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YSK about Hermit - app that turns web pages to native apps. Works great with Fediverse apps!
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this post was submitted on 26 Jun 2023
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is it on FDroid?
unfortunately no
Native Alpha is somewhat equivalent. Very barebones however.
Ok, maybe not a "native" app but it's pretty close when configured well!
I just installed it, do you have any tips as far as configuration is concerned?
Tried it for Kbin, and in that specific case the only advantage it seems to have over Chrome's wep app function is the rotation bug. That's great, but most of the features that might be worthwhile are locked behind a paywall.
I don't really see how this adds a whole lot except for removing the frames of the browser app. But in exchange you lose the ability to use addons and their corresponding scripts & styles, while all the extra features are paywalled.
Unfortunately browser apps are really buggy and never really cared for by neither Chrome or Firefox. So, it's always like using a beta feature that sometimes works compared to Hermit which is quite polished.
I mean there is no such thing as a free lunch. It has sandboxes, scripts, multi instances, website sync and other stuff. But, I agree most wouldn't find much value in it. I frequent some websites quite a bit and some in rare cases. Managing them in Firefox and Samsung internet isn't that seamless. Hermit is like a launcher for all my lite apps which I can launch when needed which is neat.
For lemmy, not a huge benefit, but for other less trustworthy social apps, you can run them sandboxed so they can't track your other activity. Though Firefox also sandboxes cookies now too. But hermit has some other nice features regarding bookmarking, user scripts, etc
One thing I don't understand is why when you add a lite app(Reddit, Facebook, LinkedIn), go to login on that site and click to autofill with Bitwarden, why does it show as com.chimbori.hermitcrab?
Does this mean the Hermit app can see your login details for each site?
That's a very good point. I'm not sure.
I know Hermit is using system's browser which is known to be leaky (that's what tiktok got in trouble for recently) and not as secure as Firefox. If you need security it's probably best to stick with Firefox imo.
That happens when the browser doesn't send the url of the website in question properly in which case the app name is captured. When I added my instance as a lite app it autofills normally and only associated the site with the login. I use the keepassDX app and I'm on android 13. Which version of android are you on?
A Galaxy S21 FE, android 13. I tried to also add the lemmy.world instance and got the same issue.
It works fairly well.
It does have the drawback of only being able to be logged in on one account per instance, so if you share a device with someone, or just use multiple accounts yourself, you'll have to switch manually.
It isn't quite as good as a well built app because it's just a browser with tricks, but you have full access feature wise, and it's "good enough"
You can create lite app for each account. You can even duplicate existing ones to retain the same settings.
Counting the default and the additional 5 sandboxes you get 6 account logins for the same site. Sharing your device is not a typical use case but happens. You can send a suggestion to the dev to increase the sandbox count. Perhaps, he can increase it higher to fit your use case.
But, I think better would be to install hermit in a seperate android profile alongside the apps the mentioned person would use. Seperating your and his/her account data would be better.
I use hermit as an alternative approach to multiple chrome profiles because somehow android doesn't support this.
Hermit sandboxes your apps so you can have separate auth for the same "apps".
That's a really good tip! I used Hermit back when Facebook split its app into two and I didn't want a separate Messenger app on my phone.
That's what I've been using. I tried with firefox, but the scrolling felt laggy on my phone while it was smooth on hermit.
Is it on FDroid?
Is it similar to IceRaven?
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