Thunder
An open-source cross-platform Lemmy and PieFed client for iOS and Android.
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About Thunder
Thunder is a mobile app for browsing, voting and commenting on Lemmy and PieFed, the federated link aggregators often used as Reddit alternatives. It is built with Flutter, so the same app runs on both iPhone and Android.
The project is open source and actively maintained, with a changelog and privacy policy published in the repository. It suits people who spend time on Lemmy or PieFed communities and want a dedicated phone client instead of the web interface.
Strengths
- Supports both Lemmy and PieFed
- One codebase for iOS and Android
- Open source and actively developed
Limitations
- Mobile only, no desktop app
- Limited to Lemmy and PieFed rather than the wider fediverse
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- The Thunder contributors
- Platforms
- Android, iOS
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Lemmy and PieFed users who want a native phone client
- Categories
- Social networks
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Thunder
Compare allSoftware that can replace Thunder for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Voyager
An open-source client for Lemmy and PieFed on iOS, Android, Linux and the web.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Eternity is an Android-only Lemmy client with an Infinity for Reddit style interface, and it has had no commits since August 2024.
Thunder as an alternative
Listings that name Thunder as an alternative.
Alexandrite
A desktop-first alternative web interface for Lemmy that you can use or host yourself.
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 necessarily a direct replacement.
