Discovery: mobile app

[hellno]

Objective

Investigate options for shipping herocast as a mobile app to expand reach beyond web and desktop.

Current State

• Web app (Next.js)
• Desktop app (Tauri)

Options to Investigate

1. Progressive Web App (PWA)

• Current PWA capabilities and gaps
• iOS Safari limitations (push notifications, etc.)
• Android PWA experience
• Add to home screen flow

2. Tauri Mobile

• Tauri v2 mobile support maturity
• iOS and Android build process
• Native feature access (notifications, camera, etc.)
• App store submission requirements

3. Capacitor

• Wrap existing Next.js app
• Native plugin ecosystem
• Build and deployment workflow
• Performance considerations

skip react native and native apps for now

Evaluation Criteria

• Development effort required
• Code reuse with existing web/desktop
• Native feature support (notifications, deep links, etc.)
• App store approval likelihood
• Ongoing maintenance burden
• User experience quality

Questions to Answer

• What's the minimum viable mobile experience?
• Which features are must-haves vs nice-to-haves on mobile?
• What are other Farcaster clients doing for mobile?
• Timeline and resource requirements for each option?

[hellno]

Important: goal is to make the mobile app work smoothly. but focus on companion app features that work well and that we can ship without exploding effort. the tradeoff that features will ship first on desktop and work better there is fine. we want to offer features on mobile only if they can used well and hide desktop-only features.

if it doesn't work well on mobile → hide and refer to desktop