this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2023
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Jerboa

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Jerboa is a native-android client for Lemmy, built using the native android framework, Jetpack Compose.

Warning: You can submit issues, but between Lemmy and lemmy-ui, I probably won't have too much time to work on them. Learn jetpack compose like I did if you want to help make this app better.

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Jerboa is made by Lemmy's developers, and is free, open-source software, meaning no advertising, monetizing, or venture capital, ever. Your donations directly support full-time development of the project.

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Spliffman1@lemmy.world to c/jerboa@lemmy.ml
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Jerboa is performing amazingly after the mass influx of users on DDay and the update to my primary instance lemmy.world brought it's own challenges. I was app surfing recently, bouncing between about 5 of them... But Jerboa has been rock solid through this tough time and stood out from the rest. Hats off

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[–] sCrUM_MASTER@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I tried out 3 apps total and even with it being a little stuttery, Jerboa has been my favourite so far. I like the layout of the interaction buttons for comments as well as the ability to jump from one comment chain to the next or previous.

I found Thunder to be a very smooth experience but really didn't like that you need to swipe comments to interact, and that the distance you swipe determines whether you upvote or downvote or etc. Perhaps there's a way to change that in the settings but I couldn't easily locate it.

[–] sloonark@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I tried about five different apps and Liftoff is the one I think I've settled on. It has the smoothest overall experience IMO and the most appealing UI. But Jerboa would be my second choice.

[–] Wenchette@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

I like it a lot

[–] tooting_lemmy@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm just sticking with Jerboa I think. It seems to have everything I need. It hasn't crashed for me in awhile either.

[–] Koto@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Me too, it's my favourite for sure and I love that I can adjust the font of posts, avoiding eye strain!

[–] FrancisFeliz@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Jerboa is great, but litoff performs better. I hope they optimize Jerboa a little bit more.

[–] Schaedelbach@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago

I love how pretty much each and every comment section on posts about apps to access the Fediverse will always end up with people declaring their favorite app of the day! I mean this sincerely, because of that I kinda feel connected to most of you! It means we all are in some sort of griefing stage because most of us lost a reddit app we used for years (a decade even in my case. Rip RIF!). It also means most of you are hopeless nerds and I really appreciate that!

Excuse my little tangent!

PS: my favorite way of accessing the Fediverse is currently Wefwef but I still check out every new app I come across.

[–] Nomadiscussion@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Can you give a couple of thoughts on each of the other apps you tired?

[–] NewBrainWhoThis@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I didn't try other apps but since the update on lemmy.world posts and comments often don't load.... Its not consistent but it happens a lot :(

Anyway Im sure it will get better 👍