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

  • Zephyr_0713@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    if an app is released, please add a function in the android version to switch between android and ios theme

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    1 year ago

    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!

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    1 year ago

    Would it be possible to modify the sorting feature so that it isn’t universal? In Apollo, unless I’m misremembering, I’m fairly certain the sorting would default back to a set sorting function, usually Hot or whatever the equivalent was. It might’ve been a setting called default sorting method, again my memory is hazy and I can’t exactly go check. I digress. This was convenient bc oftentimes when someone sorts by Top, Active, or Controversial it is only for the given instance they’re currently viewing, and they intend on viewing a specific sorting method generally while otherwise browsing. It would be nice as at least an option, if possible to implement easily.

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    1 year ago

    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!

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    1 year ago

    @aeharding Is there a reason why the colours for up- and downvotes are inverted? It keeps throwing me off, especially because everything else looks exactly like it did on Apollo.

    Also, would it be possible to add those tiny vibrations when you swipe do up-/downvote? I have swiped too far a number of times now and accidentally downvoted on first try because there is no haptic feedback.

    Regardless, I love wefwef so far, thank you so much for your work!

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    1 year ago

    my gf just asked wtf is wefwef, sounds like porn. explained what it is and now she using wefwef. really loving this early build and lemmy community makes this place even more welcoming.

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    1 year ago

    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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    1 year ago

    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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        1 year ago

        Thanks for your response! Looks like using Lemmy.world directly or using Memmy (where I’m replying now) seems to work okay, I’ll just try wef again later

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    1 year ago

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

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    1 year ago

    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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      1 year ago

      It’s pretty lightweight, check out the readme. Info on auto updates with lighthouse too