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Discussion: Lemmy Apps galore! Share your thoughts on them and what comes next! (lemdro.id)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi, [email protected] community! It's been exciting seeing the Lemmy apps ecosystem continue to evolve, with all sorts of options emerging. Whether you're a seasoned resident of the Fediverse or a newcomer, we'd love to hear about your experiences and expectations for the future.

Which Lemmy apps have you tried?
Do you have any favourites? If so, what sets them apart from the others?
Are there upcoming apps you're looking forward to releasing?
What other functionality would you like to see from a Lemmy app?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As someone who tried a lot of Reddit apps before settling on Boost's list view, Jerboa and Thunder have ended up at the top of my list. Jerboa does pretty much everything I want it to, and now that I'm on a smaller instance everything has been pretty stable for me.

Thunder is SO clean though, with UI that's just wonderful to look at. The dev has been SO friendly and super responsive, and every alpha release has only improved on the features I'm looking for. If you like a good compact view and you're okay with swipe voting (at least until voting arrows are added, which I believe is on the longer-term roadmap), Thunder is on track to be top of the pack. This was after trying but not vibing as much with Liftoff, Connect, Summit, etc.

Also, other interested developers - Thunder is open source, so if it looks good to you and you think you could help make it even better, go check out the Github!

All that said, I am SO excited that Boost is going to be a Lemmy client. I have a feeling Boost and Thunder will both end up on my phone in the end. :) Excited to see so many stellar apps to choose from this early in my Lemmy journey!

[–] imrichyouknow 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thunder has very high potential, its UI is vastly superior to Liftoff, currently my biggest issue is with its loading speed, it's unbelievably slow. Liftoff on the other hand has terrible UI, but amazing functionality while being extremely fast and open-source too.

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

Switching to a smaller instance mitigated a lot of slowdown for me, but the dev is working on further loading improvements! Maybe check back in a week or two?