Manyverse

Andre Staltz

About this app

Manyverse is a social network app using the SSB protocol (Secure Scuttlebutt) where you can write posts and share with friends nearby or over the internet. It's different from mainstream social networks because your data is yours, it lives on your phone, not in the cloud. So there is no login, no company holding your data, no ads, no tracking of your activity, it's just you and your friends! The app is free and open source software, and it will always remain free.

Features
- Write posts (even when offline)
- Share posts to friends over the internet or nearby (in the same Wi-Fi or with Bluetooth)
- Scroll through many conversations with friends and add your own comments
- Likes
- More features as we develop the app!

Ratings and reviews

Manyverse is a very welcome addition to the family of SSB (secure scuttlebutt) clients, and for an early beta stage app it does what it aims to well. I've had issues where posts I'm editing disappear in cases of the phone rotating which is frustrating behavior, but not terribly odd for beta. The most important features I'd say are still needed are the ability to use #channels that other ssb clients make use of, and the ability to post attachments (pictures at least). Oh, and documentation.

The passphrase recovery system is bugged, entering the passphrase results in being told that the enrty was wrong. Backing out and "starting a new account" reveals passphrase entry was successful (and the data syncs from my other wifi connected account) Connecting into a larger network and downloading all the historical data makes it appear broken.. never synced the whole thing (i think)

An easy way to get started on Scuttlebutt. Only one star right now because at time of writing I followed two pub servers to look for friends and now the app is stuck "building database indexes... this may take several minutes" so I can't unfollow the pub servers and take back control. Thus the app is locked up and I can't use it. It's in beta and a patch is coming out next month. Hopefully it's going to be okay by then.

What's new

* Bug fix: app crashing when opening Connections