- cross-posted to:
- privacy@lemmy.ml
- technology@lemmy.world
- rust@lemmy.ml
- privacy@lemmy.ml
- cross-posted to:
- privacy@lemmy.ml
- technology@lemmy.world
- rust@lemmy.ml
- privacy@lemmy.ml
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/9960845
Hello Lemmy! Yesterday I released the first version of an alternative frontend for Threads: Shoelace. It allows for fetching posts and profiles from Threads without the need of any browser-side JavaScript. It’s written in Rust, and powered by the spools library, which was co-developed between me and my girlfriend. Here’s a quick preview:
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The official public instance (at least for now) is located at https://shoelace.mint.lgbt/, if y’all wanna try it out. There’s also instructions to deploy it inside the docs you can find in the README. Hope y’all enjoy it!
The primary use case is seeing content from the platform in a privacy-respecting way. As in, no Facebook trackers, no heavy JavaScript, plain HTML and CSS. For example, if someone sends you a post in Threads, but you just want to see what they sent.