PieFed development update Mar 2025

An absolutely huge month with the addition of Feeds (multi-communities), de-duplicating posts in the timeline, comments on cross-posts merged into one tree, and much more:

JollyDevelopment

Feeds / multi-reddits / multi-comms
Added user opt-in/out for feed community auto-follow/leave
Added action button to feed page
Fixed feed URL update mechanism for sub-feeds
Updated feed breadcrumbs to use title instead of name
Integrate Lemmyverse data to provide real-time search of all remote communities
Fixed PWA for iOS
Fixed table name typo in database code

rimu

Fixed language syntax errors in multiple languages (French, Spanish)
Improved user interface elements and functionality:
- Delay in user profile popup appearing so it doesn’t pop up when you’re just scrolling by
- De-duplicate posts in home timeline, feeds & topics
- Display comments on related cross-posts below comments on post
- Going to the next page never shows some posts from the previous page even if new posts arrive since previous page was loaded
- Added community block and join functionality to 3-dot menu beside community name
- Enhanced mobile responsiveness and layout
- All steps in onboarding process can be turned on or off by admins
- Hide posts written in languages you can’t read
- Colored bars on the left of comments to improve navigation
- Scaled sort - similar to hot except boosts small communities
Added security features:
- Rate limiting for post viewing to prevent aggressive scraping
- Country-based registration blocking
- Blocking for blogspot.com spam
- No images in DMs, to stop Nicole
- Filter chats by keywords to stop Nicole and future spammers
- Login is now case insensitive and email address can be used
Improved feeds functionality:
- Tweaks to feeds
- Fixed auto-follow/leave behavior
Other misc:
- Enhanced ETag-based browser caching for better performance
- Default meta descriptions and OG image support
- Docker installation instructions improved
- Changed ‘save’ to ‘publish’ when making posts
Set up weblate instance for translating PieFed
Rework /communities page filters for mobile
Home page filters become dropdowns on mobile

freamon

Added and improved API routes:
- Created endpoints for editing communities
- Added image upload functionality
- Added post/reply fetching with better parameters
- Implemented rate limiting
Fixed bugs in comment handling:
- Improved child count updating when replies are deleted/restored
- Fixed path calculation for replies
Enhanced federation features:
- Improved private messaging to Mastodon
- Fixed feed handling for communities
- Fixed community ban enforcement
Managed pull requests and merges

taters

Created and updated the Forest theme
Much simplified docker installation documentation

Jeena

Added link to “Comments in…” headline for cross-community comments
Improved user experience after community subscribe/unsubscribe by adding links to flash messages