I tried one called Lemmur that I downloaded off F-Droid, however, it can not find this instance (lemmy.world). I want one that’s open-source, and preferably from F-Droid (because screw Google). Which one do you guys use?
Using Liftoff right now. Jerboa was also pretty functional. Thunder seemed promising but buggy. Lemmur is abandoned and got forked for Liftoff.
Liftoff feels like the best user experience to me so far
Likewise.
I’m also using Liftoff and the experience has been quite good so far
Liftoff is going well enough for me as well. Still miss RiF.
Is there any way for Liftoff to allow you to comment on instances that aren’t your home instance? Last time I tried it it asked me to log into the instance I wanted to comment on.
If this works, yes.
Check if you have some random instances added in ypur account settings that you are not logged into.
Connect for Lemmy works well for me.
I’m also using connect. I find the searching for communities to be terrible and a couple of other issues, but the bread and butter of reading posts, comments, commenting is very comfortable. I’d recommend it too right now.
Comfortable is the best way to describe it. I think it’s very similar in function and design to sync, which makes it very easy to use while waiting for Sync for Lemmy
Also used sync, maybe that’s why it feels nice to me too
Yeah, searching/ subscribing is a pain. I also would like a feature to be able to copy just a link on long press like there was with RiF. I really, badly miss RiF.
I didn’t realize how amazing that feature was until I tried other 3rd party apps. RIF was very solid, only wish it had swipe gestures for navigating.
I’m actually finding the experience in Chrome browser to be pretty good.
Definately waiting on Sync though.
Connect has some good features, like subscription Favorites, Filters (excluding posts containing filter words), Sort defaults for comments and posts, Text size for comments and posts, and Comment dividers. The developer is active and responsive on the https://lemmy.ca/c/lemmyconnect community. The app is available on Google Play, and is not currently Open Source.
Agree. As someone coming from Sync, Connect is the most familiar, intuitive app I’ve tried. It’s a solid start
Honestly, using https://wefwef.app as a web app is hard to beat right now. It works very smoothly, and I finally understand why all the iOS users mourn the loss of Apollo so hard. Granted, using an iOS-esque interface on an Android device is a bit odd, but the gestures and the layout are just chef’s kiss.
The biggest issue with it is that it’s getting hammered on the primary domain, so I’ll probably move to self-host it sooner than later.
I’m on lemm.ee using wefwef and had zero problems in the past few days since I started using it. I think most of the problems come from the instance that hosts your account rather than the frontend of wefwef.
Yes, also wefwef has been having a lot of issues specifically with lemmy.world. I have accounts on three other Lemmy instances and have only had issues there.
Things have gotten significantly better over the past day though. Looks like that big lemmy.world update pushed this morning has helped quite a bit.
I’ve also seen others hopping on other instances of wefwef out there.
Once the PR for more permissive CORS support gets merged and lands in the popular servers there will no longer be a need for wefwef and other apps like it to proxy requests on behalf of users. I’m personally waiting to properly release my WIP client until then, as I really don’t want to take on the burden and responsibility of proxying user data. If you’re a developer you can check my current progress here, and here’s a short video I recorded that is already very out of date.
I have an instance of WefWef just for my Lemmy instance. https://app.thelemmy.club
That way I can give my users WefWef without having to put any more load on their main server
Connect has an android style interface and the swipe gestures like Apollo / wefwef. It’s pretty good for now until Sync for Lemmy comes out.
I keep having to remind myself that I haven’t gone back in time two weeks and I’m not using Apollo.
Using liftoff until sync is out
Part of me feels bad for all of the homegrown Lemmy apps. They won’t compare to the reconfigured Reddit apps.
Not entirely true, while I’m a huge fan of Boost and Sync, I’d say that the more options the better.
Different apps for different tastes, just need to remember when Sync made a huge overhaul of the interface, I love the new one, while others couldn’t stand it. So LJ made an option to restore the old look of the app.
Is liftoff homegrown?
I’ll use any app that remains FOSS so that likely rules out most reddit apps.
I’m assuming it’s not a simple port. They’ll probably be buggy at first.
Liftoff is great! I am loving it myself
Similar but I’m using liftoff until Boost comes out.
And I’m on Liftoff waiting for Infinity.
I was an avid user of Relay, and unfortunately I haven’t found anything that mirrors its layout and functionality, so I decided to build it myself. Here’s the Github repo and a short recording of the UI which is already out of date. I’ll be releasing it once the permissive CORS PR gets merged and lands in major servers.
This looks great! Really miss Relay. Will start following your progress!
Can’t wait man. I miss Relay too.
Relay was the best. It will be missed
One of the few things I could never get over after switching to apple was losing out on relay. No offense to anyone that uses other apps on Android, part of the reason android is so great is the variety but relay to me was the best by far without any doubt. I used apollo on iOS and it’s good, I’m actually switching back to Android right now because I I just prefer it to iOS so it doesn’t matter anymore because I’m looking at Lemmy apps for Android mow, and I’ll probably try out wefwef on Android since I like it on iphone but man once you put this out… I don’t see how I could use anything else if this is even close to relay, that UI just speaks to me
@vinnythegooch9 that’s interesting, I feel the same way but in reverse. I came back to iOS for Apollo, but Relay was my favorite on Android. What do you prefer about Relay?
Don’t get me wrong, apollo is great. And I am going back to android for other OS reasons, I just like it more. I used it my whole “smartphone life” but wanted to try out ios since I saw a deal on an iphone and don’t use my phone a ton anymore (I used to install custom rims and just sitch devices in general all the time). I decided to switch back to Android after a little under a year with iOS for smaller reasons like customisability, the Google ecosystem all my shit is in, etc… But to answer your question, some of the things I love about relay that no other app does is the built in browser that functions by just swiping down the bar, I used it a lot to go back and forth between an article some content and the actual reddit comments, I also really like the aesthetic of how it separates posts and comments, the swipe gestures are pretty standard, probably some other things I can’t remember but it’s probably just a personal feel.
I love about relay that no other app does is the built in browser that functions by just swiping down the bar
This is also something I loved, but unfortunately not something I’ll be able to reproduce in a PWA.
I am considering doing some kind of native wrapper that allows me to run two separate webviews so that I could do this and distribute it as an APK on the Play Store. I should already be able to distribute the standard PWA version on app stores.
(Sorry iOS users I don’t have any Apple devices and I’m not going to pay them $100 for the privilege of providing their minority platform value with a free open source app)
Good luck! Just the fact that someone is trying it is encouraging
@vinnythegooch9 Same here with iOS. And that makes sense. Shame Reddit had to ruin it for everyone.
Jerboa is pretty good. Probably the smoothest I’ve tried. Liftoff is pretty good as well.
I’m waiting for Sync to come out for Lemmy and I’ll jump back on that.
I was on Jerboa for a few days when I first came over, then jumped to thunder and Liftoff. The new update for Jerboa is awesome and I’m using it exclusively until Boost or Sync.
Wefwef
Definitely enjoying wefwef, haven’t opened Jerboa in a while now
Absolutely this.
I’ve used Jerboa and it was decent, but really lacked consistency or a ui that worked.
Wefwef and connect are my two favorites at the moment.
The iOS theme feels weird to use on Android though, I would love a Material Design 3 version of it. I already looked into creating one, but it’s a lot or work
Latest version of Jerboa with a smaller instance is very smooth
I absolutely agree. Find a small instance federated with the big Lemmy communities (Lemmy.ml, Lemmy.world, beehaw.org, etc…) + material theme on Jerboa is honestly better than any Reddit client (and the main app obviously 😆).
Where can I find some small but stable instances?
lemm.ee is good
I used one that was close to my VPNs exit location, lemmings.world.
Jerboa’s been working pretty good lately.
Connect is great
Using Connect until Sync for Lemmy is released. Long time sync user…
same but for boost
Started with Jerboa, switched to connect.
Connect for Lemmy is my go to. The dev just released an update too with a ton more features. It’s working great and I like it more than WefWef.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kuroneko.lemmy_connect
Connect dev here. Glad you’re enjoying it!
Can we get this on fdroid?
Totally agree, atleast we can download apk somewhere outside of Play Store.
Hello, fellow Canadian from lemmy.ca ! 😀
We’ve spoken on here a couple of times before. But you’re probably getting inundated with users to keep track of everyone. 🙂
Ah haha! As soon as user tagging lands this will all be easier to keep track of.
Thanks for sharing. I do like WefWef and the fact it feels like a full app despite only being a Web app.
Jerboa is the best I’ve used so far, though hopefully Boost will be even better when that’s released!
Boost for Reddit was an absolute top tier application.
I’m thinking about going for liftoff but it wants you to have an account on each server / instance. It doesn’t get the idea of how federation is supposed to work
I have the iOS version, you only need to sign in on one instance, but you can also view other instances without logging in, which i think is a good idea. For example you can add beehaw, which is not viewable on lemmy.world
Even though Wefwef works really well, I’m so comfortable with Boost after using it for years for Reddit that I’m super excited to get that user experience back on Lemmy!
Jerboa has gotten pretty stable since the exodus, I also have Thunder and Liftoff installed, but mostly switching between Jerboa and Thunder.
I like those two last ones because they kinda have a Sync feeling to them, will definitely buy Sync once it’s ready!
Connect has quickly become my favorite.
Tried it again today. It’s so much better than before.
I keep getting errors when trying to visit new communities. Definitely growing pains, but its much more full featured than the rest, from what I’ve seen.
I switched away from connect because the title doesnt show above the community name. After I read subscribed /new, I like to browse all/new. There’s so much stuff there that it’s helpful to have the community and OP listed at the top when I’m scrolling.
Thank you everybody! I ended up getting Jerboa, since it’s available on F-Droid. It seems to work pretty well. I’ll be trying all your other suggestions out as well.
Use Obtainium. Much better than F-Droid when it comes to apps like these that are constantly being updated.
Relevant discussion: https://lemmy.one/post/392829
From a productivity POV, Jerboa is the most developed & is built with one of the most secure languages (Kotlin) but from a security & privacy perspective browser (Eg. Mull-Fenix) is best suited, the constant login may be annoying but as long as you use a password manager it shouldn’t be a hassle.
Nevertheless recommend downloading the update from the GitHub repository & use an RSS feed to constantly check for any development.
F-Droid has the tendency to take time to update the apps.Regarding the RSS feed you need to generate one since GitHub doesn’t make it easy with the type of link they used, Feedless (FOSS) will help with that.
As long as the app is storing the auth token received from the lemmy instance securely it makes no difference whether you login once or multiple times.
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