Hello Lemmy! Yesterday I released the first version of an alternative frontend for Threads: Shoelace. It allows for fetching posts and profiles from Threads without the need of any browser-side JavaScript. It's written in Rust, and powered by the spools library, which was co-developed between me and my girlfriend. Here's a quick preview:
![A screenshot of Shoelace's homepage, showing the logo on top, the title "Shoelace", the subtitle "an alternative frontend for Threads", an input bar with the tooltip "Jump to a profile...", and at the bottom three links: "hub", "donate", and "v0.1".](https://slrpnk.net/pictrs/image/017d0ceb-7c3f-453a-93bb-58e8549454df.webp)
![Post by münecat on Shoelace, announcing the release of a video essay criticizing the field of evolutionary psychology](https://slrpnk.net/pictrs/image/b9335b5c-f796-4835-bdd8-258f65ce68d8.webp)
The official public instance (at least for now) is located at https://shoelace.mint.lgbt/, if y'all wanna try it out. There's also instructions to deploy it inside the docs you can find in the README. Hope y'all enjoy it!