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Current best lemmy clients (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/fediverse
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Hey I figured I'd make a post and see the state of current lemmy appage, since I'm looking for a good one. So far I've used Jerboa, Thunder, Eternity, and Voyager.

Eternity seems to be a dead project, it's full of bugs and hasn't recieved an update since The Exodus

Thunder seems ok and is what I'm using right now, but I can't seem to send direct messages, and can't "Don't blur NSFW preview on NSFW comms" which sucks. The messaging is the dealbreaker for me.

Voyager I used momentarily but the UI was not my favorite.

Jerboa seems OK if unpolished (which is ok to me) but I don't trust the rabid idealogue that makes it and using another instance of his site is one thing, but installing an app is another. Has it been audited to confirm lack of spyware?

Ideally through this I can find one with instance blocking, DMs, and a decent UI. What're your experiences with the current state of lemmy apps?

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[–] CMLVI 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I remember using Sync, but it didn't really stick for me. If it's the one I'm thinking of, it's like Relay but slightly worse?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No one was like Relay. I went from Boost to Relay to Infinity (Eternity for Lemmy). From all the closed source clients Relay was my favorite, but Infinity was also great if you bothered to configure it - and open source definitely has some priority for me if there's a good alternative.

Hated Sync and many of the other praised ones, as most of them were card view focused apps, which I can't stand - it's like viewing every single submission. And those who had compact views usually had ridiculously tiny thumbnails for some reason, even though there was plenty of space left for padding around it. Never understood why apps don't fully use that space.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Don't know when you tested, but Sync definitely has Compact. I agree with you and I've only ever used Compact on Sync. In fact, last time I tested a bunch of apps I felt Sync looked the nicest in Compact, but that's of course a matter of taste. And Peek is a great feature for viewing thumbnails.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Sync's compact suffered from the mentioned tiny thumbnails. I absolutely hated that app.