Hey everyone!
I’ve recently started exploring Lemmy and discovered there are at least seven or eight different apps, clients, and APIs out there that let you browse, post, and interact with Lemmy communities. With so many options, I’m a bit overwhelmed and would love your input on which one(s) you use and why.
A few things I’m curious about:
Platform support: Do you use a mobile app (Android/iOS) or a web-based interface?
Feature set: Which apps offer the best experience for browsing multiple instances, notifications, or advanced moderation tools?
Pros & cons: What do you like most (and least) about the client/API you use? Performance, UI design, stability, etc.
I’ve tried scanning GitHub and the official Lemmy docs, but it’s hard to tell which projects are actively maintained and which give the smoothest experience. If possible, I’d love to hear about:
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Your favorite mobile app(s) for Lemmy (Android or iOS).
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Any tips on connecting to multiple instances or switching between them seamlessly.
Feel free to drop links to the app/repo, a brief summary of why you like it. Thanks in advance for your suggestions—looking forward to finding the best tools to dive deeper into Lemmy!
Voyager (on Android)
I tried multiple and that is what stuck. Thats it.
I use Voyager for iOS and I love it. It’s simple. I just wish we could have more options for the themes. Other than that it’s not a bad app.
Thanks mate 🤟
Used Thunder for a while and liked it the most, but it was strangely slow to load posts which led me back to Voyager.
My favorite app for my phone and iPad is Mlem, an iOS only client.
Desktop I use a mix of Blorp and standard web interface. I think Blorp is iOS, Android, and MacOS.
Actually i use linux and android, any suggestions according to that would be helpful 🙂
I only have Linux on my Steam deck and no Android devices. Good luck.
I’m on iOS and use Mlem
Android and Linux 🥲
I recently moved to Summit on android and have been very happy with it. It’s extremely customizable so I can configure it exactly as I wanted.
I used to use Infinity for reddit and someone forked it to replace all reddit references with lemmy references (called it Eternity). I loved that one but the dev kinda disappeared and abandoned it. I was able to configure Summit to be basically the same as Eternity, which I couldn’t really replicate in any of the other app choices.
I used Voyager for more than 1 year, I’m happy with it but I will try out summit because I like trying alternatives.
Thunder, Android
I’ve used Boost since it came out but I also haven’t really taken the time to try anything else
Boost on android.
Removed by mod
Best in my use has been Mlem for iOS. It has some bug with loading a lot of large images in a row but other than that it is smooth. Only feature I would ask for is ability to search inside a community on the community page.
I tried Voyager and Blorp but did not like it in comparison to Mlem.
interstellar. it’s fully crossplatform and also supports mbin and piefed. got swipe controls and haptics and everything
I would argue Arctic is the best iOS app. It is smooth, has the features I value like custom theme support and gif scrubbing, and developer had been responsive in fixing bugs and adding features when possible. !arctic@lemmy.world
I’m new to trying Android apps but Eternity has been my main one with Raccoon being pretty solid too.
My favorite is connect because it’s the most customizable. It’s also the buggiest though.
Thunder is cross-platform. For desktop UIs, I prefer Alexandrite because of its 2-column layout option that maximizes screen real estate and allows one-tab browsing.
