A lack of updates doesn't necessarily mean they're inactive unless there are new features they need to work with or bugs they need to fix.
this post was submitted on 14 Feb 2025
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I really liked Sync. It worked really well on my old phone, and I would gladly pay for it, but I'm so averse to ads that I can't in good conscience support an app that
I love Sync but I can't really blame the dev. They obviously wanted an income from this but there just aren't enough people on lemmy that would use the app, so it's maintenance mode at best.
Raccoon is also nice.
I have been testing it as well. From what I have seen it's still in the beta stage.
Sure this is cursed but I have been turning the official Reddit app into a Lemmy client
People use the official Reddit app voluntarily?
Well once you take out all the ads and algorithm it's not all that bad. It wouldn't be my favourite but it would have some character.
That's what I believe. My lemmyfied Reddit doesn't have any bullshit features, I was able to remove them all
I haven't built / tried it yet but would getting rid of the reddit logo up top too (leddit, perhaps?) work well? Or even load up your local instance favicon etc?
That would be great. I'll try once I have finished polishing the API compatibility and basic features. Do you want me to tell you once it's stable and ready for you to try ?
Hell yes.
I ain't a lover of that kinda app (aesthetics plz) and why I stick with Boost being a RiF user but having lots of alternatives is one of the many reasons we all kicked off originally over in r/Android about the API bollocks Mr Greedy Piggy Spez brought in. That, and shitting on the disabled/spam whackers/translators you name it. Pissed us off enough we made this instance.
Does that official reddit app have decent Accessibility features yet, or was Spez yet again talking out of his pooper?
Good work btw, and obligatory fuck spez ;)
(Disclaimer, I'm one of the devs.) Thunder is cross-platform and very actively developed! There was a release two days ago. We keep up with Lemmy API changes and we're constantly squashing bugs and adding new features. Check it out!
I second Thunder (also an (early) Dev). The repo is still super active.
Nice. I have been enjoying your guys app for the last 2 days.
I have some feedback but I don't think it's really anything that substantial right now. What is the best way to give you guys feedback on thunder bird?
Hey thanks! I think you mean Thunder. :-) Thunderbird is a mail client from Mozilla (also a great app lol).
If you have a bug or feature request to report, you can create an issue on GitHub. https://github.com/thunder-app/thunder
If you just want to have a discussion with the devs and other community members, you can check out our Matrix. https://matrix.to/#/#thunderapp:matrix.org
Sorry my bad π . Been trying multiple clients for the past few days. Thank you for the contact info!
I am very interested in Thunder, especially considering it's open source. While it does seem packed with features, I'd love to see a bit more customizability though. I might submit some feature requests some day but looking now there are nearly 200 issues as it stands. Not a complaint, just an observation. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for checking it out. Yeah we do have quite a backlog of issues to work through. Obviously we prioritize bugs and the most popular feature requests. Feel free to submit an issue any time you want though! It may be that we can help come up with a workaround that gets you what you want. Otherwise sometimes if its an easy change one of the devs will knock it out quickly. But if nothing else it'll be there for other people to react to. :)
Too many clients for too few users...
I miss Liftoff
Never heard about it. What was so go about that client?
It was the app most like reddit if fun (rif). I liked it. To me it was the most intuitive layout.
I started with liftoff then moved to connect. Has all the stuff I was used to with RIF.
Voyager has been good. They just implemented a custom emoji fix to that ensures emoji are the correct size regardless of their uploaded size.
Boost
Boost here as well....why it's missing from the lineup is a bit odd. I figured there is a good number of people using it.
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I finally made a full switch from Sync to Thunder, because even though I know that Sync dev does take huge breaks and he comes back and fixes everything and makes the app even better, I still wanted to make sure I find a good alternative and get familiar with it just in case.
Thunder is a really good app, especially considering its age. It also has the most features and the nicest UI (IMO) among the Lemmy apps. And it being open source is a huge plus too.
Sync is still my favorite, it just feels really nice to use, but I'll stay on Thunder for now.
Voyager is also a really nice app that feels polished and works smoothly, but it's lacking certain features that I like. So I keep it installed as a backup but I don't use it often.
Connect.
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