https://github.com/arkanosis/wmrc
Wikimedia recent changes in real time on your mobile device
https://github.com/arkanosis/wmrc
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Wikimedia recent changes in real time on your mobile device
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/arkanosis/wmrc
- Owner: Arkanosis
- License: isc
- Created: 2018-08-05T19:03:40.000Z (almost 7 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2020-08-30T00:45:57.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-02-14T05:45:40.236Z (4 months ago)
- Topics: android, patrol, realtime, wikiconvention, wikiconvfr18, wikiconvfr19, wikimedia, wikipedia
- Language: Kotlin
- Homepage: https://wmrc.arkanosis.net/
- Size: 353 KB
- Stars: 2
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 18
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# wmrc [](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html) [](/LICENSE) [](https://travis-ci.org/Arkanosis/wmrc)
**wmrc** is an Android application to follow recent changes on Wikimedia projects in real time. Think [LiveRC](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:LiveRC/Documentation/fr) or [Huggle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Huggle) but for mobile phones and tablets, built on modern backends ([EventStreams](https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/EventStreams), the [MediaWiki Action API](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page)) with modern technology ([Kotlin](https://kotlinlang.org/), [OkHttp](http://square.github.io/okhttp/)).
## Current status
wmrc is currently under development after a two presentations at the [2018 French WikiConvention](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConvention_francophone/2018) (Grenoble, 6th of October 2018) and at the [2019 French WikiConvention](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConvention_francophone/2019) (Bruxelles, 7th of September 2019).
As of August 2020, you need to build wmrc yourself as the version available through the F-Droid repository below does not support the more than 2 billions revisions which have been reached. Also, [you need to use Android 5 or higher](https://github.com/Arkanosis/wmrc/issues/23), as older versions of Android are not compatible with the HTTPS protocol version enforced by the Wikimedia projects these days.
## Features
wmrc features:
* real time monitoring of recent changes (much faster than LiveRC);
* patrol and revert buttons;
* filtering based on the user group;
* filtering based on the wiki
Additionaly, wmrc is designed to take into account the following properties of mobile phones and tablets:
* small screen (too little to use traditional tools);
* tactile screen (less precise and versatile than the mouse + keyboard combo);
* mobile internet connection (with frequent loss of signal and occasional change of IP address).
wmrc is designed with internationalization in mind and already available in the following languages:
* English,
* French.
## Installation
wmrc is not yet ready for mainstream usage. However, if you want to test it now and don't mind a minimal feature set a few occasional crashes here and there, you can install it through [F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/), by adding the following repository:
* Address: https://apk.arkanosis.net
* Fingerprint: 655955660F34A4DB7CC2B30D96B8B546759D6AEABC83D34AE682B73A7C24FE62
You can also add this F-Droid repository by [direct link](https://apk.arkanosis.net/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=655955660F34A4DB7CC2B30D96B8B546759D6AEABC83D34AE682B73A7C24FE62) or scanning this QR code:
Alternatively, you can [download the apk](https://apk.arkanosis.net/fdroid/repo/wmrc.apk) ([PGP signature](https://apk.arkanosis.net/fdroid/repo/wmrc.apk.asc)) and install it manually (but you will have to install updates manually as well).
Once ready for mainstream usage, wmrc will be distributed for free through the main [F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/) repository, and *maybe* through [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store) as well.
## Compiling
If you want to compile wmrc yourself, clone this repository and use:
* `make build` to compile;
* `make sign` to sign the apk (mandatory to use on non-developer devices);
* `make install` to deploy on the mobile device;
* `make run` to run the previously installed app on the mobile device;
* `make experiment` to run experiments (ie. not the Android application, but a commandline program) on the development device.
## Contributing and reporting bugs
Contributions (including translations) are welcome through [GitHub pull requests](https://github.com/Arkanosis/wmrc/pulls).
Please report bugs and request new features on [GitHub issues](https://github.com/Arkanosis/wmrc/issues).
## License
wmrc is copyright (C) 2018-2019 Jérémie Roquet and licensed under the ISC license.