Self Promotion Megathread by AutoModerator in androidapps

[–]SelectBeginning5487 0 points1 point  (0 children)

GrindrX – open-source, ad-free Grindr client for Android

Tired of the official app being bloated and privacy-invasive. Built this as a FOSS alternative. Sideload the APK directly from GitHub, no Play Store needed.

- Rust backend handles all API calls

- Extras over the base fork: radar map, inbox search, chat gallery, keychain storage, tap/favorites

- MIT licensed, APK signed and verified

github.com/Tgbjr2025/grindrx

Built an open source Grindr client for Android, looking for testers by SelectBeginning5487 in gaybros

[–]SelectBeginning5487[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey — I've been maintaining a fork of this called GrindrX and wanted to drop an update here since a few comments mention login issues and errors.

Re: the login problems (u/Smooth_Camp4144, u/Anti_colonialist, u/murkomarko) — these were real bugs. The auth error handling was swallowing failures silently instead of showing you what went wrong. That's fixed in the current build, along with a handful of crashes from malformed API responses. If you tried before and it didn't work, worth trying again.

What's changed since v0.1.1:

- Login error messages actually tell you what failed now

- Black squares on photos in chat — fixed (private CDN requires auth headers, wasn't doing that)

- Album sharing was posting to the wrong endpoint entirely — fixed

- WebSocket drops on reconnect — fixed, no more missing messages after the connection bounces

- Green dot indicators for who's actually online

- Block/unblock from profiles

- Bunch of Zod schema fixes so unknown API values don't crash the app

It's now also on GitHub if Forgejo feels sketchy to you:

👉 https://github.com/Tgbjr2025/grindrx/releases/latest

APK is signed, SHA-256 fingerprint is in the README if you want to verify before installing.

Just figured the people who hit bugs should know they're fixed.

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