We’ve released a new build to the Stable Pre-Release TestFlight group! This update contains some highly requested features, several quality-of-life improvements, and (very) preliminary moderation tools.

Cheers,

The Mlem Group


Features

  • Added an OLED theme, which makes all backgrounds pure black
  • Added post searching
  • Added easy-tap links
  • Added an option to autoplay animated media (only available on iOS 18)
  • Added some moderator actions:
    • Pin
    • Lock
    • Remove
  • Added the Moderated feed
  • Added Fediseer integration (Trust & Safety tab in the instance view)
  • Added basic account settings
  • Added code blocks to Markdown tools
  • Added default sidebar visibility setting for iPad
  • Posts can now be collapsed in the expanded post view
  • Refined the expanded post view
  • Added the option to confirm image uploads

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed placeholders being shown in comment editor
  • Fixed not being able to import settings files not created by Mlem
  • Fixed cache size readout not updating when cache is cleared

Mlem is a free and open source project. 100% of our funding, which pays for things like server time, comes from our generous donors; we do not, and will never, run ads or sell data. If you’d like to help support Mlem, you can donate here.

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Hi, great news, thanks for the hard work. I wonder why it requires iOS 16? I have an old iPad and can’t install it there :(

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Hi! Mlem v1 requires iOS 16 or later and Mlem v2 requires iOS 17 or later. Supporting a wider range of versions would take up significantly more development time, and prevent us from using newer APIs. For that reason we choose to support only the two most recent iOS versions, which most of our users fall under.

We’re sorry that you can’t use Mlem on your old iPad. You could try Voyager instead, which supports any iOS version (I think).

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Part of the reason is that the userbase is small.

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