Alternatives to Thunder

An open-source cross-platform Lemmy and PieFed client for iOS and Android. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Thunder.

  • Voyager

    An open-source client for Lemmy and PieFed on iOS, Android, Linux and the web.

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxAndroidiOSWeb

    Voyager supports Lemmy and PieFed on iOS, Android, Linux and the web, adding a desktop option and gesture-driven navigation, and it is listed on F-Droid and Flathub.

  • Jerboa

    The official native Android app for Lemmy, the federated link aggregator and discussion platform.

    FreeOpen sourceAndroid

    Jerboa is the official Lemmy app maintained by the Lemmy developers, but it runs only on Android and works only with Lemmy, not PieFed.

  • Mlem

    An open-source native iOS app for reading and taking part in Lemmy communities.

    FreeOpen sourceiOS

    Mlem is a native Swift app for iPhone that works across Lemmy instances, with no Android version and no PieFed support.

  • Interstellar

    An open-source app for browsing and posting on Mbin, Lemmy and PieFed fediverse servers.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinuxAndroid

    Interstellar adds Mbin support alongside Lemmy and PieFed and runs on Windows, Linux and Android, but it has no iOS version and a smaller contributor base.

  • Eternity

    An Android client for Lemmy, forked from the Infinity for Reddit app.

    FreeOpen sourceAndroid

    Eternity is an Android-only Lemmy client with an Infinity for Reddit style interface, and it has had no commits since August 2024.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Thunder as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Alexandrite

    A desktop-first alternative web interface for Lemmy that you can use or host yourself.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Thunder is a mobile app for iOS and Android instead of a desktop web interface, and it supports PieFed alongside Lemmy, with no desktop version available.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.