Please add kbin.social support for Jerboa!

  • derived_allegory@beehaw.org
    4·
    1 year ago

    Lemmy and kbin communicate using activity hub protocol, that doesn’t mean they communicate with app using the same protocol (AKA API).

    So it is not necessarily trivial to let a Lemmy app support kbin.

    • simple@lemmy.world
      4·
      1 year ago

      Exactly this, they don’t use the same API. It would be a pretty big effort to get Kbin working on Jerboa, it’s likely that mobile apps specific to that will pop up soonish.

      • The Cuuuuube@beehaw.org
        1·
        1 year ago

        API support in KBin is currently on the roadmap but disabled (for now). Hopefully once there’s a working API for KBin, an app will materialize. I have my suspicions that there still won’t be interop (you can use a Lemmy app for KBin or a KBin app for Lemmy) for a long time, but I definitely think it will make KBin instances a more attractive link aggregation community solution

          • EinfachUnersetzlich@lemm.ee
            2·
            1 year ago

            The discussion is about API access to KBin from an app, which is totally different from federation between instances and services.

            • flamingarms@beehaw.org
              1·
              1 year ago

              Because KBin had more features than just what’s available with federation because it’s a separate codebase than Lemmy. I’m starting to get it now, thanks for the help!

          • The Cuuuuube@beehaw.org
            1·
            1 year ago

            KBin federates with Lemmy nicely. Meaning you can, while logged in to a Lemmy instance, subscribe to a KBin magazine. However, you cannot log in to a KBin instance directly

  • Julian@lemm.ee
    1·
    1 year ago

    If you’re subscribed to a kbin community, you can browse it in jerboa.