Summit for Lemmy is now open source

Submitted ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨ByteMe@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨fediverse@lemmy.world⁩

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/27182706

At the time of writing Summit for Lemmy should be completely open source.

After a lot of contemplation I’ve decided to open source the app. There are still some changes that probably need to happen before it can be considered “FOSS” but this is a huge step I think.

As I’m voiced my opinions on this previously, the main repository for Summit will not be to the public for PRs. If you encounter bugs or have any feature requests please continue to send them through the proper channels (ideally to this community).

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jeena@piefed.jeena.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I don't know what it is, I went to the repo on github to read the readme, I still have no idea what it is. There is not a single sentence which explains what this is.

At the top it says it's something for Lemmy, at least I know what Lemmy is, but most people don't. So it might be a plugin, a theme, a frontend, an app, who knows.

Later it mentions apk, so perhaps it's a android app, for phone or some car or other embedded devices?

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- idunnololz@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Hello I’m the developer here. The reason why the readme is completely unhelpful is simple. I wrote it for myself. It was a readme i wrote for myself on how to do certain things LOL.
  
  Probably the best solution short term is to jist like yo the website at the very top: summit.idunnololz.com.
  
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  - pwalker@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I love that you link Obtanium. This is the first time I saw an app dev actually linking to Obtanium. Getting your FOSS app update directly from the git repos without the google bs around it just seems logical.
    
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  - Goretantath@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Ah so the name is a joke on the word “summary” gotcha.
    
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- ByteMe@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  It’s an Android Lemmy client. The app just went public so it needs some repo refinement
  
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  - Jhuskindle@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    And it’s great, I’ve been using it for weeks. It reminds me of RIF. I am so happy to have found it.
    
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- twistypencil@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Had the same problem
  
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Condiment2085@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Gonna download now and give it a try. Currently using Boost but trying a few different options to see what works best. A lot of people suggested Voyager but I didn’t like it very much.

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- Condiment2085@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Shit this is pretty good
  
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- reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Thunder is my personal recommendation with Raccoon being my next choice.
  
  If you’re interested that is. Otherwise just pretend I was never here.
  
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  - javacafe01@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I’ve been a Thunder user for a while. Just tried ourlt Summit and it has been much smoother and polished for me.
    
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  - victorz@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Tried Raccoon just now, uninstalled instantly. Not very polished compared to other apps. My personal opinion.
    
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- victorz@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I’m trying it out right now, it doesn’t feel very polished compared to others I main, like Sync or Boost.
  
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  - Condiment2085@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I agree in some ways and not in others. Having no ads gives Summit a big leg up for me, but there are some interfaces that aren’t super intuitive.
    
    On Android (not sure if it’s on iOS) I like that it feels more native than boost.
    
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- fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  If you like FOSS, I’d recommend giving Thunder a try: thunderapp.dev
  
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  - victorz@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Using Thunder right now. Yet another app that doesn’t have properly functioning code formatting buttons for both inline code markup and code blocks. And it makes no distinction between single back ticks and triple back ticks. Ah well.
    
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  - Condiment2085@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Testing Summit rn but will def keep it in mind
    
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z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Nice. Hopefully somebody puts it up on FDroid.

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- idunnololz@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  It’s on my to-do but the process seems annoying potentially so we’ll see. I just wanted to open source the project so there is at least some progress. I was finding myself making long lists of shit to do before I can open source the project but you know what fk those lists and just open source it now. Ask questions later. :D
  
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  - z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Really good stuff. Obviously do what you can and it’s great you’re open sourcing the project. That’s always a good thing imho. I just made the suggestion to get it up on FDroid as a lot of people who love open source and are on Android prefer to get their apps there.
    
    If you’re able, please do so. But even if you don’t, please know you open sourcing this, it’s appreciated. Thank you.
    
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  - 0ops@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Haha sometimes you just need to rip off the bandaid
    
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- Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Try Obtainium 🙂
  
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- idunnololz@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  gitlab.com/fdroid/rfp/-/issues/3053
  
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  - z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Very sweet. Thank you!!
    
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Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Love summit, glad to hear this welcome evolution.

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A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Now do Sync ;-;

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- heleos@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I loved sync for reddit, and even paid for the ad-free version on Lemmy, but I’m on summit now. Dev attentiveness and interaction is a 180 from the sync dev, and summit is great to use
  
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  - A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I’ve been using Boost since Sync lost the “mark as read” feature, but I took a second look at Summit since I wrote that comment… And I actually think I like it more lol.
    
    Do you know if it has push notifications? I moderate a handful of communities so getting notified of reports would be huge.
    
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ObstreperousCanadian@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
This is great! I’ve tried so many clients and Summit is the one I like best.

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land@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Hopefully they add push notifications for posts, similar to Apollo for Reddit push notifications feature:

_Apollo for Reddit had a feature called “Threshold Notifications”, which allowed users to set up notifications for when a post reached a certain number of upvotes. This was useful for tracking the popularity of a post without constantly checking Reddit.

For example, you could configure Apollo to notify you if a specific post or thread reached 1,000 upvotes. This feature was particularly helpful for keeping an eye on trending content_

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- ByteMe@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  You can ask for it :))
  
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  - land@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    This feature is a must-have for me. I’ve been searching for a Lemmy client for Android that has this feature, but none of them do. Only Arctic for Lemmy that does have this feature.
    
    I just don’t bother requesting because the response I usually get is that Lemmy doesn’t officially support push notifications, and it’s quite a complex process to implement.
    
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- catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Why do you want that?
  
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  - land@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Well, it keeps you up to date with trending topics without having to open the app itself. You can quickly glance at your notifications. Saving you a lot of time.
    
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- DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I’m not a developer but I believe it was the Voyager dev that explained Lemmy currently can’t do this. Apps only reach out to Lemmy servers while they are open. Push notifications would require the developers to run their own servers that the apps would reach out to while running in the background and no one wants to pay for that especially since most apps are free. I may be explaining this wrong.
  
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  - land@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Oh, you’re right! The developer explained it really well. I mostly use Voyager as my main Lemmy client on all my devices, but I use Arctic just for checking out trending topics. Maybe Arctic has more funding or something.
    
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pineapplelover@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Eternity ftw

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Jhuskindle@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
That’s awesome, I love summit.

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