Rename project to Nicolium

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# `pl-fe`
# Nicolium (formerly `pl-fe`)
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`pl-fe` is a social networking client app. It works with any Mastodon API-compatible software, but it's focused on supporting alternative backends, like Pleroma or GoToSocial.
Nicolium is a social networking client app. It works with any Mastodon API-compatible software, but it's focused on supporting alternative backends, like Pleroma or GoToSocial.
## Goals
- **Feature-rich**: `pl-fe` includes a wide range of features, such as a WYSIWYG text editor, draft posts, and more.
- **Compatibility**: `pl-fe` is compatible with any Mastodon API-compatible software, treating alternative backends as first-class citizens. Chats, emoji reactions, groups, interaction policies? We support them all. Thanks to `pl-api`, which provides a unified interface for interacting with Mastodon API-compatible servers, implementation differences do not affect the user experience.
- **Unopinionated**: `pl-fe` doesn't impose any arbitrary limitations on the user. We do not specify a limit of reactions you can use on a single post and try to implement every feature available in the API.
- **Stay private**: `pl-fe` includes features which help you maintain online privacy. This includes URL cleaning, which helps you remove unwanted parts of URLs used to mark your online activity.
- **Feature-rich**: Nicolium includes a wide range of features, such as a WYSIWYG text editor, draft posts, and more.
- **Compatibility**: Nicolium is compatible with any Mastodon API-compatible software, treating alternative backends as first-class citizens. Chats, emoji reactions, groups, interaction policies? We support them all. Thanks to `pl-api`, which provides a unified interface for interacting with Mastodon API-compatible servers, implementation differences do not affect the user experience.
- **Unopinionated**: Nicolium doesn't impose any arbitrary limitations on the user. We do not specify a limit of reactions you can use on a single post and try to implement every feature available in the API.
- **Stay private**: Nicolium includes features which help you maintain online privacy. This includes URL cleaning, which helps you remove unwanted parts of URLs used to mark your online activity.
## Try it out
Want to test `pl-fe` with **any existing MastoAPI-compatible server?** Try [pl.mkljczk.pl](https://pl.mkljczk.pl) — enter your server's domain name to use `pl-fe` on any server!
Want to test Nicolium with **any existing MastoAPI-compatible server?** Try [pl.mkljczk.pl](https://pl.mkljczk.pl) — enter your server's domain name to use Nicolium on any server!
If you want to use `pl-fe` on your server, follow the installation instructions in the documentation. We offer guides for [Pleroma/Akkoma](https://pl.mkljczk.pl/docs/installing/pleroma/), [Iceshrimp.NET](https://pl.mkljczk.pl/docs/installing/iceshrimp/), [Mitra](https://pl.mkljczk.pl/docs/installing/mitra/), and [standalone installations](https://pl.mkljczk.pl/docs/installing/standalone/).
If you want to use Nicolium on your server, follow the installation instructions in the documentation. We offer guides for [Pleroma/Akkoma](https://pl.mkljczk.pl/docs/installing/pleroma/), [Iceshrimp.NET](https://pl.mkljczk.pl/docs/installing/iceshrimp/), [Mitra](https://pl.mkljczk.pl/docs/installing/mitra/), and [standalone installations](https://pl.mkljczk.pl/docs/installing/standalone/).
## Repository
The repository hosts `pl-fe`, but also libraries related to the project. Currently, this includes:
- [pl-fe](./packages/pl-fe/) itself — a social networking client app
- [pl-api](./packages/pl-api) — a library for interacting with Mastodon API-compatible servers, focused on support for projects extending the official Mastodon API. It is used by `pl-fe`.
- [pl-hooks](./packages/pl-hooks) — a library including hooks for integrating with Mastodon API, based on `pl-api` and TanStack Query. It is intended to be used within `pl-fe`. Work in progress.
The repository hosts Nicolium, but also libraries related to the project. Currently, this includes:
- [Nicolium](./packages/pl-fe/) itself — a social networking client app
- [pl-api](./packages/pl-api) — a library for interacting with Mastodon API-compatible servers, focused on support for projects extending the official Mastodon API. It is used by Nicolium.
- [pl-hooks](./packages/pl-hooks) — a library including hooks for integrating with Mastodon API, based on `pl-api` and TanStack Query. It is intended to be used within Nicolium. Work in progress.
## Contributing
This project is hosted on [Codeberg](https://codeberg.org/mkljczk/pl-fe) and [GitHub](https://github.com/mkljczk/pl-fe). You can open issues on Codeberg or create pull requests on both platforms.
This project is hosted on [Codeberg](https://codeberg.org/mkljczk/nicolium) and [GitHub](https://github.com/mkljczk/nicolium). You can open issues on Codeberg or create pull requests on both platforms.
You can find more information about setting up the development environment in [the documentation](https://pl.mkljczk.pl/docs/contributing/pl-fe/).
## FAQ / Common misconceptions
## ~~FAQ / Common misconceptions~~
### What does the project name mean?
### ~~What does the project name mean?~~
I named the project after my now-deprecated personal fork of Pleroma, called simply `pl`. They were meant to be recommended together. However, `pl-fe` evolved into something more serious than a little fork. This is a bad and confusing name, but I don't really care about branding.
~~I named the project after my now-deprecated personal fork of Pleroma, called simply `pl`. They were meant to be recommended together. However, `pl-fe` evolved into something more serious than a little fork. This is a bad and confusing name, but I don't really care about branding.~~
> For a maintained fork of Pleroma focused on `pl-fe` compatibility, check out my new project, [Nicolex](https://codeberg.org/mkljczk/nicolex).
> For a maintained fork of Pleroma focused on Nicolex compatibility, check out my new project, [Nicolex](https://codeberg.org/mkljczk/nicolex).
I will bite people calling `pl-fe` *Polish front-end* or *Polish Soapbox*. And I don't mean sending them the [`Bite` activity](https://ns.mia.jetzt/as/) (which works in pl-fe on supported backends btw).
~~I will bite people calling `pl-fe` *Polish front-end* or *Polish Soapbox*. And I don't mean sending them the [`Bite` activity](https://ns.mia.jetzt/as/) (which works in pl-fe on supported backends btw).~~
## License
`pl-fe` is a fork of [Soapbox](https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/soapbox/) and inherits a lot of code from [Mastodon](https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/).
Nicolex is a fork of [Soapbox](https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/soapbox/) and inherits a lot of code from [Mastodon](https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/).
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
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Follow [my Pleroma account](https://pl.fediverse.pl/@mkljczk) to stay up to date on `pl-fe` development.
Follow [my Pleroma account](https://pl.fediverse.pl/@mkljczk) to stay up to date on Nicolium development.
This project is tested with BrowserStack.