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New Archivist update is live on iOS (Android to follow shortly). Did a whole load of localisations! And yes, even American spelling for my friends across the pond! I’m going to go collapse somewhere 😮‍💨

#internetarchive #archivistbrowser

New theme option for Archivist

Archivist Browser 1.1.0 is live on both store fronts! Big update!

-Import favourites and lists from IA account
-Share favourites with friends
-OCR text cleanup button
-Host of UI and theme improvements

See new features here-
youtube.com/shorts/wZbmO...

Get app- monodivision.com

#internetarchive

Tough dev day. Chasing Apple on an indexing issue making my app & dev name invisible on App Store Search. Raised a ticket 10 days ago; got a boilerplate reply. Spent an hour on the phone only to be told: "we can’t legally tell you anything." #applesupport #appledeveloper #indiedev

Thanks! It’s been a really fun project to work on.

Hi Pat! I'm the dev of Archivist. I hope you are enjoying it so far. Thanks for sharing! P.S. Just sent a new build for verification, it has some cool new features!

Thanks for the shout out @migas7.bsky.social if anyone wants to try my Internet Archive browser and media player for mobile devices you can get it here. www.monodivision.com

For pioneering roles in online search engines, and in digital preservation and open access to knowledge provided by the Internet Archive If you want to solve hard problems, have hard problems. — Brewster Kahle

Congrats to @brewster.kahle.org for being named to the Computer History Museum 2026 Fellows!

"For pioneering roles in online search engines, and in digital preservation and open access to knowledge provided by the Internet Archive"

More info ➡️ computerhistory.org/2026-fellow-...

Also just managed to implement importing Lists from your @archive.org account into Archivist. Today’s been a good day! Next patch is going to be a big one! Got a bit more testing and tidying up to do but it should be out by this time next week!

Huge honor to see Archivist Browser featured in today’s @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy under "Hey look at this".

Between this and the MacStories feature and Brad and Will’s pod, it's been incredible to see the support for a native mobile, privacy-first gateway to the @archive.org collection.

A video of p2p (QR/URL) folder sharing in Archivist (to add visual context to my last post). Hard to get the sharing concept across when on a single emulated device, but I hope you get the idea. If the recipient doesn't have the app, it will open on the store page. Thoughts? @willsmith.fun

Peer-to-peer folder sharing is working.

Folder➡️ Minify➡️ Serialise(json)➡️ Compress(GZip)➡️ Encode(Base64)➡️ Transport(URL/QR)

The link is the payload. Receiver opens link, if the app is installed, it is opened and folder is added. If not, store front is opened so user can download the app.

#p2p

Experimenting with sharing favourite folders via text, email and instant message.

I think this could be a killer feature. What do you think?

#archivistbrowser #indiedev #mobileappdev #iOS #android #internetarchive

Really glad you are enjoying the app. It means a lot coming from you. I plan on rolling out localisations including Italian in future updates.

Grazie!

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L'app è gratuita al 100% e senza pubblicità. Non richiede l'accesso e non memorizza alcun dato personale dell'utente. È stata concepita per essere uno strumento di utilità, non un sistema di tracciamento […]

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Hi Jason, I just released a mobile app last week that is very similar in concept except it covers texts, audio and video. I’d love to hear what you think.

iOS: apps.apple.com/gb/app/archi...

Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...

Thanks Will! UX has been a big focus. Still got a few things to iron out and a couple of QoL features I want to add. It’s great to see it out in the wild with people enjoying it!

@willsmith.fun @bradshoemaker.bsky.social thank you for the incredibly kind words about Archivist Browser on this weeks @techpod.content.town Been following you both for a long time so to hear you talk about something I made (in such glowing fashion) was kind of surreal. Thanks again!

Trying to clean up OCR errors in text files. Working great on some, not so great on others.

#ocr #textformatting #textfiles #textprocessing

Thought I’d share iOS analytics for Archivist Browser’s release. Great numbers! Looking forward to seeing the impact from the MacStories mention in this weeks newsletter.

#ios #indiedev #iphone #ipad #mobileappdev #MacStories #aso #internetarchive #analytics #appstore

Thrilled to see Archivist Browser included in this week’s @macstories.net newsletter’ new releases! Huge thanks to @viticci.macstories.net for the shoutout and for highlighting indie releases.

apps.apple.com/gb/app/archi...

#indiedev #mobileappdev #internetarchive #iOS #iPhone #iPad #solodev

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This and the recent RLM video has convinced me to do a rewatch.

Thanks very much! I really appreciate it.

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@viticci.macstories.net Hi! I’m an indie dev who loves the Internet Archive but found it hard to browse on mobile.
So I built Archivist: a modern client for iOS.
• Completely Free
• No Ads / No Tracking
• Media Player & Airplay
Would love for you to check it out
apps.apple.com/gb/app/archi...

Working on porting Archivist to run natively on Linux, mainly so it will run on Steam Deck and other handhelds. Got audio and a BS (not of death). Encouraging! #archivistbrowser #internetarchive #solodev #linux #flutter #publicdomain #steamdeck #softwaredevelopment #indiedev #handhelds #tech

It defaults to items makes as CC content, there is a toggle in the settings that will open up the archive to include the rest. 👍

@johnnyohnny.bsky.social Hey Johnny! I recently released a mobile browser and media player for Internet Archive content and thought you might find it cool!

It’s completely free, no in-app purchases, no ads, no logins.
Download here:
iOS: shorturl.at/BGKX9
Android: shorturl.at/kgG7D

Hope you try it

The reviews are in! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#ArchivistBrowser is the privacy-first media player for the #InternetArchive you've been waiting for. No login, just instant access to history.

Thanks for almost 2k downloads in 5 days!

#IndieDev #AppSky #DigitalHistory #OpenAccess