Let’s say I’m logged in lemmy.zip. I discovered there is a programming themed instance at programming.dev and would like to check out what communities are available there. I can’t do it via search; it matches the search term with community name or description but not the instance name. I can go to programming.dev on a web browser and look at its list of local communities; but then I’ll have to search for each community I’m interested in in the app to subscribe with my lemmy.zip account.
Is this doable in the app?
Only of the instance you’re signed up with. If you go to Search and then Explore, you can filter for just yours to see all the available communities from your instance.
This is a frequently asked for feature that still has yet to come for any instance.