Android browsers can already add pages to home screen but Hermit takes this even futher.
It has significantly better UX with frameless and full screen modes. You can bookmark pages, so on Lemmy you can quickly bookmark community in specific sorting order. There are user scripts and blockers and loads of customization. You can even add push notifications for changes on the site or RSS feed.
I’ve been running most Fediverse web apps through Hermit and it works really well! The only exception is that I couldn’t figure out how to setup notifications on Mastodon.
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It is. I was wondering about Hermit’s business license and business model (free app? Free app with subscription-based premium? Anything else?), and this tells a lot. So, I see the upside of using this to replace some potentially invasive apps. However, I don’t it being that useful to replace open-source, less invasive apps.
From their website it seems to be a one time purchase of 7€, at least in Europe. Didn’t see a subscription option.
Why is this better than just installing a site as a PWA from a browser?
kbin as a PWA from Fennec works great.
