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- 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!
I know that. I think the problem is, specifically as it pertains to Threads, is that “alternative frontend” can mean different things. Moshidon is an “alternative frontend” for Mastodon. The backend is all the same. So if I were to be advertising this project, I would be making sure to make that distinction somehow. Probably by including “private” somewhere in the title.
Regardless, does this allow you to generate a personal feed or is it just supposed to be a redirect like Nitter?
You’re right. I was calling it a private frontend when referring to it beforehand, and the repo description states it, but I looked at other projects and they used the phrase “alternative”, so I switched to it, since that’s the common term.
For now it doesn’t have personal feed functionality, but if a lot of people want that I may be able to implement it similarly to how CloudTube does. As in, generate a secret, store it in a cookie, and from there save user data. For now though, I want to prioritize RSS subscriptions.