Will it be open-source?
Rooster, a Lemmy reader
Rooster is an Android app for Lemmy, that is heavily inspired by Boost for Reddit. It focuses on user experience and a good look and feel above anything else.
I'm not sure yet. Right now it's not, but if the majority of people wants it to be then I'd oblige. I have zero experience with managing open source projects though, so I'm not sure if it's a good idea
As the whole Lemmy and Fediverse ecosystem is mostly open source at least for me the usage of non open source reader apps is out of the question. It is about freedom so i would love to see this also as open source.
Fair point
You don't have to manage it.
Just publish the code and keep developing for yourself. That way either someone can fork it if they want to or if you drop of the world...
You just have to manage it, if you want to incorporate PullRequests or let someone else join in the development...
As @[email protected] already said, a non open source app will probably have acceptance issue, getting away from a proprietary app is the reason why many people are here in first place :) .
One of the most important things about open sourcing code is to find a well suited license and it's not just about choosing any license but to also have all the dependencies in mind. But I'm sure the people for example at [email protected] would be glad to help you if you want assistance in choosing an appropriate license.
Other than that, managing (small) open source projects is actually pretty chill.
I'd also love to be able to download it from F-Droid. For now I'm sticking with Jerboa. It would be a bit weird to use a proprietary app, to access a free network. But still thanks for makung that app. The more good apps there are, the stronger tgd network will get 😀
Yes, if it's on F-Droid I will try it out!
I also love Boost and am sad that I'll have to leave it behind.
I'll definitely try this one out. Open-sourcing it would be a great idea because you'll get people criticizing and helping with development for free.