I’ve been working on a Threadiverse frontend for almost a year called Blorp. Originally it was Lemmy only, but now it also includes PieFed. (source code) (try web version)
I just Dockerized the frontend and started publishing the Docker image, and I would love your feedback!
REACT_APP_DEFAULT_INSTANCE(e.g. lemmy.zip no trailing slash)- Changes the default instance
REACT_APP_LOCK_TO_DEFAULT_INSTANCEset this to “true” or "false"- When true, this prevents the frontend from logging into other instances. Perfect if you host your own Lemmy instance and want this frontend to exclusively be used with your instance
# pull the latest Blorp image docker pull christianjuth/blorp:latest # run it on port 8080 (host → container), passing any runtime env‑vars you need docker run -d \ --name blorp \ -p 8080:80 \ -e REACT_APP_DEFAULT_INSTANCE="https://lemmy.zip/" \ -e REACT_APP_NAME="Blorp" \ -e REACT_APP_LOCK_TO_DEFAULT_INSTANCE="false" \ christianjuth/blorp:latest
3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com 8 months ago
Now this I like, just because I have plenty of people who really aren’t techy enough and dislike a lot about the fediverse… I know it’s not for everyone but having a simple front end works for loads! Good work here - I like it, I like it a lot
moseschrute@lemmy.world 8 months ago
That you! Idk how to explain the fediverse to my mainstream social media friends, but I think a good step 1 is giving them an intuitive front end.
I would love to eventually onboard people to Lemmy and PieFed through Blorp, but that’s a whole other challenge. Idk how to explain the fediverse to people. In a perfect world, I think people who stumbled across Blorp would figure it out with no prior Fediverse knowledge. Idk how to get there.