Hey everyone! I’m thrilled to announce Lemma, yet another Lemmy client for iOS!

As a longtime fan of Christian’s work with Apollo, like many others in the Lemmy community, I embarked on developing Lemma when Apollo closed its doors. My goal was to create a native feeling iOS experience that captured the essence of Lemmy.

What began as a personal project to challenge my technical skills has now evolved into something remarkable. I’m delighted to share Lemma with the world, even though it’s still in its beta phase. I’m continuously working on adding more features every day. At the moment, the focus is on optimizing the viewing experience and discovering new communities. Soon, I’ll be incorporating features like submitting new posts and responding to existing posts and comments.

Key Features:

  • Super-Charged Media Viewer
    • From videos and GIFs to (Imgur) albums, Lemma supports it all.
    • Lemma goes the extra mile by parsing the body of posts to find even more media than most other apps. For example, it can collect all images inside a markdown post, displaying them in a neat image album overview.
  • Powerful Search
    • Lemma seamlessly integrates with Lemmyverse.net, making it easier than ever to discover new communities.
  • Fully Customizable
    • Personalize your experience with 16 themes (both dark and light mode), 6 comment color themes, and a compact post viewing mode.
  • Swipe Gestures
    • Upvoting, downvoting, or saving a post? With Lemma, it’s just a swipe away.
  • Share as Image
    • Sometimes, a picture says more than a thousand words.
  • Safari Extension
    • Effortlessly open Lemmy content in Lemma using the built-in Safari Extension.
  • Cross-Post Support
    • Stay updated with cross-posts in your feed.
  • Multiple Accounts

TestFlight

In the coming days, I’ll be launching Lemma on TestFlight for a closed beta. If you’d like to be part of Lemma’s development, sign up using the form below:

https://forms.gle/38YK7Merm1MzzcP89

Join the Lemma Community:

Excited about Lemma? Want to connect with other users, share feedback, and stay up-to-date on the latest developments? Join our community at lemmy.world and be a part of shaping the future of Lemma!

[email protected]

    • gromdroid@lemmy.worldOP
      101·
      1 year ago

      I get it, right now it’s not perfect, but I’m starting with a closed beta to work out the kinks first. Once we’ve got that sorted, anyone can hop in and join the beta with a simple link (:

      • fer0n@lemm.ee
        2·
        1 year ago

        You could just limit the amount of testers and use a link for sign up, but you’d have to put it on TestFlight first obviously. But you’d still see the email addresses there so doesn’t really make a difference. I think it’s fine, you’re not forcing anyone to sign up

  • Nero Recursive@jlai.luEnglish
    101·
    1 year ago

    Yes an email linked to an Apple account is mandatory for TestFlight. Nothing surprising here

  • ChrisLicht@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Are you concerned that there is already an app called Lemma in the iOS App Store?

  • haroldstork@lemm.eeEnglish
    31·
    1 year ago

    Looks really good! Excited to give it a shot when the TestFlight is public. Keep up the amazing work :))

  • scytale@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    1 year ago

    If it can embed and play gifs and videos within the app instead of opening an in-app browser, it will definitely put it in front of the race between other apps currently available. I’ll wait for the open beta so I don’t need to sign up with an email.

  • fraydabson@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Looks like a new contender for me consider against voyager. Excited to try the test flight.

  • eoddc5@lemmy.worldEnglish
    65·
    1 year ago

    It looks nice but there’s absolutely no reason you need to collect anyone’s personal information for this

    Pre release of a Lemmy app you’re asking people to give you their first and last names and personal emails.

    No thanks man.

    • fer0n@lemm.ee
      21·
      1 year ago

      Would’ve been better to release the TestFlight link, but that shares your email with them anyways. So I get where you’re coming from, but it actually doesn’t make a difference. And it makes sense to have a way for people to sign up for when it releases.

      Edit: TestFlight doesn’t share email addresses with developers, I misremembered

  • timespace@lemmy.ninjaEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Damn missed the sign up! I have and use all of the iOS apps on TestFlight - would love to add Lemma!

  • iBaz@lemmy.world
    1·
    11 months ago

    Not sure how I feel about this, I designed a VERY similar app icon for Christian to use with Apollo. :/