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
  • Kbam (iOS, kbin, lemmy): link
  • Memmy (iOS, lemmy): link
  • Mlem (iOS, lemmy): link
  • Morpha (iOS, lemmy): link
  • Thunder (iOS, Android, lemmy): link
  • Beyond (iOS, Android, kbin, lemmy): link
  • Jerboa (Android, lemmy): link
  • Slide (Android, lemmy): link
  • Sync (Android, lemmy): link
  • Connect (Android, lemmy): link
  • Summit (Android, lemmy): link
  • Lemon (iOS, lemmy): link
  • Liftoff (iOS, Android, lemmy): link
  • Boost (Android, lemmy): link
  • Bean (iOS, Android, lemmy): link
  • WefWef (Web App, lemmy): 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 a very early stage of development so it may happen that they adjust OS availability and platform support.

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  • hariette@kbin.social
    139·
    2 years ago

    Not much love for Kbin! </3

    But I get it, without an official API, it’s a lot of work to get one going. I just refuse to use Lemmy, so I’m committed on getting a Kbin app ASAP. We’re just about to have alpha.1 build ready and it’s pretty darn usable.

    Plugging our magazine here:
    https://kbin.social/m/ArtemisApp

    EDIT: me not going w Lemmy was due to devs. I still think it’s a viable platform for the fediverse, especially with all the instances out there besides theirs (and being open source). Kbin being completely separated just felt like the right choice for me when picking between the two.

    • jiji@kbin.social
      21·
      2 years ago

      I much prefer kbin to lemmy so I really appreciate you putting in the effort! I put myself on the alpha list and I look forward to it. :)

    • acedelgado@kbin.social
      11·
      2 years ago

      Gotta say, I’m really excited for the work you’re doing on Artemis. Kbin’s mobile site is really good especially considering how young it is, but I miss the smoothness of a real app. Thank you for jumping in on it so quickly and enthusiastically!!

    • static@kbin.social
      8·
      2 years ago

      Just communicate with the kbin developers a lot, ernest did disable the api for now because he might change it.

      • hariette@kbin.social
        6·
        2 years ago

        Yeah, following along the active PR for the site’s API closely :)

        Rn using homegrown one based on their DTOs. Using a scrapper. Just so we can run a small scale private beta. Has help us get a lot of the core functionality in place. Currently the app is looking pretty good.

        • static@kbin.social
          4·
          2 years ago

          Yea, use anything to get started.
          But with what you are doing it’s fine to contact the dev team/mr dev directly; they’ll love it.

        • phosphorik@kbin.social
          10·
          2 years ago

          Tankies? Not familiar with that one.

          I signed up for kbin because it was easier to understand. Lemmy looked neat but figuring out which instance to join was hard. As for the developers supporting China… well, Lemmy is open source and the whole point is to make something where you don’t have to agree with the people running it.

          • Treebeard@monero.town
            4·
            2 years ago

            There are alleged members of the communist party who are mods at lemmy.ml, or some kind of Chinese state apologists. Those who seek freedom of speech should be forewarned of this.

          • kill@kbin.social
            1·
            2 years ago

            Lemmy looked neat but figuring out which instance to join was hard

            how about any lol, any major instance is ok

            and yeah lemmy is open source, there’s a lemmy instance for every point on the political spectrum, devs being commies makes no difference for the end result which is a very diverse (fe)diverse

            • MxM111@kbin.social
              15·
              2 years ago

              Do they have right to be commies? Sure.

              Do I have right not to use their project because of that? You betcha! Especially since there is good (if not better) alternative (kbin)

        • static@kbin.social
          10·
          2 years ago

          I’ve seen that “problem” a lot, but they give away the source code for free as proper communists should do, and then it’s out of their hands. Just don’t go to lemmygrad.ml.

          • DarkenLM@kbin.social
            6·
            2 years ago

            Microsoft also makes a lot of open source software but there’s people that want to stay the fuck away from it.

            As for me, I just prefer the Kbin layout.

    • Xeelee@kbin.social
      1·
      2 years ago

      I with you here but we should avoid fragmentation by all means. Having two competing platforms that aren’t interoperable would be a huge disservice.,