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Thunder vs Jerboa: catalog facts
Thunder	Jerboa
Best for: Lemmy and PieFed users who want a native phone client	Best for: Lemmy users on Android who want the official app
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source.
Android, iOS	Android
Supports both Lemmy and PieFed One codebase for iOS and Android All 3 strengths for Thunder Supports both Lemmy and PieFed One codebase for iOS and Android Open source and actively developed	Maintained by the Lemmy developers Native Android interface All 3 strengths for Jerboa Maintained by the Lemmy developers Native Android interface Open source and actively maintained
Mobile only, no desktop app Limited to Lemmy and PieFed rather than the wider fediverse	Android only Only works with Lemmy instances
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Thunder github.com/thunder-app/thunder play.google.com/store/apps/details apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/com.hjiangsu.thunder apps.apple.com/us/app/thunder-for-lemmy/id6450518497 Catalog checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Jerboa github.com/LemmyNet/jerboa f-droid.org/packages/com.jerboa Catalog checked September 23, 2026

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