The link-aggregator part of the fediverse has grown, with the launch of PieFed’s beta test. PieFed joins platforms like Lemmy and Kbin who all have the ability to share links, and comment and vote on them. PieFed focuses on making the platform easy to manage, maintain and develop for, and uses Python. Developer Rimu is […]
  • @simple@lemm.eeEnglish
    30•4 months ago

    Official site is here: https://join.piefed.social/

    Beta test is happening here: https://piefed.social/

    It looks quite neat. I like the emphasis on making things easy for admins and using more tried and true technology compared to Lemmy’s bleeding-edge (that sometimes causes issues). Here’s hoping it’ll be a great alternative to Lemmy.

    • NixEnglish
      6•4 months ago

      Where can we read about what they do differently? So far I’ve seen its written in python which is cool since it makes it easier for people to contribute.

      Curious to know of they will enable the ability to follow users and subscribe to threads which are two of the biggest missing features on Lemmy in my opinion.

      I wonder if they’ll enable parts of the Lemmy api so the Lemmy apps can be used for Piefed