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?
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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If you're a developer you can check my current progress here, and here's a short video I recorded that is already very out of date.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'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.
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.
Connect, it seems fairly well made, has some swipe actions that let you vote up/down and save. Lets you switch between instances fairly easily. It's still getting updated too so it seems like its only getting better.
So, I'm not sure why I would switch instances (I'm very new). Do I need new account on that instance then? I've heard about different front pages or something. I'm still confused.
I downloaded Connect on your recommendation though. Thanks!
I'm very new too but my understanding is that each instance can have it's own specific content. But, you can see all content from any instance if you sort by "all." If you sort by "local" then you will only get posts from the instance that you're logged in to. If you go to subscribed then you'll just get stuff you've subscribed to in that instance. Could be wrong tho lol
This link will help explain migrating from Reddit and what instances are and how they work independently and simultaneously at the same time. You don't have to create an account for every instance. You can follow another instance as a guest, you just won't be able to interact with any comments or upvoting/downvoting. Think of them as separate websites under the same platform that can all coexist independently but still interact with each other. But this helped me out a bunch! https://github.com/amirzaidi/lemmy
Hi, sorry for the late response. You don't need an account on another instance unless you want to interact with people on that instance and you want to use that specific account. I believe you can also use another account on a seperate instance as long as the two instances are federated with each other.
People tend to have multiple accounts on multiple instances because some instances arent federated with each other and thus you don't get the full experience. Take for example Beehaw and lemmy.world. If you have an account with Beehaw the only way to see lemmy.world posts is to have a lemmy.world account or an account on an instance that is federated with world or vice versa.
Another more obvious reason is that since instances are generally privately hosted servers it'd be wiser to have accounts on multiple different instances as opposed to one because things happen and server outages are possible.
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.
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?
Boost for Lemmy will be out soon, just using the website/not using anything until then. Boost was the best Reddit app by far. And yeah, like others said, Sync is coming too.
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
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.
You're doing an amazing job. I really like what you've done in the short amount of time!
For me it already has everything I need I think. Now the content on Lemmy as a whole needs to pick up.
Maybe some quality features to consider:
True AMOLED mode (currently it is only parts of the interface)
Adding an image and video viewer for opening those that are hosted on typical hosting platforms would be absolutely tremendous (everything else gets opened in my external browser)
When going back into the comment section of a post the app goes to the position where I left if you know what I mean
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 😆).
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!
I had a lot of issues with Jerboa being buggy and randomly crashing personally, but that could've just been my experience. I switched to Connect for Lemmy and haven't had any issues (and it looks better imo)
Sony Xperia 1 III. Aside from server issues in the first few days this month with Lemmy the Jerboa app has been working well. Seems fairly close enough ish to RiF for me. Really probably has a lot more going on than RiF ever did. Some mild stuff to get used to but overall a good experience. Was happy to see the ability to change the post sizes to smaller so I can see more at a given time.
Liftoff so far has been the only one that let me log in and also works consistently. I haven't tried connect but I can vouch for liftoff at least. I'll probably be trying sync for lemmy whenever it comes out though since I loved sync for reddit.
Just started using Connect and it's great! I moved from RiF and it's pretty similar. My one request is a way to easily switch to the next/previous parent comment like you can do in RiF
I'd hope the actual app doesn't look like the screenshots... doesn't give a good first impression of attention to detail when the app preview in the screenshots are quite visibly squashed to fit the vertical height of the device frame they've placed them in to.
The screenshots are horrible and I almost did not download it because of them. I'm not a big fan of cards and so I use list mode. I did the same in RiF and I was able to make Connect look pretty similar.
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.
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.
I left Liftoff because it has a block user button, but I didn't see a block community button. I havent updated it for several days, so that could be there now.
I've been using Connect and just found "Hide read" and "Mark as read on scroll past" in the settings. Those were the last bugbears I had. Loving it so far
Yeah it's a little odd using it on android due to the iOS design, and for some reason the framerate of navigating around is very low/choppy for me. Not sure if webapps have limitations that way but otherwise it's a great app.
As someone who has 6 lemmy apps installed, and constantly cycling between them, I'd say for now connect and liftoff are the best although each has issues that the other migitates. I'd say you won't go wrong with either option, with it mostly being personal preference.
As a former user of infinity for reddit connect feels a bit closer layout to what I was used to, but liftoff seems to have a slightly better ui.
Try wefwef.app. It's a PWA, and you can easily set it as an icon on your home screen. Supposedly it looks a lot like the big iOS app (apollo?) that started the reddit blackout. Has nice swiping gestures. Works an absolute treat.
I've been bouncing between Liftoff and Connect. I loved Sync for Reddit so I'll be using that when it comes out, though I also tried and liked Boost, Joey, and Infinity for Reddit.
I tried Jerboa but it was missing quite a few features at the time, but it's also really new so that wasn't a problem.
I do spend most of my time on Kbin so I just use the mobile web interface.
I haven't seen anything but I haven't looked into it either. It would be nice to see because I used Joey before I switched to Sync. But I always like trying out different apps.
Yeah, I do agree that it feels a little out of place on Android, but currently I have been using it because it still feels polished and I haven't had many bugs with it. Lemmy clients in general are in their early days and many are quite rough around the edges. I've had a lot of bugs with most of them.
Connect for Lemmy has a Material You style to it and feels like at home on Android. It uses your current Material color scheme and feels a bit similar to Sync for Reddit.
I've been using a few, but so far I've found Connect to be the smoothest and more to my liking. I was a long time Sync user, so I'll be picking that up once it eventually launches.
I have tried a lot, the three min ones I keep coming back to are jerboa, connect and liftoff. They all have pros and cons and I like each and alternate between them. Liftoff is a continuation of lemur by the way. Lemur was abandoned but someone else picked it up and develop it further, providing frequent updates.
Liftoff but it doesn't let you see what comment or post someone replied to in your inbox. I'd say Jerboa is better for posting and stuff and Liftoff is better for browsing.
As a fellow Relay user you may be interested in the client I'm working on. I wanted the Relay client for Lemmy but nothing out there mirrors its layout, so I decided to build it myself.
Thanks i'll check it out for sure. Even if the UI recording is already out of date it already shows a feature i really liked about relay on mobile:
The feature that you swipe right->left to reveal the options (up/down vote, save, share and so on) is something i really liked about relay. And at least until now i haven't really adjusted/grown to like the way most other apps including connect seem to handle it. Which is having a quick action based on how far you drag the post towards the left.
I have most of the Android apps installed, but the two I keep switching between are Connect and Thunder. Both devs keep pushing out updates to the apps periodically and are very responsive to user feedback.
I've been using Jerboa and Liftoff, as the combination of both has what I'm looking for (Liftoff has an option to see feeds from other instances without having to log in), but most of the time I use Jerboa
Liftoff! Is superb. I don't have any complaints about it. My only gripe is finding the same content repeatedly. I just need to subscribe to more communities probably
I'm using jerboa, lift and connect. Each had positives and negatives. What's really needed, imo, is a way to centrally log in to all of the instances you have accounts on from one place and have it work on all apps. A single sign on.
Grabbing a new app and logging in to multiple lemmy servers is a pain in the ass.
Bouncing back and forth between Jerboa / Connect / kBin on mobile web right now. Who knows what it'll be next week.
This is a fun period of extremely rapid innovation, with new Fediverse apps getting announced nearly every few days by extremely talented developers. Many of these alpha/beta apps already have a better user experience than the 1st-party Reddit app, and it should get even better from here on out.
Lemmur is busted because it has been abandoned. The creator made that clear on GitHub but not in the F-Droid description. I wish they'd remove it from F-Droid.
I'm trying out Thunder, Liftoff, and Jerboa, all on F-Droid. All are decent but a little buggy. Shop around, see what you like.
Enjoying liftoff so far, only issue is you can't get back to your comments from your profile
Like if you look at your comments on your profile and wish to see them in context of the post they were made on, tapping on the comment will just collapse the 'thread' in your profile page lol. Kinda weird but using the menu to open it in browser gets around it for now. Aside from that, super smooth UI and performance aside from the occasional 502/3 hiccup.
Tried thunder. It was easy to use but currently using wefwef. It's not a native app rather webapp. It's following the apple's design ruleset, app looks like a native iOS app, but much better when it comes to performance and stability.
Jerboa should be the recommendation based on what you are looking for.
Open source, saw someone else mention they got it on whatever F-droid is, stable af (0 crashes on pixel5).
Bonuses, it has buttons, looks clean, runs smooth, swiping isn't obsfucating UX/UI as it does expected things like going back. (wefwef is painful if you can't get behind IOS UI chicanery)
F-Droid is like the play store, but with all FOSS apps. You have to side load it, and then it essentially side loads all the apps you want from it's store. Its pretty neat!
No one mentioned Summit yet? I've tried Jerboa, Liftoff, Thunder, Connect, Lemmur.. pretty much all of the available Lemmy client and in the end I uninstalled all of them but Summit.
I will, because none of the apps or web apps right now are optimized for tablets/foldables, so really looking forward to Sync supporting this at launch! (ljdawson already confirmed this btw).
Besides, Sync (for Reddit) had a lot of advanced features that set it apart from others, such as being able to save message drafts, built-in kamojis, advanced markdown formatting controls, post/content filters and so on, I reckon we'll get to see these in Sync for Lemmy as well, if not at launch then surely down the line.
I tried Connect but had issues getting certain instances to load. Honestly I've been accessing Lemmy through Chrome of late and it hasn't been too bad.