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. https: //lemmy.zip no trailing slash)
    • Changes the default instance
  • REACT_APP_LOCK_TO_DEFAULT_INSTANCE set 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. You can still log into multiple accounts on the locked instance
    • When false, you can log into as many accounts across as many instances as you want. You can even mix and mach Lemmy and PieFed
# 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/" \ # BUT without the trailing slash!
  -e REACT_APP_NAME="Blorp" \
  -e REACT_APP_LOCK_TO_DEFAULT_INSTANCE="false" \
  christianjuth/blorp:latest

Edit: I cannot get the trailing slash in https://lemmy.zip/ to go away, but make sure you exclude it. Idk what sorcery is going on with Lemmy, but it seems impossible to link a domain without a trailing slash. I’ll make the docker image more forgiving in the next update.

  • moseschrute@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    2·
    11 days ago

    I was today years old when I learned Lemmy doesn’t let you have links without a trailing slash

    POST https://lemmy.ml/api/v3/comment

    • moseschrute@piefed.socialEnglish
      3·
      11 days ago

      It get’s even weirder. I’m now writing this from PieFed. If you view this comment from PieFed it won’t have the trailing slash, but from Lemmy it will. https://piefed.social

      Thank you for coming on this journey with me.

      • cecilkorik@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        11 days ago

        Very interesting I wonder what happens if I post both trailing and non-trailing options, do they both get canonized into the same format?

        https://piefed.ca/ – has a trailing slash https://piefed.ca/ – does not

        Thank you for having me along on this journey. I don’t really know where it’s leading, but maybe it’s about the weird software behaviors we discover on the way.

          • cecilkorik@lemmy.caEnglish
            2·
            11 days ago

            Yup, they all have trailing slashes when viewed on Lemmy, and 3/4 have trailing slashes when viewed on piefed. So only piefed actually respects what was originally typed. Lemmy adds a trailing slash when you’re adding the comment, and also adds a trailing slash when reading a comment posted that doesn’t originally have a trailing slash. Intriguing (and slightly annoying).

      • shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lolEnglish
        1·
        11 days ago

        No, not at all.

        They are a shorthand for “give me the index of this directory” rather than “give me the first file you find named this.” In some configurations, the presence of absence of a trailing slash dramatically reduces the amount of computation an HTTP server must execute before responding to the request.

  • 3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.comEnglish
    1·
    11 days 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.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      11 days ago

      Idk. There’s a lot of Lemmy clients and many of them are really good. When I started, Voyager didn’t have good support for larger screens, but I think that has changed. I do think I have the best account switching. Voyager will reset the current navigation when you change accounts. Any pages you have open will be cleared. Blorp does not do that. Blorp is also cross platform like Voyager.

      But honestly if you prefer another app, you should use it! All the frontend devs are super cool!