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UPDATED: There are now multiple iOS / Android apps in development for kbin & lemmy! (kbin.social)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by frasassi@kbin.social to c/kbinMeta@kbin.social
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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 138 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

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 22 points 1 year 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. :)

[–] ColonelSanders@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago

Thank you for your service kind citizen!

[–] acedelgado@kbin.social 11 points 1 year 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 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[–] hariette@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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 points 1 year 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.

[–] leftbones@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Why do you refuse to use Lemmy?

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[–] HidingCat@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Aww yes, looking forward to it! Will go sign up for testing if you're accepting.

[–] Xeelee@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.,

[–] hariette@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

AFAIK, they are, right? I see lemmy posts on kbin all the time.

[–] Xeelee@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, and that is something we should promote as much as we can.

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