[Feature Request] Support for lemmy?

[homoludens]

While I am aware it is probably not realistic, I have to try and ask, and we will at least have this thread for others wondering the same in the future.

How hard would be to add support for https://lemmy.ml or make compatible fork?

I really enjoy RedReader simplicity and I miss it greatly with lemmy, which I hope and believe has a bright future.

For those that don't know, lemmy is federated open source reddit clone written in rust, with main instance being https://lemmy.ml . For more info take a look here: https://join-lemmy.org/

Thanks.

[maltfield]

This feature request was ahead of its time. As of June 2013, it looks like @QuantumBadger (the developer of RedReader) is in-fact considering migrating from Reddit to either Mastodon or Lemmy

• https://old.reddit.com/r/RedReader/comments/13ylk42/update_3_reddit_effectively_kills_off_third_party/

Right now I'm considering the possibility of modifying the app to connect to a Reddit alternative such as Lemmy or Mastodon. There would be something very satisfying about some of the bigger Reddit apps driving their userbase to alternative sites too, and if this helped one of those platforms gain traction then that would be a step in the right direction.

Personally, because Mastodon is opposed to downvote functionality, I'd prefer to see RedReader migrate to Lemmy instead of Mastodon.

[maltfield]

This may only require minimal code changes if using tafkars-lemmy -- a middle-layer API that translates reddit-like API queries to Lemmy.

• https://github.com/derivator/tafkars/tree/main/tafkars-lemmy

This would allow allow apps like RedReader and others to switch from Reddit to Lemmy (the federated reddit alternative) with minimal code changes. He already has some demos up (including RedReader) that look pretty sweet:

• https://imgur.com/a/AsRYMrI

[PurpleCodingWizard]

There are very few apps which are offline centric like redreader. Something similar for lemmy would be great.