Raccoon for Lemmy app

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This community is dedicated to the discussion about the Raccoon for Lemmy mobile app. Raccoon is an open source app powered by Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) and Compose Multiplatform (CMP) which intends not only to provide a mobile client for Lemmy, but also to create a space where users' voice is listened to, and we grow together by exchanging opinions.

Main features:

view post feed and comments with different listing and sort types;
possibility to upvote and downvote (with configurable swipe actions);
community and user detail (with info about moderators/moderated communities);
user profile with one's own posts, comments and saved items;
inbox with replies, mentions and direct messages;
global search with different result types (all, posts, comments, user, communities);
create and edit new posts (with optional images);
cross-post contents to other communities;
reply to post and comments (and edit replies);
mark posts as read (even while scrolling) and hide read contents;
custom appearance (color scheme, fonts, text sizes, post layout, etc.);
custom localization (independent of system settings);
block users, communities and instances;
report post and comments to moderators;
support for multiple accounts with account-specific settings;
lazy scrolling (referred to as "zombie mode");
explore all the communities on a given instance in guest mode;
multi-community (community aggregation);
view the moderation log;
community moderation tool (examine and resolve reports, ban users, feature posts in community, block further comments from posts, mark comments as distinguished, remove posts/comments, review all created posts/comments, edit/create community);
save drafts for posts and comments;
anonymous mode with quick instance switch;
admin tools (purge users/posts/comments/communities, feature posts locally, hide/unhide communities).

Why was the project started?

experimenting and testing Kotlin Multiplatform and Compose Multiplatform in a real world project, to explore what could be achieved with multiplatform libraries and share as much code as possible in the commonMain source directory;
offering a feature rich Lemmy client mainly aimed at both beginners and “pro” users, i.e. users who are not content with just browsing the contents of the Fediverse, creating posts and answers but be able to customize the app and “feel at home”;
dig deeper inside Lemmy’s internals and understand better what it is like to work with a decentralized platform.

We believe that Lemmy has a lot of potential and part of its success depends on users being able to enjoy the experience on robust and well-done clients. Moreover, encouraging discussion between people is important to develop a healthy and tolerant society where everyone's right and freedom are safeguarded. To know more, have a look at the Procyon Project's manifesto.

References

Quick links

have a look at the source code;
create a report in the issue tracker;
join the Matrix room to reach out to the developers!

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[announcement] RaccoonForLemmy changes ownership and starts anew (self.raccoonforlemmyapp)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by akesi_seli to c/raccoonforlemmyapp

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The last message before closing the old community stated that, after a break, it would be decided whether to restart from an existing fork or to recreate a repository in an anonymous account. We have decided to do both things, taking the most active fork (which was updated to the latest commit), transferring it to a neutral organization and using that as a starting point.

The biggest limit of the previous approach, as emerged on August 1st, was that even if the app was presented as a “community project”, its ownership and all the decision making process (as well as the majority of the development heavy-lifting) was concentrated in the hands of a single person, which could take questionable decisions due to personal contingencies. Being a human and having a single point of view, errors can be made and reactions can be disproportionate with respect to their causes.

In order to prevent this from happening again, the new organization will have a more open, transparent and community-driven approach, and everyone will have to participate more in the decision making process, so that ownership is shared as well as responsibility.

The new repository will be available here and we are working to restore everything so that a new development release will be available soon and can be installed from GitHub (in order to have a new Google Play account more time will be needed).

Moreover, in order to make sure everyone’s voice is listened to, there will be periodic AMA sessions once a month in this very community, using the [AMA] prefix in the post title. The session will be held the first Wednesday of each month, so the day after tomorrow will be the first one.

We hope you are convinced that mistakes like last week’s one will not happen again and you’ll participate in this new stage of the journey.

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[–] gedaliyah 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I can think of a very good reason why a brand new account would be extremely knowledgeable and passionate about this project. Especially considering the previous dev account specifically mentioned wanting more anonymity.

Just a theory.

[–] akesi_seli 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That wouldn't be a bad thing in any case would it?

[–] gedaliyah 3 points 4 months ago

Of course not. I think it's fantastic. I'm very grateful that you will be carrying on this project.