Update 12: Major Update: Loops is Now on the (Apple) App Store and more · Pixelfed & Loops: Authentic Sharing, Reimagined
Hello Kickstarter backers!Happy New Year to everybody from the team! It's always a joy to write these updates and show off the progress towards the original ambitious goals we set for ourselves in this campaign!Apart from the recent release of Loops Server v1.0.0-beta.9, 2025 was a very busy year for Loops, and we're thrilled to announce this major Loops news! The mobile app has left the TestFlight beta testing environment, and as of writing, it’s officially live.Loops is Now on the App StoreAs posted to the Loops Blog https://blog.joinloops.org/loops-is-now-on-the-app-store/We did it. After months of building, testing, and countless late nights, Loops is officially available on the App Store.It's been quite a ride since October. We shipped OAuth support, launched the mobile beta, built a whole new project website, and kept adding features people actually wanted. The For You feed, bookmarks, longer videos, quote posts that work with Mastodon, spam detection, better video quality. The list goes on.I'm not going to pretend this has been easy. Building a federated video platform from scratch while staying true to open source principles is hard. But we're doing it, and we're doing it without venture capital or shareholders breathing down our necks.The mobile app is something I'm really proud of. It's fast, it works, and it feels good to use. We've got big plans for what comes next, and you can check out the full roadmap on our website at joinloops.org if you want to see where we're headed.This is just the beginning. We're building something different here, something that puts people and communities first. No algorithms designed to keep you doom scrolling, no selling your data, just a platform that respects you.Thanks to everyone who's been testing, giving feedback, and believing in what we're building. You're the reason this exists.Go grab the app and let me know what you think. - DansupBut wait there's more, and a call to action!The Loops project has been given a major amount of work. Built with modern frameworks and tested against code quality tools to aim to ship the best open source social network we can. Our goal is for Loops to be a shining example for other developers to join the Fediverse and prove that small teams (you and me) can take on the billion dollar megacorporations.Dan has announced he's currently massively overburdened.... and we both want to continue to grow the team. We have a small group of people who are helping Dan but we need people who are willing to take leader/primary positions.. so please message https://mastodon.social/@dansup on Mastodon if you want to have some responsibility on Loops and/or Pixelfed!I would love to get to a point that Loops is managed by the community. Finding the right people and offering them autonomy to drive the project would be an excellent outcome and allow Dan to offer his support while he focuses on Pixelfed!https://mastodon.social/@dansup/115962055605692961Finally, If 2025 was the year for Loops development, 2026 should be the year of Pixelfed! Now that Loops-Server is almost on the way to a stable 1.0.0 release (currently in beta 9)... Our expectation is to spend much more time on Pixelfed, and hopefully get that new UX released as soon as possible!Note: I am going to stop announcing timelines. It will be done when it's done, but I cannot stress that your support, help and PRs will help everybody involved ship faster!Thank you for your support as always!From @Shlee@Aus.Social (on behalf of Daniel Supernault).Edit: I think it would be nice to show off the PRs from people other than Dansup on the Loops Project!Recent Github PRs Showcase! (Only Loops this time)
https://github.com/Taffroi - Light/Shadow UX tweaks on the Mobile App
https://github.com/trankten - Added ActivityPub Relay Support https://github.com/joinloops/loops-server/pull/352
https://github.com/Ramoonus - Fixed PHP8.5 Support
https://github.com/pimvanpelt - Fixed my broken MySQL health check
https://github.com/grossermensch - Fixed AutoFill on Apple devices
https://github.com/joergi - Added Dependabot to Github
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