Lou

@lou.gg

Developer, Enjoyer of Video Games, astro.build maintainer, Software Engineer @seibert.group • lou.gg — Blog • @colibri.social — current side project Also, the dog's name is Kira :D

People with opinions! YOU'RE NEEDED! Which icon version do y'all like more, detailed or simple?

An app icon in Apple's Liquid Glass style with a hummingbird sipping nectar out of a flower on it.An app icon in Apple's Liquid Glass style with a hummingbird on it.

Had a great call with @zicklag.dev yesterday and managed to get somewhat caught up with the permissioned data proposal. I'm yet to get into the implementation details, but have a solid idea of most things. Write-up about how @colibri.social might use it soon™

So, awkward bit of info. If you signed up for the waitlist before, we'll have to ask you to sign up again. We forgot to properly wire in the database connection. Terribly sorry about this one!

An open network is only open when it's easy to distribute 🛜 That's why we've made our AppView easy to self-host - and included a federation feature so it can talk to other AppViews! Available for testing July 25.

ASCII Text reading "colibri.social"

"This is an AT Protocol Application View (AppView) for the "colibri.social" application.

Most API routes are under /xrpc/

Docs: https://colibri.social/docs
Code: https://github.com/colibri-social/appview
Protocol: https://atproto.com

Voice channels are where you communicate - and now, they're built into our AppView, making it easier than ever to have voice and video calls! 🔊 The new AppView will be available July 25.

A screenshot showing the Colibri app and user connected to a voice channel in a community.

🔒🔒🔒 Let's talk permissions 🔒🔒🔒 When the beta drops, you'll be able to define which roles can do what, where they can chat, and if they can join voice chats. 🎉 Available July 25

Create Role — New Role

[A tabbed menu set to "Permissions"]

Community:

Manage Community (Edit the community's name, description, icon, and join settings) [Checkbox]

Delete Community (Delete the community entirely) [Checkbox]

Approvals

Manage Approvals (unreadable description) [Checkbox]

New communities means new features... 👀 Introducing Roles: an easy way to manage permissions and give your community a fresh look. 🎉 Experience them in-app starting July 25.

The roles tab in a community's settings. Shows 6 Roles that have been created, plus some actions and the amount of members each role has:

Admin
Moderator
Friends
Family
That one dude
Bots

This is the single reason this entire project rework has taken 4 months. That, and me being lazy... But, the end result is something that should be able to withstand the test of time and be much more scalable. If you're running a larger community, you'll absolutely love what this allows for.

Colibri Social@colibri.social · 3w ago

Continuing our posting streak up to the release: Communities have been reworked! When the beta launches on July 25, owners can migrate them to the new system with a single click. 👇🏻

This community is still on the old format and can't be opened. Migrate it to a new community to unlock it.

Continuing our posting streak up to the release: Communities have been reworked! When the beta launches on July 25, owners can migrate them to the new system with a single click. 👇🏻

This community is still on the old format and can't be opened. Migrate it to a new community to unlock it.

It's been exactly 5 months since me and @otterlord.dev started this as a prototype, and next week it'll be exactly 4 months since we launched it to you guys. Very happy to get this out to everyone who's been enjoying Colibri. This will be the app you like, with features you love. Look forward to it.

Colibri Social@colibri.social · 3w ago

The wait is almost over. Mark your calendars, save the date: the Colibri Social beta releases on July 25! 🎉 Follow us for more teases over the next week. You don't want to miss this.

25.07 as gradient text on a dark background with a purple to white mesh gradient

The wait is almost over. Mark your calendars, save the date: the Colibri Social beta releases on July 25! 🎉 Follow us for more teases over the next week. You don't want to miss this.

25.07 as gradient text on a dark background with a purple to white mesh gradient

CALLING ALL ANDROID USERS! 📱 If you want to help us with testing the Android app, please DM us with your Google account email address! Testers will receive a special badge in-app 👀

PLAY STORE TESTER

Not posting this on @colibri.social in case any Android users actually turned on notifications. But here's a first look at the missing piece for the beta release we're working on!

A screenshot of a native Colibri client running on Windows.