Fedilab Apps
We're building something for the Fediverse. #Holos
ActivityPub running on your phone. Your own server, your data stored locally. A relay handles your stable identity when you're offline.
One account, all formats. Short text, long articles, photos, videos. The UI adapts to your mood. Switch between text mode, photo grid, video feed, article editor based on what you feel like sharing.
Same network, same followers.
Early stages, but the foundation is solid. We wanted to share the progress.
silverpill
@apps Does it use ActivityPub C2S API?
morph
@silverpill @apps You both should collaborate. And Mike and all others with the spirit, too. We need a Mitrazillafedihublab thing. On LAMP stack and android. *freaks out* 😵
silverpill
@morph @apps I am open for a collaboration, but their implementation might be too different from what I am building. It may use Mastodon API instead of ActivityPub for client-server interactions
Fedilab Apps
lil5 🚲 🇳🇱
AGPL without CLA or it didn’t happen.
morph
@silverpill Yeah I know. Can't these complicated things ever merge somehow in the future? To find an intersection than just the limited Mastodon API standards. You all know that it is not the shiny, fancy things that are missing. Speaking for myself of course. ;)
@apps
silverpill
@morph Yes, I think convergence is possible.
morph
@silverpill @apps Sadly *my* competence goes not further than drawing a mascot. 😔
Tim Chambers
Fedilab Apps
@silverpill
No, the app and server run in the same process and communicate via bridge. C2S isn't needed here. The server uses S2S for federation with other instances.
Furbland's Very Jolly Mastodon
@apps very cool! support for @peertube flavored ActivityPub as well I assume?
Fedilab Apps
@GroupNebula563
We'll work on PeerTube compatibility. Starting with standard Video ActivityPub objects, then adding PeerTube-specific features as we progress.
@peertube
silverpill
@apps What kind of bridge?
Like this one? https://codeberg.org/silverpill/activity-connect
Tim Chambers
@apps What are the top new functionalities you hope to unlock with bundling both server and client side app together on phone? More seemless onboarding? Doing some more advanced ActivityPub client-to-server work, as you'd control both and could do C2S work you knew would work?
Fedilab Apps
@silverpill
Different architecture. Activity Connect bridges actors that can't communicate directly (blocked instances, different networks).
The Holos relay provides stable identity for mobile servers. Your phone runs the actual ActivityPub server, and the relay simply proxies requests to your current tunnel URL. It doesn't bridge or store content - just maintains a permanent address while your phone's IP and tunnel change.
pistolero
Beer Microdoser
Fedilab Apps
@emergencygg
Fair point! "Relay" in the Fediverse usually means redistributing public posts.
Ours is more like: identity provider, proxy and message queue. It relays traffic between the Fediverse and your phone, but you're right... might be confusing terminology.
ygg
@apps@toot.fedilab.app I think I get the reasoning behind the "Your own server" keywording for the client, but I'm curious about why you use "relay" here? Relay has a pretty well understood meaning in the fediverse that is definitely not understood as an identity provider.
I am very interested to see this project though.
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