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Thunder vs Raccoon for Lemmy: catalog facts
Thunder	Raccoon for Lemmy
Best for: Lemmy and PieFed users who want a native phone client	Best for: Lemmy users who want a customisable Android app
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source under the GPL 3.0 licence.
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	No ads Strong focus on localisation and interface customisation All 4 strengths for Raccoon for Lemmy No ads Strong focus on localisation and interface customisation Several feed and comment layouts Frequent development activity
Mobile only, no desktop app Limited to Lemmy and PieFed rather than the wider fediverse	Only works with Lemmy instances Android is the main supported platform
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0-only
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 Raccoon for Lemmy livefasteattrashraccoon.github.io/RaccoonForLemmy github.com/LiveFastEatTrashRaccoon/RaccoonForLemmy f-droid.org/packages/com.livefast.eattrash.raccoonforlemmy.… Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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