Ask HN: Where are the standalone ActivityPub clients?

#1

Post by kuramitropolis » Fri, Nov 25, 2022, 1:48 AM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Where are the standalone ActivityPub clients?

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Post by smoldesu » Fri, Nov 25, 2022, 1:52 AM UTC

You need a server to federate your content with other instances. There are no "standalone" installations besides using the web client on your own machine (which I would not recommend).

Re: Ask HN: Where are the standalone ActivityPub clients?

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Post by sitkack » Fri, Nov 25, 2022, 3:34 AM UTC

smoldesu wrote: post #2

You need a server to federate your content with other instances. There are no "standalone" installations besides using the web client on your own machine (which I would not recommend).

So this is why all the servers are written in stuff like PHP, JavaScript, Ruby, etc. The server and the client UI are the same thing.

There is not yet a good standalone ActivityPub client.

Re: Ask HN: Where are the standalone ActivityPub clients?

#4

Post by smoldesu » Fri, Nov 25, 2022, 3:37 AM UTC

sitkack wrote: post #3

smoldesu wrote: post #2

You need a server to federate your content with other instances. There are no "standalone" installations besides using the web client on your own machine (which I would not recommend).

So this is why all the servers are written in stuff like PHP, JavaScript, Ruby, etc. The server and the client UI are the same thing. There is not yet a good standalone ActivityPub client.

The fediverse is not a push-pull system, if you aren't hosting your content then it doesn't exist. A standalone client would fail to serve your messages when you close it, defeating the point.

Re: Ask HN: Where are the standalone ActivityPub clients?

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Post by tony-allan » Fri, Nov 25, 2022, 6:40 AM UTC

smoldesu wrote: post #4

sitkack wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So this is why all the servers are written in stuff like PHP, JavaScript, Ruby, etc. The server and the client UI are the same thing. There is not yet a good standalone ActivityPub client.

The fediverse is not a push-pull system, if you aren't hosting your content then it doesn't exist. A standalone client would fail to serve your messages when you close it, defeating the point.

There are mobile apps. Do these use standard API's?

Re: Ask HN: Where are the standalone ActivityPub clients?

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Post by kuramitropolis » Sat, Nov 26, 2022, 3:02 AM UTC

smoldesu wrote: post #2

You need a server to federate your content with other instances. There are no "standalone" installations besides using the web client on your own machine (which I would not recommend).

What I'm looking for is a standalone frontend for servers that speak the ActivityPub protocol.