Free Twitter-like app for iOS, uses S3-compatible services

Beluga is a reaction to all the Twitter craziness. I've been thinking about this idea for a long time and finally decided to build the app a few months back.

The idea is straightforward. Can we build a Twitter-like experience without central servers or a single point of failure? RSS was my point of reference, and that's why Beluga is essentially a feed reader/writer.

When you publish a post, Beluga will create a beluga.json and upload it to your S3-compatible server. Other users can follow you and get updates by fetching that file. The beluga.json file is JSON Feed compatible to maximize interoperability. The app also publishes a beluga.xml which is a standard RSS feed. Users can follow your Beluga feed from the app or from their favorite RSS reader.

To make the app even more accessible, a static mini-site is generated and published to your S3-compatible online storage.

Here's my mini-site: https://beluga.gcollazo.com

Please give the app a try. Setting up an S3 bucket might be difficult, so feel free to reach out to me, and I will help you support@beluga.social.

Upcoming features:

- Easy publish without setting your own S3 bucket - Read-only mode - Multiple device sync - Support for more S3 compatible providers - Support for GitHub pages - Mastodon interoperability

Well done.