Procul

TUI ActivityPub Client

Last Updated: September 11, 2024

I originally created this program as a way to dip my toes into learning Rust, then I shelved it for multiple years. Now I’m back to using it to learn Rust from the ground up.

Procul is a Terminal User Interface program designed to view the feed of an account on an ActivityPub server. This could be a PixelFed, GoToSocial or Mastodon account to name a few. It works best with text posts for obvious reasons but will display links to images that are clickable in terminal emulators that support that and show the alt text by default if you don’t want to click through.

The TUI is handled by the ratatui crate with the connection to ActivityPub services being handled by megalodon.