Trunkfriends v0.4 is now out, and available as install packages for Windows & Debian linux flavours, as well as platform JAR For Windows, Linux (x86) and OSX (x86 and M series)

Not only does Trunkfriends help you detect loss of friends due to defederation, and can help in reconnecting.

But, it can save you if your instance dies, as it holds info of who you follow.

It helps you add selected new followers to lists you might want to put them on.

#Trunkfriends

https://steinareliassen.github.io/trunkfriends/project_updates.html

Several new features have now been merged to main branch and can be pulled / downloaded for people running from source.

I will build install archives for Win/Deb and JAR files for Win/Linux/OSX today / tomorrow. Announcement with links will come when this is done.

Read project updates before using new features.

https://steinareliassen.github.io/trunkfriends/project_updates.html

"What is the most difficult part of coding Trunkfriends? The API integration? The UI?"

"It's trying to work around the bird"

Introducing Capri, my co-developer.

Teasers.

New view, "list view" list all followers / following in a plain list, rather than grouping them by follow / unfollow events, with sorting and searching. From this view you can still zoom in on one account and see unfollow / follow events for this account.

Management view where you can follow / unfollow a bulk of accounts, or even add accounts to lists. Perfect if you maintain a list of "close friends" and you want to go though new followers and pick who to add to this list.

Peeps running #Trunkfriends from source can now pull / download latest commit and get the ability to select & copy accounts out of Trunkfriends and onto the clipboard.

I will wrap up a new release at least by next weekend, so regular installs can be upgraded.

Account names have been animalified for anonymity.

A lill while ago, I found out that I had been disconnected from a friend of mine, as the server I was on, had defederated from the server her was on. Thing is, I had no idea this had happened until he contacted me elsewhere.

I started toying with the idea of making a lill tool to notice when these things happened.

Trunkfriends is the result of this idea.

An alpha version, that I have been using a bit now and seem to work quite ok, will be put out next week.

Follow this account for updates.