Fedilab

tschneider

About this app

Fedilab is a multifunctional Android client to access the distributed Fediverse, consisting of micro blogging, photo sharing and video hosting.

It supports:
- Mastodon, Pleroma, Pixelfed, Friendica.

The application has advanced features:

- Multi-accounts support
- Schedule messages from the device
- Schedule boosts
- Bookmark messages
- Follow and interact with remote instances
- Timed mute accounts
- Cross account actions with a long press
- Translation feature
- Art timelines
- Video timelines

It's an open source application and the source code is available here: https://codeberg.org/tom79/Fedilab

Ratings and reviews

The learning curve, not for this app but for fediverse, can be a bit steep. Personally I have not had the time to really learn and test as much as I would have liked. But this app is making the pathways to understanding and using a bit more clarified, at least to me. And there is support from those eager to help others understand the tools available.

Overall a great app compared to the free ones out there. Has a more seamless transition between web vs the app. The only thing I have an issue with is dark mode. Some of the features (like pop ups) use black text colour and don't automatically switch to a lighter colour if you're in dark mode so there are some visibility/readability issues.

Great Mastodon client that misses a few usability marks for me, but otherwise it's incredibly feature rich and customizable. I'd love to see list management and assignment to lists improved to take less steps and be more obvious if someone is on a list at all. I'd also love to see a bit more customization around the menu bars layout and positioning.

What's new

Added:
- Display a QR code on profiles

Fixed:
- Fix tap on messages in conversations
- Pronouns taking too much place