wefwef [alpha] — an apollo-inspired Lemmy web client

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'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.

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!

This app looks lit, it almost feel illegal to have Apollo like experience on Android LMAO.

It's now my favorite lemmy app. Thanks for your hard work 🙏

Wow! So far the best client I’ve tried for iOS, and also the best PWA I’ve ever used! Congrats :)

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!

wefwef is looking great, keep up the good work! I love the Apollo feel.

I’m shocked at how good wefwef is already - I was not expecting something this good, this soon.

I’m sure you’ve got grand plans to develop more, but honestly you’ve made the transition away from Apollo (and Reddit) so much easier already.

Thank you so much and keep up the good work!!

Just found this app and it is sooooo awesome. Holy cow.

I had no idea a web app could be this good.

Great work!

This is incredible. Well done, you’ve smashed it out the park!

This is incredible. It feels so cozy being able to browse lemmy in an Apollo-like UI. I didn’t realize how much I missed it.

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!

@aeharding this is so impressive on iOS! I didn't know a PWA could feel this smooth!

I just added this wen app on a suggestion and it's fantastic! Definitely the best I've used so far over the past few weeks, really improves the Lemmy experience.

If this becomes a native iOS app, it would be a game-changer!

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.

Thank you so much for making this!

Awesome app. Came from boost for reddit. This is so well done for a webapp. Made my move to lemmy a lot less of a hassle than I expected.

Oh yeah first post on Lemmy.

Screw reddits money grabbing owners.

I didn’t know web apps could work this well. Fantastic work so far. Do we know how Christian feels about this?

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!

@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!

Wow. This is so neat! Some of you devs are just so damn talented! Definitely going in the rotation with things I suggest to other users, thank you!

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.

Could you add access to kbin to the app? That would be great. Thanks for making the app!

Works great on android 11! A native app would be super though.

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.

Thanks for the amazing work. Is it possible to sort posts by "top"?

Been loving wefwef so far!

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 😅

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

Trying out wefwef on iOS and Android currently. It's buttery smooth on both. Loving it so far! 😍

I freaking love this so far! Made it so easy to find topics across multiple servers.

This is amazing! Loving it so far. When theming gets more sophisticated, would love a compact mode with text titles only, no image!

As an android enjoyer this work looks lit! incredible.

Wow, you nailed the Apollo vibe and feel. Incredible job.

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.

This is looking good!

Are you planning to support Android officially as well? Is it in the plans, still in discussion, or just a happy convenience that you are not specifically planning to keep?> Hydroel

Edit: alright, this is a web app, so it even works in Firefox desktop (I found out by total chance)

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!

This post should have 2120 updoots ☠️🎺

Does the save button is working for you?

Its really good man! Will you make an app for WefWef?

Holy crap I'm liking this app even on android

I tried making a new post with this question but it kept erroring out. So comment post is best I can do:
Is there a way to block some instances locally? Occasionally I see German language content from foreign instances (lemmy.de) as an example. Seeing as how I don’t speak German, would prefer to block the whole instance as it’s not relevant to me.

Using wefwef and I’m on lemmy.world by the way

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?

Have you considered adding kbin accessibility? That would be great!

is there a way to set up “multireddit” feeds like you could with apollo?

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.

Thanks for all the hard work on this!

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

Hi is there a way to customize gestures?

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.

@aeharding nice! Now I know what you do for fun!