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Oh, never actually tried Bookwyrm, but I'd expected it would have a social aspect as well? That seems like a lost opportunity.

[Edited to add:] Have you had a look at NeoDb? Also a tracker, but apparently with more social aspects —

users can share their collections, publish microblogs, and engage with others in the Fediverse

I only had superficial experience with NeoDb, so can't say with certainty if a Lemmy community and threads for individual books may be better for you.

Scratching my head over this as well. Yes, it might diminish casual discovery uptake that the app isn't in the Play Store, but for this target group I think most users would be comfortable downloading the app from Fdroid.

The larger issue with closing down the entire project including notification servers(!?) is probably a tell that there have been other factors weighing on the developer?

Either way, if the source code is openly available maybe others will pick up development in a way that isn't as vulnerable to corporate policy changes.

Nope. The actual ~~purpose~~ functionality seems unclear to me.

Edited.

Plume isn't currently actively maintained, unfortunately. It's right below the fold of the page you linked 😞

As for customisability, I think writefreely has some different themes to choose from, they're just hidden away in the docs or on github.

Yeah, that's the kind of unhelpful condescension I recognise from that "enthusiastic" community. Thanks for the nitpick.

I tried Yunohost once, and everything worked as long as I stuck to the officially supported apps. The community forum was supportive within reason, and would respond with advice fairly quickly. When I reported an error with an unofficial app, however, I was instantly told off that I shouldn't expect any help.

Now, having used and admined my Linux desktop systems for a decade (without claiming to be an actual sysadmin), I nosed around the system a bit and to my eyes it seemed a right mess of app and user folders, permissions and containers. Surely, a combination of my limited understanding of server apps and a system that is made primarily for GUI use to make administration easier for beginners.

What I mean to say is, if you already run a set of working docker containers, you're probably more advanced than the intended Yunohost user. I was that half ounce more literate that I became frustrated with the GUI-centric setup, and imperial pounds too illiterate to actually muck around in the command line.

Look at it this way, Yunohost offers a fraction of the apps available on Docker, and not all of them are maintained. They do offer a graphic admin interface and out-of-the-box working setups (or did five years ago when I tried it).