Raccoon vs Raccoon for Lemmy
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Raccoon
Raccoon is a social app designed to bring Friendica and Mastodon to you in a completely new way. Main features: • "tour" mode: explore the Fediverse without creating an account • view multiple timelines (local, federated, followed, custom lists) • traditional navigation (vertically scroll the message timeline) • simplified navigation (horizontally swipe between posts) • support for long posts, formatting, titles and spoilers • formatting toolbar and message preview • smart insertion of alt-text for attachments • intuitive topic view for ActivityPub groups (Friendica, Lemmy, Gup.pe) • view post details • direct messages • multimedia gallery • circle and list management • social view of blog RSS feeds • integrated event calendar • UI customization (colors, font size, post length, "distraction-free" mode, etc.) • save drafts or schedule message publishing • multi-account • explore in "guest mode": view public timelines of other servers • settings import/export • 100% compatible with Mastodon and Mastodon Glitch-Soc version (long and formatted posts) Friendica is a social environment integrated in the Fediverse, just like Mastodon and Pixelfed, which is also compatible with Bluesky and Tumblr. Raccoon intends to make it easier to use Friendica and integrates the features of its web interface in an intuitive and lean view. Additional features: • view trending posts, hashtags and follow suggestions • manage follow requests • create post and user reports to moderators • mute/block users, set custom rate limits and exclude terms from your timelines • polls (read-only on Friendica) • profile editing • edit and delete your posts • translate posts to your language • and, of course, much more!
Raccoon for Lemmy
Raccoon for Lemmy is fully open source, and intends to offer an ad-free and as functional as possible experience on Lemmy. In this app everyone should feel at home, so great importance is given to localization and customization of the UI. Main Features: view post feed and comments with different listing and sort types; possibility to upvote and downvote (with configurable swipe actions); community and user detail (with info about moderators/moderated communities); user profile with one's own posts, comments and saved items; inbox with replies, mentions and direct messages; global search with different result types (all, posts, comments, user, communities); create and edit new posts (with optional images); cross-post contents to other communities; reply to post and comments (and edit replies); mark posts as read (even while scrolling) and hide read contents; custom appearance (color scheme, fonts, text sizes, post layout, etc.); custom localization (independent of system settings); block users, communities and instances; report post and comments to moderators; support for multiple accounts with account-specific settings; lazy scrolling (referred to as "zombie mode"); explore all the communities on a given instance in guest mode; multi-community (community aggregation); view the moderation log; community moderation tool (examine and resolve reports, ban users, feature posts in community, block further comments from posts, mark comments as distinguished, remove posts/comments, review all created posts/comments, edit/create community) save drafts for posts and comments anonymous mode with quick instance switch admin tools (purge users/posts/comments/communities, feature posts locally, hide/unhide communities)
| Feature | Raccoon | Raccoon for Lemmy |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-only | GPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHubIzzyOnDroid | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | NotesMessagingBrowserSocial | NotesBrowserSocial |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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