According to TechFlow, on September 25, The Block reported that the client of the decentralized social media protocol Farcaster, Warpcast, launched a native way to develop applications called "mini apps". This tool system is similar to the existing Farcaster Frames function, allowing developers to launch decentralized applications (dapps) directly in the social media information flow.
"The mini-app view is a full HTML/CSS/JS webpage, so in some ways it's both simpler and more complex than launching a Frame," Warpcast developer horsefacts explained on social media. "Simpler because you can use a full interactive canvas and any web framework, more complex because there's more to set up than a simple image."
Farcaster co-founder Dan Romero said that Mini Apps, while a Warpcast-specific feature, “will work on any application built on Farcaster.” Similar to Farcaster Frames, Mini Apps can be used for a variety of activities such as minting NFTs, building games, and creating polls.