Lemmy-Terminal-Viewer

Terminal User Interface for lemmy for Linux Terminals (should work in MacOs but i can't test)

Install and Usage

Linux

• Download ltv-linux.tar.gz from releases
• Navigate to download location
• Extract it with tar -xf ltv-linux.tar.gz
• You can now execute the file using ./ltv
• To Install globally move the executable to /usr/bin with sudo mv ./ltv /usr/bin

Mac

Build the project yourself with cargo (no offical support)

Loggin In

You can log in to as many accounts as you want in any number of instances

To add an account run

ltv login

You will be prompted to provide login details, if you successfully authenticate you will be redirected to your Feed;

To log in to an already added account, run

ltv instance.url username_or_email

Or you can always browse without logging in by running

ltv instance.url

Setting up configs (Optional)

Path for storing configs

On Linux: /home/alice/.config/ltv/

On Mac: /Users/Alice/Library/Application Support/dev.ltv.ltv/

copy the sample config rename it to ltv.toml and save to the path given above and finally make the changes you desire. All configs are explained in the sample config

Navigation

• Navigation is based on Arrow keys (for now)

• use ⬆️ and ⬇️ keys to traverse lists of posts and comments

• when viewing a post press ⬇️ to see it's comments

• press ➡️ to see a comment's replies and ⬅️ to go back

Browsing communities

In the default view press " i " to enter edit-mode to select community, enter the name of community and press ➡️ to submit. use ⬅️ to exit editing mode.