Pachli
An open-source Android client for Mastodon and compatible fediverse servers.
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About Pachli
Pachli is an Android app for reading and posting on Mastodon and servers that speak a compatible API, including improved support for iceshrimp.net. Recent releases added notifications for Mastodon's Collections feature and keep follower relationships up to date when you block a server.
It is a Nivenly Foundation project with frequent monthly releases, volunteer translations and downloads from Google Play, F-Droid or GitHub. It suits Android users who want a maintained, open-source fediverse client.
Strengths
- Regular monthly releases
- Available on Google Play, F-Droid and GitHub
- Works with Mastodon and compatible servers such as iceshrimp.net
Limitations
- Android only
- Needs an account on a fediverse server
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- Nivenly Foundation
- Platforms
- Android
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Required
- Works offline
- No
- Best suited for
- Android users following and posting on Mastodon
- Categories
- Social networks
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Pachli
Compare allSoftware that can replace Pachli for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Tusky
A lightweight open-source Android client for Mastodon and other fediverse servers.
Tusky is a lightweight GPL-3.0 Android client with themes, drafts and custom emoji, available on F-Droid and Google Play.
Moshidon
A customizable Material You Mastodon client for Android, forked from Megalodon.
Moshidon builds on the official Mastodon Android app with Material You design and more customization, though a rewrite in progress may change behaviour.
Fedilab
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Fedilab adds multiple accounts and covers Pleroma, Friendica, Pixelfed and PeerTube alongside Mastodon, still on Android only.
tooot
An open-source Mastodon client for iOS and Android, started with a focus on the Chinese community.
tooot runs on both Android and iOS and was built with Chinese-speaking users in mind, focusing on Mastodon only.
Tuba
A GTK desktop client for browsing and posting on Mastodon and the wider fediverse.
Tuba is a GTK client for Linux, Windows and Android with scheduled posts, polls and admin tools, feeling most at home on GNOME.
Raccoon for Friendica
An open source Kotlin Multiplatform client for Friendica and Mastodon accounts.
Raccoon for Friendica is a Kotlin Multiplatform client for Android and iOS that supports Friendica as well as Mastodon accounts.
Elk
A lightweight open-source web client for Mastodon that runs in the browser.
Elk is an open-source Mastodon web client that runs in any browser, so it works beyond Android but is Mastodon focused.
Phanpy
A minimalistic, opinionated web client for reading and posting on Mastodon from a browser.
Phanpy is a minimal browser-based Mastodon client with an opinionated design, not open source, replacing a native Android app with a web interface.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
Mastodon
Federated microblogging server with no algorithmic feed.
Openvibe
A mobile app that combines Mastodon, Bluesky, Threads and Nostr timelines into one feed.
Iceshrimp.NET
A self-hosted ActivityPub microblogging server written in C#, continuing the Iceshrimp project.
Ice Cubes
An open-source Mastodon client for iPhone, iPad and Mac, written in SwiftUI.
Ivory
A Mastodon client for iPhone, iPad and Mac from the makers of Tweetbot.
Pleroma
Lightweight fediverse server that runs on very modest hardware.
