You no longer need to use the iPhone app to use Peach, the latest social app to go super-viral that was created by one of the Vine cofounders.
Peach's founder has released an "unofficial" web version of the app. The site is aimed at developers but allows new and existing users to use the service from their desktops.
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The web version doesn't offer nearly as much functionality as the iPhone app. You can view your feed, write new text posts and like or comment on your friends' posts. The app's signature "magic words," however, don't yet work on the web.
Hofmann writes on GitHub that his "unofficial" web client is meant to make it easier for third-party developers to build on top of Peach. He says the Peach team may eventually create an official web version but that the team currently doesn't have the resources to create and support one.
"One of our goals for Peach is to be a great for developers," Hofmann writes. "I'd like to make sure we do that by building on it myself. This project will only ever use APIs and methods that third-party developers have access to. This makes us more sensitive to developers on Peach."
Working on an unofficial, open source web client for . Missing a lot of features but useful already! https://t.co/Mur4vsxh7n— dom hofmann (@dhof) January 25, 2016
Notably, this isn't the first web-based version of Peach. A third-party developer previously released a browser-based client for the app. Android users may not have much longer to wait for their own app as well. The Peach team is currently testing an Android version of the app, Hofmann said.
@namsailanasti Testing this week!— dom hofmann (@dhof) January 25, 2016
Of course, whether Peach will sustain its early virality or go the way of Ello, Yo and other services remains to be seen. Though the Peach's initial popularity boost seems to be over, the app could still have a bright future if it's able to sustain even some of it's early growth.
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