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Is there a 5 min tutorial for Github (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So, I was trying to use the official "web app" for Lemmy, and, once again, it's just a link to Github. I'm no programmer and I just want to use the app, but have no clue what all those files are for. The tutorials on YouTube are like 1 hours long and are intended for programmers. It kind of happens more and more (links to github) and it gets me anxious every time. I am not a digital idiot at all, but this lacks information. Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

https://join-lemmy.org/apps I actually went to the link on that page.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yea, maybe that page is a little misleading. lemmy-ui is probably what you're using now. It's the "webserver" that comes with lemmy that lets you access it from a browser (phone or desktop.) It's not the ONLY option, but most instances (sites like lemmy.ml) use it. You can expect to see a bunch of phone and even other apps on that page as lemmy gets bigger.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

To be pedantic, the lemmy-ui accesses and displays posts from the lemmy web server

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

For the Web-app, you don’t need to do anything other than going to Lemmy.world or Lemmy.ml the webmaster who set up that site has already installed the Lemmy-ui web app on their site and that’s what you see. A web-app is an app that you install on a website. If you decide to create your own Lemmy server you would then install it on your new server.