FediMeteo
Shares rank 7 of 14 weather apps by recommenders
A lightweight Fediverse weather service people admire for running without heavy infrastructure. One caveat: it needs some local knowledge to be useful.
A lightweight Fediverse weather service people admire for running without heavy infrastructure. One caveat: it needs some local knowledge to be useful.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Runs without heavy infrastructure
“let's just say it's refreshing to have things that don't endeavour to operate on hyperscale”
Comment from 31 Dec 2025 in “FediMeteo: A €4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service” “Lovely to see someone building something that doesn't require Kubernetes”
Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “FediMeteo: A €4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service” Inspires people to build similar services
“Awesome project! I’ve always dreamed of making my own weather service so this is a great inspiration.”
Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “FediMeteo: A €4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service” “Great write-up and implementation of an exact thing I've started to build myself”
Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “FediMeteo: A €4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service” Seen as a cool, refreshing project
“Such a cool project. Thanks for building it.”
Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “FediMeteo: A €4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service” “this is a refreshing breath of fresh air”
Comment from 31 Dec 2025 in “FediMeteo: A €4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Needs local knowledge to be useful
“does require some local knowledge to get it at all useful”
Comment from 31 Dec 2025 in “FediMeteo: A €4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service”
Other weather apps people recommend
The four most recommended other weather apps, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brolly | 28 | 7 | 80% | 1 | — | — |
| Sundial weather app | 22 | 1 | 96% | 3 | — | — |
| Apple Weather | 20 | 54 | 27% | 6 | — | — |
| Acme Weather | 17 | 13 | 57% | 2 | — | — |
| FediMeteoThis page | 9 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
All 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“does require some local knowledge to get it at all useful”
“let's just say it's refreshing to have things that don't endeavour to operate on hyperscale”
“this is a refreshing breath of fresh air”
“Lovely to see someone building something that doesn't require Kubernetes”
“Great write-up and implementation of an exact thing I've started to build myself”
“Such a cool project. Thanks for building it.”
“Amazing project I understand why FediFollows helped it get more visibility”
“Awesome project! I’ve always dreamed of making my own weather service so this is a great inspiration.”
“the FediMeteo people probably have some good ideas there because it's what they do”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.