I’m trying to stop using Reddit, but it having an app I know about makes it have quite an advantage.

I know there’s a few apps out there I can use to browse Lemmy, but I’m not sure about their names and the different features they offer.

    • @rtsuya@lemmy.world
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      22 years ago

      out of all those you are testing which one would you say has the closest UI to reddit is fun?

      • @d0m@lemmy.world
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        12 years ago

        I’ve only tried Jerboa and Thunder, but Thunder’s compact layout is actually like RiF. It’s more like Sync than RiF though. Honestly impressed by how good it is. I tried cloning and tweaking Jerboa’s UI to my liking but Thunder just werks for now.

    • 𝐘Ⓞz҉
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      12 years ago

      So I am using lift off but how do you upvote posts from other instances ? It says unable to upvote coz youre not signed into lemmy.ml. Is there a way to upvote post from other instances?

    • 🦥󠀠󠀠󠀠󠀠󠀠󠀠
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      02 years ago

      Thunder has a really weird swipe mechanic to voting that doesn’t seem to work very reliability for me unfortunately currently.

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          You swipe the comment to the right and a thing pops up. It’s unclear when it is downvoting or upvoting because what it then does doesn’t seem to match the one you selected.

  • idunnololz
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    92 years ago

    I’m the developer of Summit. Unfortunately I don’t see anyone mention Summit but I would suggest giving it a try as well.

    I think I’ve been a bit slower to implement certain features compared to the other apps, but the app is heavily focused on scalability and performance. Give it a try just in case you might like it. Play store link: Summit for Lemmy

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          Is that something you would be open to working towards? Since the growth of Lemmy is attributed to Reddit becoming “closed”, I think many users might see it as a dealbreaker or be less inclined to use a closed-source app.

          • idunnololz
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            22 years ago

            My feelings towards this might change in the future. However for the time being, my enjoyment of the project hinges on the project being closed source. Ie. open sourcing the project will likely lead to me stepping away from the project. So even if this significantly impacts the number of users, I would still prefer to keep it closed source. I’d rather have a fun side project I made than to create a popular project that I do not contribute to. It is unfortunate but it is what it is.

    • @rjc@lemmy.world
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      12 years ago

      Tried it. Looks like it has a lot of promise, but I couldn’t view any comments on posts. I realize it’s early release but that makes it pretty unusable for now.

      • idunnololz
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        02 years ago

        I’m not sure what “libre software” is but if you are asking if it is free then yes, at the moment the app is 100% free with no ads. If you asking if it’s open source then no, it is not open source.

        • @cowmouse@lemmy.world
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          12 years ago

          Libre software is used as a synonim for free (as in freedom) software, which is open source software with some nuances. Do you plan to open source it?

          • idunnololz
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            02 years ago

            Unfortunately I am not planning on open sourcing the app. Summit is a fun side project for me. I think open sourcing the project would no longer make it a fun side project so I am keeping it closed source for my own selfish enjoyment.

            • @cowmouse@lemmy.world
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              12 years ago

              Wouldn’t it be more fun if multiple people help you out and it may still be maintained if you stop working on it?

              • idunnololz
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                12 years ago

                Darn, I didn’t want to debate this on a Monday morning. I’ll give a tl;dr about my thoughts to avoid a debate:

                First of all I 100% support open source software (I even donate monthly to some projects), but I also think every developer should have the right to choose to open source or close source their own software.

                Second, I write code full time as my job 8 hours a day for the past decade. Summit is a fun hobby for me. If I made Summit open source, it would end up more in the job territory. Why would I want to make a fun project into a job?

                If you love debating and want to discuss further feel free to slide into my DMs.

                • @xavier666@lemm.ee
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                  02 years ago

                  I mostly use open-source software for the last few years but I would still support closed-source software if it’s by an individual developer.

    • @valek879@lemmy.world
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      02 years ago

      I’m replying on Connect for Lemmy. I just looked at your app and it’s super dope but I’ve got to say the one thing that throws me off is the button for the link is on the far side from my finger. I also like swiping to reply and vote and nonsense like that and your app doesn’t have it.

      Take your time however and implement things well and I’ll keep it in mind. My favorite app for Reddit was Relay I think I will be looking for an app until I get something similar or exactly the same.

      List mode ftw

      • idunnololz
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        02 years ago

        Thank you for your feedback! Regarding “button for the link” could you clarify what this is? Are you talking about the link to the community the post was from?

        • @valek879@lemmy.world
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          22 years ago

          Sorry, I didn’t see this reply until now. I mean the button for whatever the post is linking to. Pictures, other communities, or external links. I’m right handed and the button is on the left. This makes it a big reach for my thumb to reach across my screen and I’m less likely to click on things or use your app because of it. I know it’s a small complaint but it’s all about feel, especially when it comes to apps, that’s why reddit had so many!

          • idunnololz
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            12 years ago

            I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is my last update included a lot of new customizations including changing the direction of the content. See this demo: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8mIVZflUHhU.

            The bad news is I submitted this update ~1.5 days ago to Google Play. The app is still in review. I have no idea what is going on since usually updates are reviewed within 1-4 hours. I hope the update will be available soon. You can take a look at my community at https://lemmy.world/c/summit to see updates about this.

    • Golfnbrew
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      02 years ago

      I like this one, but I don’t see where to edit my profile at all. Hopefully it will remember my filter preferences in future releases. Overall, good job!

      • idunnololz
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        02 years ago

        Thank you for your feedback. This feature is currently not in the app at the moment but I can add this feature to the roadmap. If you could explain your use case for filtering that would also help a lot with how I will choose to implement this.

        • Golfnbrew
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          02 years ago

          So when I tap the icon it automatically always shows “all” communities and “active” I would like it to know me, and my preference to stay at “local” and “hot”…

          • idunnololz
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            12 years ago

            One of these is supported but the other isn’t. Currently you can select a “home” community by tapping the triple dots (top right) of a community (eg. when ur on “local”) and tap “Set as home page”.

  • Ashen Cone
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    82 years ago

    If you are a fellow reddit refugee, the Sync for Lemmy is coming soon.

  • @ToNIX@lemmy.world
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    72 years ago

    I tried them all (Jerboa, Thunder, Liftoff, Lemmynade) and I like Jerboa the most. The layout is clean, compact and it works really well.

    I was a Slide user on Reddit so I’m waiting for it to be available for Lemmy!

  • AlmightySnoo 🐢🇮🇱🇺🇦
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    Jerboa if you’re on Android but it has a login issue that makes it unable to connect to instances that are still running the 0.17.4 version of the backend (and among them is lemmy.world). You’d have to wait for those instances to update to the 0.18.1 when it comes out before you can use Jerboa reliably.

    Meanwhile, you can just open the web UI in your mobile browser and it will work just fine.

      • netburnr
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        22 years ago

        Doesn’t work at all for me on a Fold 4. Crashes as soon as I attempt to open the app

        • @TrinityTek@lemmy.world
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          12 years ago

          I’m sorry to hear that. I don’t know what to recommend for a Fold. I use Pixel phones and have been fortunate with compatibility with Jerboa and Connect, but it’s hit and miss. I’ve seen a lot of other users complain about issues with Jerboa even before the server version issue, but it’s been working great for me.

          • @IHawkMike@lemmy.world
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            12 years ago

            I’m on a Fold 4 using Jerboa and it’s pretty decent.

            Although I’m all in on Sync as soon as it’s available.

      • @3laws@lemmy.world
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        Got a link? Not seeing it in F-Driod nor the (ugh) Play Store.

        • Edit Nvm. It was right under an ad, I’m so hardwired to just ignore ads.
        • Ataraxia
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          12 years ago

          Only thing I didn’t like was no ability to reply from inbox but I totally forgot about the inbox at this point so I guess it’s not that important lol

  • @PeterPoopshit@lemmy.ml
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    62 years ago

    I’ve tried jeroba, liftoff and thunder. My experience with jeroba is mostly negative. It’s not good enough to be a full replacement for using a web browser and with the new update it crashes on my older, not bleeding edge phone. It can’t even open lemmy links people post half the time.

    Thundar is ok. I’m not a fan of its interface but at least you can actually browse communities you aren’t subscribed to.

    The third one I’ve tried is Liftoff and it’s the best one I’ve seen so far. It’s about the same in terms of quality as Boost for reddit. You can explore new communities in other instances, have more than one active account logged in to be able to simultaneously use different instances and best of all there’s a search.

    • @brezhnervous@lemm.ee
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      22 years ago

      Connect is great for me so far…lftoff wouldnt accept my login details and Jerboa only returns a server error message

    • Sith Lord
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      +1 for liftoff. Much faster and polished than jerboa

  • @atomkarinca@lemmygrad.ml
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    I really recommend you to try them out and see for youself. Each of them has their own power. Especially now that there’s a flow of interest this way, a lot of them have gone nuclear and pushing new versions by the hour (not kidding).

    Yeah, Jerboa is good and battle tested but Liftoff is good, Thunder is good, each in their own unique way. I love that.

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    I’m new but Jerboa works like a charm on my Samsung, very fast and responsive.

    • @Turtle@lemmy.world
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      42 years ago

      My only complain is it’s a little too easy to click on the sub instead of the title, other than that Jerboa has been great.

    • 𝐘Ⓞz҉
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      22 years ago

      Try lift off from Github. Someone posted the link in the comments. Its amazzzzing

    • @Squizzy@lemmy.world
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      22 years ago

      It’s bit buggy, sometimes I press to open a sub and I need it used the internal browser and sometimes it takes me there within the app. No idea why it has two options.

      Since the most recent update it closes wben I bookmark something and keeps saying to log into my instance.

      • @Nobody5585@lemmy.world
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        12 years ago

        Because not all the instance links has been added to Jerboa. It’s reported on github and hopefully will be fixed soon.

    • @Boundish91@lemmy.world
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      12 years ago

      My current problem with jerboa is that it keeps pestering me to update server to a newer version without giving me a clue how to do it.

      • @Flipht@lemmy.world
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        22 years ago

        You can’t. System admin needs to, and they posted that they can’t yet because the new version doesn’t support captcha yet. They’re expecting a fix but have to wait.

  • @Naiakoa@lemmy.world
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    52 years ago

    Currently I use ‘Jerboa for Lemmy’ It has yet to fail me but that is the usual default app. If anyone has any information of a better app I am willing to try another :3

    • @TrinityTek@lemmy.world
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      52 years ago

      Unfortunately it is currently broken with lemmy.world. For those of us that are already signed in it seems to work ok, but new users will need to use something else at the moment. Connect for Lemmy is a good alternative on Android.

      • @Naiakoa@lemmy.world
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        32 years ago

        Ah that I did not know bout, it did take me a while to get it working with the app, alot of stubbornness to work with world. Jerboa overall does have its moments of lag and would like to replace :c Will check out connect if it does not lag as much as Jerboa. Always good to have sources of other apps then one and only app.

        • @TrinityTek@lemmy.world
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          Connect looks pretty slick, but I’m actually pretty happy with Jerboa and will probably stick with it. I was helping someone get setup on Lemmy last night though and ran into the server error for the first time. I ended up setting her up with Connect and was impressed with how polished it looks, but honestly the simple layout and interface of Jerboa is just fine for me. I definitely agree about the value of having a variety of options, and expect there will be more to come soon!

      • @ambulancePilot@sh.itjust.works
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        22 years ago

        I just signed up with another instance. Is there a particular reason everyone wants to use lemmy.world? I went with sh.itjust.works… will I run into any issues?

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          I initially chose it because (I think) it didn’t require me to wait to get approved. Or I just forgot about that again. Another reason was because of the post lemmy.ml asking people to join elsewhere because there were so many new people it got difficult for their server to handle and lemmy.world was the next I saw.

          I did make multiple accounts (on different instances) though to have a sort of backup just in case something happens, as unlikely as that may seem.

        • @TrinityTek@lemmy.world
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          I haven’t heard of any incompatibility issues with shitjustworks specifically, but I really don’t know. I chose Lemmy.world to be on the fastest growing server with the most activity, but really if it’s a federated server it shouldn’t matter too much.

      • Horselover Fat
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        This is because Lemmy.world hasn’t updated to 0.18 yet. The admin said captcha doesn’t work on 0.18.0 so he’s waiting till 0.18.1.

  • Cisco
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    52 years ago

    Another satisfied Connect user here, at least for the time being. It needs polishing, but it seems to just work.

  • Cisco
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    52 years ago

    The developer of Sync for reddit is creating a lemmy app. Can’t wait to try it, as Sync was my favorite reddit app.

  • @necrxfagivs@lemmy.world
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    42 years ago

    I’m using Jerboa, Connect and Summit. I really like Jerboa, but rn is buggy as lemmy.world is still at 0.17.4 while Jerboa only support 0.18. I’m still trying out Summit and Connect, only time will say!

    • @mudmaniac@lemmy.world
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      lemmy.world is waiting for 0.18.1 because 0.18 removed captcha as a consequence of a change away from websocket, i think. they announced they arent going to update until its added back in, which the lemmy developers promised to do.

    • @TheFrogThatFlies@lemmy.world
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      I think Jerboa still wasn’t updated in F-Droid, so you should be fine if you get it from there. F-Droid also allows you to downgrade of you need to.