wefwef is a beautiful mobile web client for lemmy. Enjoy a seamless experience browsing the fediverse.
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.
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!
I decided to use this for now instead of the other iOS apps. It feels less clunky than most app. I’m still waiting on Artemis to come out of alpha to commit to anything.
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!
As someone who stopped using Reddit after Apollo quit working, wefwef is amazing so far! It really does look and feel like Apollo. It's very helpful with the transition to Lemmy.
Would you be able to add themes in the future like Apollo had? I loved using majestic purple.
@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!
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.
My first post post Apollo shutdown and am really happy with wefwef! Feels very familiar, and I’m actually excited for a fresh start getting away from the dumpster fire Reddit has become. Happy to be here!
This is amazing, thank you! I loved Apollo and I’ve been trying any iOS client I can find for Lemmy or kbin. Wefwef is so familiar I almost don’t miss Apollo anymore 😅
Hey, this is amazing work! I'm using it right now as a standalone app on the macOS Sonoma beta and it feels really good. The biggest problem I've had with Lemmy so far is that most instances use the default frontend, and I just don't really like it that much. This is a lot better! Can't wait to see what you do with it.
I'm actually amazed how amazing this PWA feels to use. I've always been critical on web apps and preferred native apps, but wefwef absolutely surprised me.
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.
After hearing about wefwef a few days back I've been very much enjoying using it! I have no experience with Apollo as an Android user, but the gestures are very intuitive and already I'm using them way more than clicking. Now that I can sort by top posts it's become my main mobile fix for Lemmy!
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.
This is just one more truly amazing experience in the fediverse. I didn’t know an experience this great could happen so fast, and in a web app. Thank you!
Cannot see how to make a top level post on a community. I am commenting from wefwef here, so that is clear.
Can you enable a “pull down to refresh” in the web app? Maybe this doesn’t make sense, but for me in iOS, it is just second nature and feels weird when it doesn’t stretch and bounce.
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
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
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.
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?
Absolute chad! I have used it for a while today, and it is great for us Apollo users. Currently back on default lemmy because it is a bit unstable on iPad, it doesn’t react well to scrolling yet. But I’ll be using it again soon :) thanks for the effort!