Fedigardens is a small, personal client for the Mastodon social network (along with any Mastodon API-compatible networks in the fediverse). The app stems from a capstone project I completed in college about humane social media design, and it aims to further this concept while providing a native Apple-like app experience.
⚠️ This project is currently in a prototype state. Designs and features are not final and may change over the course of the project.
This project aims to experiment with the following:
- Making social media less addictive and more conducive to discussion.
- Creating a humane design by allowing more humane interactions, being inclusive, and being accountable in source.
- Being frugally designed by being lightweight, network-efficient, and native with SwiftUI and other iOS/macOS technologies.
Required Tools
- Xcode 14 or later
- SwiftFormat
Optional (but Recommended) Tools
- SwiftLint
Clone the repository via git clone, then open the Fedigardens workspace
in the root directory.
ℹ️ To prevent collisions with the normal app available in the App Store and/or TestFlight, it is recommended that you change the URL scheme from
gardens:to your own URL scheme. Change this in the URL Types section of each target, then change the corresponding line in Gardens.swift to match your URL prefix:.onAppear { Alice.shared.setRequestPrefix(to: "<your-url-prefix-here>") ... }
Press the Run button in the toolbar or go to Product > Run in the menu bar to run the project in the iOS Simulator.
To archive the project, change the device target to Any iOS Device (arm64). Then go to Product > Archive to create an archive of the app that can be distributed through TestFlight or the App Store.
⚠️ If you plan to archive the project and submit to the App Store, change the bundle identifier of the project on both targets to the identifier you are using for your app in App Store Connect.
If you have found a bug or would like to make a feature request, please do so on the project's Raceway page at https://feedback.marquiskurt.net/t/fedigardens or by filing a bug report on the GitHub repository's issues page.