Merge pull request #16 from Pdzly/guide/alternative-uis

Added Alternative UIs guide

docs/.vitepress/config.mts

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
               items: [
                 { text: 'What is Lemmy?', link: '/guide/lemmy/overview' },
                 { text: 'Automation for Lemmy', link: '/guide/lemmy/automation' },
+                { text: 'Alternative UIs', link: '/guide/lemmy/alternative-uis'}
               ]
             },
             { text: 'Fedecan',

docs/guide/lemmy/alternative-uis.md

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+---
+layout: doc
+
+head:
+  - - meta
+    - property: og:type
+      content: article
+  - - meta
+    - property: og:locale
+      content: en_CA
+  - - meta
+    - property: og:title #  max 50-60 characters
+      content: Guides | Lemmy Alternative UIs
+  - - meta
+    - property: og:url
+      content: https://fedecan.ca/guide/lemmy/alternative-uis
+  - - meta
+    - property: og:description # 150-160 characters
+      content: Guides on the alternative UIs for Lemmy.
+  - - meta
+    - property: article:section
+      content: Guides - Lemmy Alternative UIs
+---
+
+# Lemmy Alternative UIs
+
+Lemmy has a few alternative UIs that can be used to access the Lemmy instance. These UIs are built by the community and provide a different look and feel to the default UI. Some of these UIs are already hosted on many instances of Lemmy, while others can be self-hosted for your own Lemmy instance.
+
+## Photon
+
+![GitHub Repo stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/Xyphyn/photon?style=flat-square)
+
+![GitHub last commit](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/Xyphyn/photon?style=flat-square)
+
+
+> A better, more intuitive way to use Lemmy, with a cleaner UI, more features, and snappier usage.
+
+You can check out the [Photon](https://github.com/Xyphyn/photon) repository on GitHub.
+
+Official Website: [Photon](https://phtn.app/)
+
+Some of the features of Photon are:
+
+- Newest Moderation tools
+- Modern and clean UI
+- Fast and lightweight
+- Dark mode
+- Responsive design
+- Customizable
+- Mobile-friendly
+
+Public Instances: [Photon Instances](https://github.com/Xyphyn/photon?tab=readme-ov-file#public-instances)
+
+It can be self-hosted for your own Lemmy instance. You can check out the [Photon Self-Hosting Installation Guide](https://github.com/Xyphyn/photon?tab=readme-ov-file#self-hosting) for more information.
+
+For many instances of lemmy, Photon is already hosted additionally to the default UI. Some examples are:
+
+- [photon.lemmy.ca](https://photon.lemmy.ca/)
+- [p.lemmy.world](https://p.lemmy.world/)
+- [p.feddit.org](https://p.feddit.org/)
+
+## Alexandrite
+
+![GitHub Repo stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/sheodox/alexandrite?style=flat-square) 
+
+![GitHub last commit](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/sheodox/alexandrite?style=flat-square)
+
+> Alexandrite is a beautiful desktop-first alternative web UI for Lemmy, a social link aggregator and discussion forum for the Fediverse.
+
+You can check out the [Alexandrite](https://github.com/sheodox/alexandrite) repository on GitHub.
+
+Official Website: [Alexandrite](https://alexandrite.app/)
+
+Some of the features of Alexandrite are:
+
+- Infinite scrolling
+- View posts in an overlay or side-by-side with the feed in a second column so you don't lose your spot
+- Customizable theme hue
+- Powerful account switcher, login to different accounts across the same or different instances simultaneously in different browser tabs
+- Most mod tools
+- Supports most markdown formatting
+
+For many instances of lemmy, Alexandrite is already hosted additionally to the default UI. Some examples are:
+
+- [alex.lemmy.ca](https://alex.lemmy.ca/)
+- [a.lemmy.world](https://a.lemmy.world/)
+- [a.feddit.org](https://a.feddit.org/)
+
+## Voyager
+
+![GitHub Repo stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/aeharding/voyager?style=flat-square)
+
+![GitHub last commit](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/aeharding/voyager?style=flat-square)
+
+> Voyager is an Apollo-like open source web client for Lemmy. It's a mobile-first app, but works great on desktop devices, too. Please feel free to try it out!
+
+You can check out the [Voyager](https://github.com/aeharding/voyager) repository on GitHub.
+
+Official Website: [Voyager](https://vger.app/posts/lemmy.world/all)
+
+Some of the features of Voyager are:
+
+- Light/dark mode
+- View and subscribe to communities
+- Multi account support
+- Single comment thread context view
+- Upvote, downvote and reply to threads and comments
+- Interact with user profiles
+- Comment thread collapsing
+- A bunch of swipe gestures
+- Messaging, mentions and replies
+- Creating new posts (url/photo/text)
+- Deleting/editing comments
+- Deleting/editing posts
+- Swipe to hide posts
+- Saving/bookmarking
+- Favorites
+- Android theme (beta)
+
+For many instances of lemmy, Voyager is already hosted additionally to the default UI. Some examples are:
+
+- [voyager.lemmy.ca](https://voyager.lemmy.ca/)
+- [m.lemmy.world](https://m.lemmy.world/)
+
+## mlmym
+
+![GitHub Repo stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/rystaf/mlmym?style=flat-square)  
+
+![GitHub last commit](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/rystaf/mlmym?style=flat-square)
+
+> a familiar desktop experience for lemmy.
+
+You can check out the [mlmym](https://github.com/rystaf/mlmym) repository on GitHub.
+
+Official Website: None available as it is instance bound so it can not be used dynamically for different instances.
+
+Some of the features of mlmym are:
+
+- Desktop experience
+- Old Reddit-like UI
+- Unlimted scrolling
+- Light/dark mode
+
+
+For many instances of lemmy, mlmym is already hosted additionally to the default UI. Some examples are:
+
+- [old.lemmy.ca](https://old.lemmy.ca/)
+- [old.lemmy.world](https://old.lemmy.world/)
+- [old.feddit.org](https://old.feddit.org/)
+
+
+## lemmy-ui-next
+
+![GitHub Repo stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/sunaurus/lemmy-ui-next?style=flat-square)
+
+![GitHub last commit](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/sunaurus/lemmy-ui-next?style=flat-square)
+
+> Alternative frontend for Lemmy. Built with Next.js.
+
+You can check out the [lemmy-ui-next](https://github.com/sunaurus/lemmy-ui-next) repository on GitHub.
+
+Official Website: None available as it is instance bound so it can not be used dynamically for different instances.
+
+Some of the features of lemmy-ui-next are:
+
+- Simple UI
+- Fast and lightweight
+- Dark mode
+- Proxy support
+
+For many instances of lemmy, lemmy-ui-next is already hosted additionally to the default UI. Some examples are:
+
+- [next.feddit.org](https://next.feddit.org)
+