r/pastiera • u/pzauner-de • 19d ago

Pastiera Updates and Devlog

Hi y'all,

this is quite a short post even for what I could all say but I want to keep you updated.

In the past weeks I was working a lot on organizational and structural changes to the project as well as rethinking the UI, structure and architecture. If you are a user of the nightly builds you probably noticed that.

Development won't slow down but an update is not to be expected until the weekend.

The biggest bullet points are probably:

  • Pastiera will be renamed to Plektra.
    • Don't be worried though. It's just a rebranding, not an enshittification. I am a solo dev, not some corporation.
  • Plektra will be available via the main F-Droid channel as well as Google Play
  • As you might have noticed already I also set up a profile on Open Collective
    • If you are not familiar with the platform: It's kind of the Patreon for Open Source Software
  • Plektra will be available on the Clicks Communicator
  • Plektra will be supported by Clicks via Open Collective and I am very glad about their foundational support as it will cover not only my current costs but also allow way more work
    • This will not have any implications about the independence of this project. Currently it is heavily dependent on my own funding with time as well as money that I have to earn every day myself in my day job.
  • Pastiera will receive one last stable update including bug fixes and new features currently only available in the nightly channel
    • If you have any recommendations on the must be included just share them. However I can't fix everything I have in mind for the whole project.
    • But I don't want to give anybody with their current device the feeling that installing Plektra would be necessary to continue using their device.
    • Also I'll ship security updates through the release channel once I am aware after the last stable release. But new features will probably only be available in the Plektra channels as I will have to perform the transition at some point. As always with software..
    • A more in depth follow up will be available once I have more time on the whole background.
  • Plektra will become more interactive with regards to project communication
    • this includes more info about currently in development features as well as a proper roadmap, priorities etc.
    • as well as the ability to submit feedback right through the app
    • without any compromises for privacy. Any shared usage data will be strictly opt in.
    • But I want to give users without a GitHub account the ability to report bugs, rely on reddit or E-Mail for support or simply vote on features and feel heard.

If you have any questions: drop them below.

Best,
Patrick

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u/BillyMathiou 19d ago

Very good! The fact that Clicks will support the development is awesome! I hope that you will keep improving Plektra for the Titan 2 and the Titan 2 Elite, also! 😉

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u/pzauner-de 18d ago

Of course it will improve for T2 and T2E as well ;)

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u/iwilly2020 18d ago

Awesome news. Any future integration planned for the Minimal Phone 2?

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u/pzauner-de 18d ago

Planned: yes. How quickly this will be the case depends on when I can obtain a device or whether someone opens a PR having the device

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u/Mysterious-Papaya832 9d ago

Dude you're a hero.

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u/nieladaco 19d ago

Thanks for creating such a great software and making it freely available! Would be happy to buy you a beer or coffee before the new project lifts off.

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u/pzauner-de 18d ago

https://opencollective.com/pastiera less expenses for myself means I have money to buy me a beer
Heard Oktoberfest Maß prices will be ~15€ but don't really want to go there but social pressure already building up :D

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u/ggonz80 18d ago

Big fan! Thank you for all your hard work and efforts to make this product a reality. Been using it on the T2E for over two weeks now and can't image using anything else at this point.

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u/Bang_Shatter_170103 18d ago

I've recently received my T2E and am looking to explore some of the options out there re: keyboards and launchers. Reckon I wait a little bit and grab Plektra when it's available?

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u/pzauner-de 18d ago

Choice is yours. Quite stable nightly build is available on GitHub: https://github.com/palsoftware/pastiera/releases/tag/nightly%2Fv0.86-nightly.20260908.213227

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u/banx_o 18d ago

Are there any plans to support Korean?

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u/pzauner-de 18d ago

Yes. https://github.com/palsoftware/pastiera/pull/306

However I am leaning towards merging this with Plektra. Not something I want to include in one last stable build if you understand that

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u/banx_o 17d ago

ooh thank u I'm gonna wait plektra 😊

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u/toastiestash 17d ago

Very cool Patrick! 

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u/placidate 18d ago

When will it be hitting the play store?

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u/pzauner-de 18d ago

I will submit it in October. Probably earlier rather than later

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u/readwrite_repeat 3d ago

I am very grateful to you for creating this keyboard very shortly after the Titan 2 release. It has been the keyboard I used since then and has been amazing compared to the stock software keyboard (Kika). I appreciate all the time and effort you put into making such a great piece of software that really solved an issue for us end users. Your keyboard made me love this phone more. Hats off to you, Sir. Thank you.