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Hey there. Just started my journey with lemmy and am not so much a fan of using it in a browser. Is there some linux app I might try? (I use arch btw.)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm personally very new to lemmy myself, you might be able to use Tafkars ([email protected]) if it works for desktop to proxy requests to your Lemmy instance.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Welcome. Sure, Linux Mint's WebApp Manager or Peppermint OS's Ice are here for you. But jokes aside, sadly, no. Lemmy does not have a native Linux application as of now. But you can make use of the fact that the browser UI is a PWA which can be installed like a regular app as well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Proper PWA support isn't in v0.17.3 (although mobile browsers will let you add it as an app). However, PWA support was merged into the main branch. I'm not sure which release it will be a part of though.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Jerboa is FOSS and available on f-droid, that's what I'm using at the moment.

Also the dev behind Redreader is talking about pivoting to support Lemmy instead once reddit goes down, so keep your eyes on that.