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Apollo - A beautiful app built for power and speed.

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Since many of us are trying to avoid giving reddit any traffic, this space can be used to discuss Apollo, our dreams of seeing it join the Fediverse, and to give our appreciation to @[email protected] for his incredible work.

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I initially tried Lemmy and thought it was too complicated - until I tried it with the wefwef.app web app. It’s design is really similar to Apollo, and is quite responsive for being a web app. Definitely give it a try before giving up on Lemmy.

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[–] Demigod787 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's the one true successor to Apollo, and I say that because it's an identical copy. I'm just worried that the developer might drop dead at any second now. Bloke has been throwing updates at us right, left and centre. And he's also pretty active, commenting here and there. Mate got me worried.

[–] noob_pointer 2 points 1 year ago

It’s actually pretty impressive to see multiple features added within days - I wish app store apps could get updated this quickly.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Agreed, the name is preeeeetty strange but I’m super impressed with this PWA!

Not gonna lie, I renamed it to Apollo when installing 😂

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I named mine “Apollo II”

[–] Boobski 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seconded! I’ve been using it for a few days now and it’s very similar to Apollo and super intuitive.

[–] G_Wash1776 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m stuck switching between Memmy and Wefwef

[–] Demigod787 2 points 1 year ago

Try both out and see what you like, no pressure.

[–] mr_robot2938 8 points 1 year ago

The more I use wefwef, the more I am impressed. By far the most functional web app I’ve seen.

[–] Wednesday 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I could kiss you. I’ve been trying to find the alternative that fit right. Just setup on Wefwef and am dropping my first comment. You’re a damn saint!

[–] noob_pointer 2 points 1 year ago

Glad to help - initially the name itself turned me off from even checking it out.

[–] LazaroFilm 6 points 1 year ago

The Apollo import feature was great. (You import an Apollo backup and it lists all your subscribed subs. Then clicking each opens a search for similar communities.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it’s working well for me. :)

Needs a catchier name though.

[–] LazaroFilm 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wefwef is really nice. And it’s just a WebApp! Down side, no notifications with WebApps if I remember correctly)

[–] Massada42 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Apple has added notification support to web apps.

[–] LazaroFilm 2 points 1 year ago

Oh great news!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

PWA notifications are only available on android currently

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Been on it for just over a week now and it’s pretty awesome!

[–] Rhonos23 4 points 1 year ago

Can confirm, this one’s amazing!

[–] netwren 4 points 1 year ago

Former Reddit is Fun user. Loving wefwef so far, migrated from Jerboa because I wasn't fond of the UX direction and wefwef seems to be nailing it.

[–] Jackolantern 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Although is it just me or sometimes I find the posts refresh slowly or not at all

[–] noob_pointer 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

no it happens to me too, it’s still a bit buggy, the developer was getting the app rate limited at one point by Lemmy. Luckily they seem to be pretty active on the github page (it’s open source!) https://github.com/aeharding/wefwef

[–] LazaroFilm 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wait, it’s all in Java Script (well, technically it’s i. typeScript with Vite JS). that means you could host your own WefWef instance on a private server like a Raspberry Pi or something… interesting. You could have direct access to your own private instance. You could customize or tweak it, and it may help with connection speed when you’re browsing from the same network.

[–] Jackolantern 2 points 1 year ago

Oh that’s good to know. Thank you!

[–] theangryseal 3 points 1 year ago

I’m enjoying it so much. Thank goodness this exists.

[–] artistan 3 points 1 year ago

I’m currently trying out Thunder. I’ll have to try this…

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know this post is 2 weeks old, but if you're coming from Apollo and you'd prefer a "real" app, Memmy is very similar experientially to Apollo.

[–] noob_pointer 1 points 1 year ago

ah nice I didn’t know it was out of TestFlight, i’ll check it out!

[–] jackmeehoff 2 points 1 year ago

c/mlemmasterrace

[–] Noetic97 2 points 1 year ago

Loving wefwef so much right now. Apollo stopped working and wefwef made me very comfortable in deleting the Reddit app completely!