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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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founded 2 years ago
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Jerboa 0.0.33-alpha (github.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'm not even joking when I say that this app, despite being in alpha, is a more pleasant experience than the official Reddit app.

  • Jerboa has not begged me to turn on notifications
  • Jerboa has not yelled at me for taking a screenshot or begged me to send it as a link to the site instead
  • Jerboa has not warned me that I am "low on coins"
  • Jerboa has not tried to make me create an NFT avatar
  • Jerboa contains more formatting options in comments than the Reddit app (!)
  • Jerboa is smart enough to autopopulate the link title when I highlight text to be converted to a link. Reddit app still lacks this feature (!)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It is extremely impressive how much money these large tech companies throw at an app and it turns out to be shitty as fuck. I wonder what bullshit features they pack in to make it like that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

a considerable amount of code is used for "telemetry" and tracking.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

It's amazing what devs can accomplish when they don't have a bunch of greedy MBAs breathing down their necks

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

This app is like... a soft fluffy blanket. Love it.