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.
If you are a fellow reddit refugee, the Sync for Lemmy is coming soon.
These are the apps I’m using rn. So far i like thunder, connect and liftoff.
Can you link lemming? That’s the only one i can’t see to find
out of all those you are testing which one would you say has the closest UI to reddit is fun?
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.
Those three are my picks as well.
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?
I am pretty sure that you can upvote most of the stuff on instances you don’t have an account for. However some instances require you to apply for an account rather than just singing up (eg Beehaw was like that for me). An admin has to manually click a button for you to become a member. In those cases you can not just upvote or comment on one of those instances without an account. I think it’s to prevent a flood of bots on some of the instances. Not entirely sure if I got it right, though!
Would be nice to upvote and comment on post from other instance.
Thunder has a really weird swipe mechanic to voting that doesn’t seem to work very reliability for me unfortunately currently.
What do you mean?
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.
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
Is it open source?
Unfortunately the app is not open source :(
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.
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.
I am using Summit and I am thrilled about the update to allow us to comment. that was all I was missing. I am a happy user!
Looks really good! Dont be afraid to shill it :)
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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.
Great App! Props to you! = )
Thanks!
I found Summit about 2 hours ago and love it! Thanks for your hard work.
Np! I’m glad you like it!
Installed. Thanks.
EDIT: Damn… looks awesome! Well done.
Thank you!
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
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?
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!
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.
Is it libre software?
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.
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?
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.
Wouldn’t it be more fun if multiple people help you out and it may still be maintained if you stop working on it?
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.
Wow very nice
Thanks!
Do you have it on fdroid ?
Unfortunately the app is not open source. :(
Ah that’s sad. Won’t be using anything thats not open source when it comes to installing it on my device.
The developer of Sync for reddit is creating a lemmy app. Can’t wait to try it, as Sync was my favorite reddit app.
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.
Connect is great for me so far…lftoff wouldnt accept my login details and Jerboa only returns a server error message
+1 for liftoff. Much faster and polished than jerboa
I’m currently switching between Liftoff, Thunder, and Jerboa, altho Jerboa refuses to let me sign in, 'cause server version BS.
Liftoff has a nice UI IMO, and I like Thunder’s navigation, so I’ll prolly end up using one of the 2. Notably, Liftoff is more feature-complete than Thunder, so… Depends on what you want I guess.
Well that got out of hand quickly.
Have a nice day!
Liftoff for some reason won’t let me upvote posts from other instances. Very odd because it tells me I would literally need to make an account on every instance to upvote posts.
I had this issue until I manually selected my logged-in instance from the dropdown list at the top of the main screen.
Yep, this is the secret :-) We are still working on how we make the whole multi-account thing more understandable and usable.
I’m new but Jerboa works like a charm on my Samsung, very fast and responsive.
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.
Try lift off from Github. Someone posted the link in the comments. Its amazzzzing
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.
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.
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.
Because not all the instance links has been added to Jerboa. It’s reported on github and hopefully will be fixed soon.
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.
The Connect for Lemmy Android app works pretty well too.
Doesn’t work at all for me on a Fold 4. Crashes as soon as I attempt to open the app
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.
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.
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.
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Doesn’t work with lemmy.world yet as the version is too low.
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I love Jerboa, but can’t right now because
lemmy.worlddoesn’t support the latest update. Currently using Liftoff for the meantime.I’m browsing lemmy.world with Jerboa right now, I just get a warning that this instance is using an older version and to tell the admin to upgrade.
Mine was doing that, be careful once I got signed out its not letting me sign back in
I’ve noticed today that I can’t sort by anything other than “local/active” in jerboa.
My phone updated last night, so maybe it’s related to that?
But it’s super annoying, as it makes it impossible to see new content.
I think you might be able to manually change it after you open the app. I have the same issue, and my server seems like updated (I didn’t see the warning).
Nah, the “default” stuff never worked for me. It’s always booted into the local/active. I’ve had to manually switch it since I’ve gotten the app.
As of today though I can’t even do that. When I try to manually switch, it does it for about a second, then insta flips back. :/
Yeah, you need to subscribe to some of the ‘subreddits’ on fediverse. At least that’s been my experience. Otherwise you will not get suggested communities.
Connect until sync comes out
That’s what I’m doing.
This might sound crazy, but i am just using the website via Firefox on my phone. Jerboa wasnt doing it for me, and someone recommended just using the website… I prefer it over jerboa. I imagine with all the development going on, there will be something better showing up, but until it does, I’m just going old school.
For me, the web client keeps re-rendering itself for apparently no reason. It’s a very janky experience.
Yeah me too, the browser works just fine for me.
Liftoff is my choice. Nice clean UI and covers every function i need
I’ve been using Jerboa for quite a while now. Everything has worked alright, with no big complaints.
After the 0.18 update, I have had issues with using lemmy.world, so I decided to give yourbsuggestion a try instead.
Turns out I had already installed Liftoff, and was quite surprised now that I gave it a second try.
It’s clearly still in development, and there are some things from Jerboa that I will miss, but I’m set on giving it a sincere try this time around.
If anyone is interested, its available in the Play Store:
Thanks for this suggestion. Just downloaded and it’s very modern!
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!
Where can I find Lemmynade?
It seems to be called Liftoff now.
Oh, that’d make sense.
Isn’t Slide discontinued? Or do you mean Sync?
I meant Slide!
Did you try Connect for Lemmy yet?
Yes I did, I still prefer Jerboa’s post layout.
I am using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kuroneko.lemmy_connect
Looks pretty good to me, it can make text larger so yeah. Like 10 minutes in rn though lol
