

cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/t/71764

The amount of apps being developed for iOS / Android is getting really crazy now and new apps keep popping up every day. Updated list below:

  • Artemis (iOS, Android, kbin, lemmy): link
  • Memmy (iOS, lemmy): link
  • Mlem (iOS, lemmy): link
  • Morpha (iOS, lemmy): link
  • Thunder (iOS, Android, lemmy): link
  • Beyond (iOS, Android, lemmy): link
  • Limbo (iOS, Android, lemmy): link
  • Jerboa (Android, lemmy): link
  • Slide (Android, lemmy): link
  • Sync (Android, lemmy): link
  • Unnamed (kbin): link

Most apps on the list are lemmy apps, meaning they don't work with kbin. Artemis is specifically designed to work with kbin, not sure if or when any of the other ones will go in that direction or become interoperable as there are some challenges with the kbin API at the moment. Having said that, a new API is in the works (https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core/pulls/357) so things should get better with time. Some of the apps are in very early stage of development so it may happen that they adjust OS availability and platform support.

See info in table format with more details:
https://beehaw.org/post/697419

BasicWhiteGirl,
BasicWhiteGirl avatar

Not only are we gonna get an app..... But we're also gonna get OPTIONS!? Go team!

fancygoose,

I'm glad that we have so many talented developers interested in kbin/Lemmy! Keep up the great work!

AJYoung,

Thank you! Bookmarking right now.

Mlem is no longer on testflight, they just announced a change in leadership, so hopefully it continues with development. Seems like it will, given their announcement: https://beehaw.org/post/693759

Notorious,

That’s strange. I just received an update overnight for Mlem on TestFlight. Maybe it’s just closed to new registrations? IMO it is the most polished of the iOS apps.

AJYoung,

It was his last update before changing leadership. IDK what the status will be after that.

Just tried Limbo, though, and loving it!

Countmacula,
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@AJYoung

@ericjmorey @Notorious

Limbo is quickly becomes lag favorite.

AJYoung,

I don’t understand, as in it slows down?

Countmacula,
Countmacula avatar

@AJYoung

Apparently, I just can't type and autocorrect is fkin terrible.

Limbo is quickly becoming my favorite

chase,

Wow, how exciting! Thank you for all of the links. I’m looking forward to giving each of them a try.

Los,
@Los@beehaw.org avatar

It would be nice to have a list of these to check on in a year time when they feel less like an alpha version.

ericjmorey,

See https://beehaw.org/post/683217

The link above links to a Google Sheet that's being maintained

Arkham,

Genuinely did not expect to see Slide on here, now I'm all excited.

the_nightman,

I’m working on a native iOS app called Olympus too(‘: it’s built with all the new SDKs Apple gave us for iOS 17 (meaning only those on the iOS 17 beta will be able to use it). I should have a TestFlight link up by Monday, doing some final smoke testing this weekend before I let all you users try and break it

HrBingR,

Would love a testflight link once it's up, I'm on iOS 17 Dev Beta.

ericjmorey,

Please post a comment to https://beehaw.org/post/683217

hemmes,

Running iOS 17 now and using the web app (vlemmy.net). Send me a link when you’re ready.

PotentiallyAnApricot,

Gratitude to anyone working on any of these apps. I mean, that is very cool of you to do. We appreciate.

menturi,

So many developers working on apps for Lemmy. I hope there are just as many dedicated individuals interested in improving Lemmy's source itself.

Abrogha,

What's with the entitlement!?

diamond,

Shameless plug (sorry) but I'm working on one too! It's a web app that works on both desktop and mobile: https://slemmy.libdb.so.

It is a free-time kind of project (I work on it after my actual working hours), so it might not grow at the same pace as other newer apps, but I'm trying!

Source code is at https://libdb.so/slemmy, AGPLv3 license.

mrh,
@mrh@mander.xyz avatar

Memmy has been working very well for me. Lots of updates very quickly and feeling good.

Elw,

My only complaint with both mlem and Memmy is that neither of them show when you’ve got a reply to a comment. In the desktop site you can see the number of notifications in the bell on the top right but I can’t find them in either app. It also doesn’t look like it’s possible to vote on comments in either as well. But they’re making great progress and I keep checking back every now and again

iamhazel,
@iamhazel@beehaw.org avatar

lol I'm in the Slide screenshot, hi mom!

reric88,
@reric88@beehaw.org avatar

celebrity of the century!

alongwaysgone,

The slide for Lemmy makes me sooo happy. My mouth is hanging open and I'm just... I cannot freaking wait!! Thank you 🙏

iamhazel,
@iamhazel@beehaw.org avatar

Oh I'm not the author I just have a post on the screenshot. I'm excited to, I want to slay Slide was the first client I tried over a decade ago!

Kernel,

The superior app experience may end up finally tipping the scale on my perpetual indecision between Lemmy vs Kbin.

rwhitisissle,

Hot take: I think lemmy is better as desktop only, as it encourages a greater degree of depth in terms of conversation. Mobile apps are basically just there purely for monetization by the developers, and they encourage users to engage with their communities superficially (upvote, post an emoji, doomscroll, repeat forever).

failcookie,

Not wrong. But I like to casually lurk on my phone and either (1) pass the time with non-sense or (2) read up on what's going on so I can at least stay in the know. I use my desktop more so for actually responding and conversing.

rwhitisissle,

I think it's one of those things where on a micro level, it's conceptually fine, and a lot of people say that's how they want to use it. But I've seen reddit basically get destroyed from pivoting away from the desktop experience to focus on catering to predominately mobile users. The consequence of this is that you have shorter comments overall in threads, less incentive to reply to people who are actually trying to have real discussions, shorter lifetimes on how long people engage with a particular post, and, at the risk of being ageist, a younger userbase with a natural interest in shortform engagement and more superficially appealing content. Right now on lemmy communities like Beehaw, a solid post can have days worth of discussion in the comment section. On reddit, if you're commenting after 8 hours, that train's left the station. Obviously, I'm biased and have a strong interest in quality of posts and the discussions attached to them over the sheer quantity of new material hitting your feed. And, of course, part of that is a consequence of user volume, but the fact that mobile is the de facto standard tool for accessing the site magnifies all the problems I mentioned to pathological extremes.

chipt4,

Don't forget all of the autocorrect mishaps

fiah,
@fiah@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

Excited to use sync with Lemmy, it's been my main Reddit app for the better part of a decade

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