1w ago

Shareable links for Lemmy (inspired by matrix.to)

lemshare

Hey 👋,

I got frustrated with the friction for users from direct links to all the different instances they don't have accounts for and built https://lemsha.re/

It's inspired by matrix.to - but built for Lemmy content.

If a user clicks a lemsha.re link the user will be presented with two options:

visit the original link, or
view the same content - but on their preferred instance

Hope you find it useful.

16 comments

- Absolutely open for that.
  But not sure I'm following. Couln't you already define the custom URL as https://lemsha.re/%s and leave GET params empty?
  
  I'd always have to set my instance and click at least once to be redirected. It would be more comfortable being redirected automatically.

I'm surprised that the form insists on the link being via https (that's a Lemmy requirement, right?) but then includes https:// in the output url. Why not have links be https://lemsha.re/lemm.ee/post/59380380? atm that just gives a console error, but you could just set https when parsing.
- I like that. Will pick it up for the next update.
  
  Sounds good. Remember to still support the old httpsy style!

Thanks for creating it! But I'm confused about what is the difference from https://lemmyverse.link/ ? Additionaly are there plans for adding Mbin support? (It uses m/ instead of c/ and has distinct API)
- Added Photon UI support today.
  Also looked into implementing Mbin support. It's quite straight forward what needs to be done. Can't promise anything soon though.
  Do you mind submitting an issue to the repo? https://codeberg.org/lemshare/lemshare
  
  +1 for using Codeberg 🫡
  
  Nice! Sure, I have a Codeberg account so why not
  You could also take inspiration from how Lemmyverse.link does it, because it supports Mbin - https://github.com/RikudouSage/lemmyverse.link
- Hah. Did not know about lemmyverse.link
  I like that they pre-fetch the link metadata. Other than that and the delay option I don't see much difference.
  No immediate plans for Mbin support. My plan is to publish the code and make it FOSS, though. Should be quite easy to extend (and self-host if you like).
  
  Hah. Did not know about lemmyverse.link
  I guess we should promote it more

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