Farcaster

What are the differences between 2024 frames and 2025 mini-apps on farcaster?

frames were constrained to a static image, four buttons, and one round trip network request per render.

mini apps are HTML/CSS/JS web apps that can do anything a website can. they can also send in-app notifications and send commands to the host app.

here's one good example:

frames were constrained to a static image, four buttons, and one round trip network request per render.

mini apps are HTML/CSS/JS web apps that can do anything a website can. they can also send in-app notifications and send commands to the host app.

here's one good example:

https://play.farcade.ai/

2024 frames = original
2025 frames = iframes (kinda less advanced telegram apps)