Lemmy Development Update 2024-11-01

Here is our regular update that explains what we have been working on for the past two weeks. This should allow average users to keep up with development, without reading Github comments or knowing how to program.

We also apologize for all the downtime on lemmy.ml recently, but thanks to @Nutomic and @phiresky, we've narrowed down the issue, and have a fix for it.

This was a blocker for the 0.19.6 release, so that should be ready to go soon, with 0.20.0 not long after.

flamingo-cant-draw

• Append attachments to comments

SleeplessOne1917

• Allow Arabic and Cyrillic characters when signing up or creating community

Nothing4You

• Allow admins to resolve removed or deleted objects via API

Integral-Tech

• refactor: destructure tuples to enhance readability

dessalines

• Compress binary with upx.
• Adding community description in addition to sidebar, like site.

Nutomic

• Remove individual user/community inboxes
• Remove comment_like.post_id column which is unnecessary (ref #5122)
• Support markdown sub/superscript, use external crate for spoilers

Support development

@dessalines and @nutomic are working full-time on Lemmy to integrate community contributions, fix bugs, optimize performance and much more. This work is funded exclusively through donations.

If you like using Lemmy, and want to make sure that we will always be available to work full time building it, consider donating to support its development. Recurring donations are ideal because they allow for long-term planning. But also one-time donations of any amount help us.

• Liberapay (preferred option)
• Open Collective
• Patreon
• Cryptocurrency