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[–] Nobody1@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Any luck with RIF or a similar app for Lemmy? Someone(s) develop that tool and Reddit is toast

[–] Fireinthesky7@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

So far wefwef has been my favorite. It's a web app and has to be downloaded through Safari or Chrome, but it was made by the developer of Apollo and is very similar the overall experience of using that. Liftoff is a close second.

[–] cosmos@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is wedged made by the same dev as Apollo? I thought it was someone new.

[–] Decide@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

It is someone new. Wefwef is made by Alexander Harsing.

[–] Xanthobilly@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I second wefwef. Strikingly similar to Apollo and nearly as feature rich. I find it a bit less stable, and needing frequent updates. I haven’t watched as many videos and noticed some links fail to work (though that may have more to do with the fediverse).

[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You can install via Firefox also

[–] gmmxle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Boost, Slide and Sync are all coming to Lemmy. Lots of other great apps, too, though - I've recently been using Thunder and Connect.

Here's a Lemmy Apps Directory with 27 apps for Lemmy.

[–] thoughtorgan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Can't wait for Sync

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago

Is there a sub for the development of slide? I'd love to sub if they have one!

[–] ckrius@lemmy.fmhy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm waiting for boost. Jerboa has been fine so far but I've used boost for almost a decade at this point, it's hard not to have all the quality of life that was built into that app.

[–] Bison1911@vlemmy.net 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Same goes for me and Sync. I'll buy the premium version again for Lemmy as soon as it's available

[–] ckrius@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I used sync for a while before boost. Solid choice; I hope the dev gets a viable version up soon for you.

[–] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I'd happily buy Relay again if the dev remade it for Lemmy. Unfortunately it looks like that's not on the roadmap right now.

Check out Thunder! It's still a work in progress but it's my favorite so far.

[–] 3FingersOfMilk@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I came from RedditSync and the app developer LJ Dawson is making a Lemmy Client. I am using Connect for Lemmy right now

!syncforlemmy@lemmy.world

[–] RisingHardy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
  • Connect
  • Wefwef
  • Jerboa

Those are the ones that come to mind

[–] TempleSquare@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

RiF fanatic here. Neither mirrors directly. But Jerboa wasn't bad. And I find I like Connect the best.

[–] derringerhk@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah former RIF user here too, and so far Connect is the best I've found

[–] Decide@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Try Summit. It feels pretty similar to RiF.

[–] busydoinnothin@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

RIF user for 13 years, currently using Liftoff which is really slick. Not exactly the same but it's close. Also liked jerboa but liftoff is my current lemmy app.

[–] Tarsn@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I tried Jerboa but it kept telling me to log in every 5 seconds so I got rid of it. Hopefully they get it working.

[–] busydoinnothin@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Check out Liftoff, it's my current primary and it's pretty sweet.

[–] Tarsn@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks I'll give it a shot!

[–] Imgonnatrythis@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lots of Lemmy apps already and more coming, but apps aren't going to turn the tide. Only content will do that. Until there are more subs here, the majority will remain hesitant to leave.

[–] skribe@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The migration from Digg (and /. beforehand) didn't happen overnight. Also subreddits didn't even appear until 2008. These things take time, and that's good. Lemmy is not ready for mass adoption, but it will be soon enough.

[–] DarthCluck@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I'm using Liftoff, and it's pretty good

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

There's actually several apps! Some of my top contenders are jerboa, liftoff, and summit.

Liftoff and summit are very similar to RiF, to me it's deciding what I like more. Liftoff UI is slightly more polished, but it's got some distracting bugs regarding upvotes. Summit feels more like the RiF replacement honestly, you can collapse comments by pressing a karot next to the username and it's more "fat finger" friendly.

Jerboa is also good, but it feels like a different experience. That may be a good thing if the goal is to kill your old RiF habits

[–] Locuralacura@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jeroba is a good start instead of using a browser. It's probably gonna take a while to get it streamlined.

[–] Ddhuud@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unfortunately jerboa is not seeing a lot of love, being the "official" mobile client and all, it's devs are too busy working 24/7 on Lemmy instance server issues that began poping up on the Exodus. Connect for Lemmy is imho the best app right now.

[–] Locuralacura@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Cool. I'll try that too. I haven't had any problems with Jeroba but it's good to have options.