Chance

Imageboard browser built using Flutter intended for use on iOS and Android.

Features

• Multi-column layout for larger screens
• WEBM playback and conversion
• Pick images through in-app web search
• Media gallery view
• Save threads, posts, and attachments to a local collection
• Automatically aligns the captcha slider
• Gestures to navigate through replies
• Switch between multiple browsing tabs
• Optional and automatic adjustments for mouse usage
• Regular-expression filters to hide or highlight posts
• Support for archives to access deleted threads or search for posts
• Thread watcher to check for replies

Installing on Android

APKs are available on the releases page.

Installing on iOS

Chance has not yet been submitted to the App Store. Click here to join the beta testing group for iOS.

How to compile

1. Install flutter
2. Clone and enter the Chance repository

git clone https://github.com/moffatman/chan.git
cd chan

3. Fetch dependencies

flutter pub get

4. (Optional) Modify the package name (find-and-replace com.moffatman.chan with your own package identifier)
   • This will let you create signing keys and create signed builds, which is necessary to install the app on your own iOS devices, or distribute Android APKs
5. Run build_runner to create some necessary generated dart code

flutter pub run build_runner build

6. To build an APK for android, run flutter build apk --split-per-abi --release --enable-experiment=records
7. To build for iOS (Mac and Xcode required), run flutter build ios --release --enable-experiment=records
8. To run in development mode, use flutter run --enable-experiment=records while your device is connected

Chance is developed using the flutter master branch, so if you get errors while building or running, try using flutter channel dev or flutter channel master. Because it takes advantage of some preview Dart 3 features, the argument --enable-experiment=records is required to run it.

FAQ

Why isn't it displaying the content I expect?

By default, the app is set up to browse a test server. In the app settings, you can edit your content preferences to browse a different imageboard.

Why are some settings on a web page?

To comply with Apple App Store guidelines, not all settings are modifiable in the app.

How can I quickly scroll to the top of a thread?

Tap the status bar

How can I quickly scroll to the bottom of a thread?

Hold on the post counter at the bottom-right

How can I get help, report a bug, or request a feature?

There is an imageboard available in the settings page of Chance that is used for meta-discussion.

License

Chance is licensed under version 3 of the GNU General Public License. See LICENSE for more information.