So, I was lurking using sync for Lemmy and I came upon this post.
What happened to the development with these apps? I’m not that active on lemdro.id or other instances. But apps like Sync and Boost have been updated in a year or 6 months respectively. With Boost I’m not surprised Mayo tends to be slow. I was more shocked with sync. My question is do you guys have any recommendations for other Lemmy clients?
Edit Please do not harass the devs.
Edit 2: I’m testing out thunderbird.
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Boost
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Boost here as well…why it’s missing from the lineup is a bit odd. I figured there is a good number of people using it.
I was using Etehnity, but I had some issues with it and recently started using Raccoon instead, which has been pretty good.
I love Sync but I can’t really blame the dev. They obviously wanted an income from this but there just aren’t enough people on lemmy that would use the app, so it’s maintenance mode at best.
Definitely thunder. I’ve been using it since it was in early alpha and it has improved so much and works really really well.
Not sure, I’ve been using Interstellar with Mbin and it’s been pretty great. Would recommend, responsive dev, works well, supports multiple platforms!
(Disclaimer, I’m one of the devs.) Thunder is cross-platform and very actively developed! There was a release two days ago. We keep up with Lemmy API changes and we’re constantly squashing bugs and adding new features. Check it out!
I second Thunder (also an (early) Dev). The repo is still super active.
I am very interested in Thunder, especially considering it’s open source. While it does seem packed with features, I’d love to see a bit more customizability though. I might submit some feature requests some day but looking now there are nearly 200 issues as it stands. Not a complaint, just an observation. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for checking it out. Yeah we do have quite a backlog of issues to work through. Obviously we prioritize bugs and the most popular feature requests. Feel free to submit an issue any time you want though! It may be that we can help come up with a workaround that gets you what you want. Otherwise sometimes if its an easy change one of the devs will knock it out quickly. But if nothing else it’ll be there for other people to react to. :)
Nice. I have been enjoying your guys app for the last 2 days.
I have some feedback but I don’t think it’s really anything that substantial right now. What is the best way to give you guys feedback on thunder bird?
Hey thanks! I think you mean Thunder. :-) Thunderbird is a mail client from Mozilla (also a great app lol).
If you have a bug or feature request to report, you can create an issue on GitHub. https://github.com/thunder-app/thunder
If you just want to have a discussion with the devs and other community members, you can check out our Matrix. https://matrix.to/#/#thunderapp:matrix.org
Sorry my bad 😅. Been trying multiple clients for the past few days. Thank you for the contact info!
I’m using Connect and it’s fine. The dev sometimes pushes updates that break things but the patches come quick enough.
There are dozens of us
Also a satisfied Connect user here.
It’s an extremely familiar app experience as a very long time Redditor. The app works great.
Eternity
I miss Liftoff
Never heard about it. What was so go about that client?
It was the app most like reddit if fun (rif). I liked it. To me it was the most intuitive layout.
I started with liftoff then moved to connect. Has all the stuff I was used to with RIF.
I really liked Sync. It worked really well on my old phone, and I would gladly pay for it, but I’m so averse to ads that I can’t in good conscience support an app that
Eternity is the best
I enjoy eternity as well, but its also been a while since any updates were published.
As long as it works, I don’t see a problem not receiving updates so often
I created this post because I didn’t realize lemmy was being updated so often. So there’s a good chance eternity might be missing some features as well.
Agree. It works well, but in the context of the original meme, not getting updates is a risk to Lemmy api breaking changes breaking the app. There’s also a few annoying theming issues with eternity. For a free app its good, but leaves something wanting compared to some of the other apps. Even if it has the better UI.
Raccoon is also nice.
I finally made a full switch from Sync to Thunder, because even though I know that Sync dev does take huge breaks and he comes back and fixes everything and makes the app even better, I still wanted to make sure I find a good alternative and get familiar with it just in case.
Thunder is a really good app, especially considering its age. It also has the most features and the nicest UI (IMO) among the Lemmy apps. And it being open source is a huge plus too.
Sync is still my favorite, it just feels really nice to use, but I’ll stay on Thunder for now.
Voyager is also a really nice app that feels polished and works smoothly, but it’s lacking certain features that I like. So I keep it installed as a backup but I don’t use it often.
Connect.
I started with Voyager and eventually moved to Mlem, which has given me zero issues thus far
