After months of testing, and then migrating my Pleroma server to Akkoma, I can now say for certain that Mangane is a viable front-end for the Fediverse.
I am very pleased with the results, and feel like most people would find this to be an easy and approachable UI/UX. In fact, Mangane solves a big problem for me.
When it comes to Fediverse server software, Akkoma has always been efficient. In fact, I’m running atomicpoet.org with 2GB of RAM, and it’s rock solid. Unfortunately, Akkoma’s default UI doesn’t seem to be all that inviting. I’ve tested it with folks who are new to the Fediverse, and to put it politely, they find it very confusing.
Mangane, on the other hand, is very inviting. Most people like it because it’s similar to Twitter but has lots of quality of life improvements over it. For example, the ability to react to a post with multiple emoji reactions seems to be a big hit.
Power users also have plenty to love about Mangane. Not only does it offer textual formatting (through Markdown), it offers post scheduling as well. That’s a big deal!
If you’re looking for rock solid Fediverse server software that combines resource efficiency with a beautiful UI, the combination of Akkoma + Mangage is a solid choice!
CWSmith@social.mechanizedarmadillo.com 2 months ago
@atomicpoet
@fediversenews
My big question would be what a transition path from Mastodon to Akkoma + Mangage would look like. I have concidered transitioning from Mastodon to Pleroma, but if this is better than that would be something to concider.
atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org 2 months ago
@CWSmith When you say “transition” do you mean account migration?
CWSmith@social.mechanizedarmadillo.com 2 months ago
@atomicpoet
More like migrating my setup down the line. I run my stuff off a Mastodon server seperately. How do I migrate my current setup from one to the other.
Account movement might be concidered a different thing to what I mean.