Thunder for Lemmy
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Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Thunder is an open source Lemmy/PieFed client for the fediverse, fully free of advertisements and trackers.
Here's a peek at what Thunder offers:
- Multi-account support: Login to all your accounts, and switch between them at ease
- Fully customizable settings: Choose your own splash of accent, customize your own gestures, and much more
- Swipe gestures: Navigate and interact with your favourite communities, posts, and comments all through customizable swipe gestures.
- Safari extension: Opens Lemmy links in Thunder
Thunder is still very early on in development and many more features are yet to be available!
more It was slow and buggy in the past but it has improved. They are also supporting android, so it is good if you want a consistent experience across devices. Slower than native apps. Interstellar may be the better crossplatform option now, this doesn't get updated frequently and still has missing features like dming that all other apps have. I use voyager now.To be fair, they are pushing an update soon that adds dms and I will update my review then.
It was slow and buggy in the past but it has improved. They are also supporting android, so it is good if you want a consistent experience across devices. Slower than native apps. Interstellar may be the better crossplatform option now, this doesn't get updated frequently and still has missing features like dming that all other apps have. I use voyager now.To be fair, they are pushing an update soon that adds dms and I will update my review then.
It has some quirks that make it annoying to deal with. It doesn’t load videos very well in-app. It will show the same set of posts in the same order again (I want to say 6 posts but I don’t have an actual count).It is also very aggressive about sending you back to the beginning of the feed which you have already seen. I am aware of the option to hide viewed posts but that doesn’t feel right. I was writing a lengthy comment and wanted to verify something on Wikipedia quick. When I went back into the app, it showed the comment for a split second then booted me back to the beginning. No draft, and now I can’t even find the post since the search doesn’t work all that well. I’ll be looking for a new app
It has some quirks that make it annoying to deal with. It doesn’t load videos very well in-app. It will show the same set of posts in the same order again (I want to say 6 posts but I don’t have an actual count).It is also very aggressive about sending you back to the beginning of the feed which you have already seen. I am aware of the option to hide viewed posts but that doesn’t feel right. I was writing a lengthy comment and wanted to verify something on Wikipedia quick. When I went back into the app, it showed the comment for a split second then booted me back to the beginning. No draft, and now I can’t even find the post since the search doesn’t work all that well. I’ll be looking for a new app
Looking for open source Lemmy clients, I've tried all the usual suspects. Thunder works best for me by far. Some of the view defaults were originally kinda weird for me, but were easily customizable to my liking.Great job, Devs!
Looking for open source Lemmy clients, I've tried all the usual suspects. Thunder works best for me by far. Some of the view defaults were originally kinda weird for me, but were easily customizable to my liking.Great job, Devs!
Trying this out as a popular FOSS alternative to voyager. Seems great so far. How a lot of customizations. All the bad reviews seem to be from a year ago.
Trying this out as a popular FOSS alternative to voyager. Seems great so far. How a lot of customizations. All the bad reviews seem to be from a year ago.
This release includes bug fixes and performance improvements for a smoother experience.
For the full changelog or to report issues, please visit Thunder’s GitHub repository.
0.8.6 Jan 7
This release includes bug fixes and performance improvements for a smoother experience.
For the full changelog or to report issues, please visit Thunder’s GitHub repository.
0.8.5 Jan 7
This release includes bug fixes and performance improvements for a smoother experience.
For the full changelog or to report issues, please visit Thunder’s GitHub repository.
0.8.4 Jan 6
This release includes bug fixes and performance improvements for a smoother experience.
For the full changelog or to report issues, please visit Thunder’s GitHub repository.
0.8.3 12/24/2025
This release includes bug fixes and performance improvements for a smoother experience.
For the full changelog or to report issues, please visit Thunder’s GitHub repository.
0.8.2 12/21/2025
This release includes:
- Initial PieFed support
- Bug fixes and performance improvements for a smoother experience
For the full changelog or to report issues, please visit Thunder’s GitHub repository.
0.8.1 10/31/2025
This release includes:
- Initial PieFed support
- Bug fixes and performance improvements for a smoother experience
For the full changelog or to report issues, please visit Thunder’s GitHub repository.
0.8.0 10/30/2025
This release includes:
- Actionable chips in user and community headers
- General UI/UX improvements to posts, feed, and image handling
- Various bug fixes and performance optimizations for a smoother experience
For the full changelog or to report issues, please visit Thunder’s GitHub repository.
0.7.3 06/27/2025
This release includes:
- Actionable chips in user and community headers
- General UI/UX improvements to posts, feed, and image handling
- Various bug fixes and performance optimizations for a smoother experience
For the full changelog or to report issues, please visit Thunder’s GitHub repository.
0.7.2 06/25/2025
This release includes:
- Actionable chips in user and community headers
- General UI/UX improvements to posts, feed, and image handling
- Various bug fixes and performance optimizations for a smoother experience
For the full changelog or to report issues, please visit Thunder’s GitHub repository.
0.7.1 06/17/2025
This latest release includes:
- Support for managing your uploaded media
- Support for importing and exporting account information, subscriptions, and blocklists
- Support for alternative link sources, additional moderator actions, and UI/UX improvements
Thunder is still in alpha, so you may encounter occasional bugs. Visit Thunder's GitHub page to report any issues and to see the full release changelog.
0.6.1 02/12/2025
The v0.6.0 release includes:
- Support for managing your uploaded media
- Support for importing and exporting account information, subscriptions, and blocklists
- Support for alternative link sources, additional moderator actions, and UI/UX improvements
Thunder is still in alpha, so you may encounter occasional bugs. Visit Thunder's GitHub page to report any issues and to see the full release changelog.
0.6.0 02/05/2025
This release addresses an issue with the post/comment submission contrast.
The v0.5.0 release includes:
- A redesigned inbox page with support for quick actions
- A redesigned account settings page with support for additional account-synced settings
- Support for post hiding, custom thumbnails, content warnings, and more
Thunder is still in alpha, so you may encounter occasional bugs. Visit Thunder's GitHub page to report any issues and to see the full release changelog.
0.5.1 08/21/2024
This release includes:
- A redesigned inbox page with support for quick actions
- A redesigned account settings page with support for additional account-synced settings
- Support for post hiding, custom thumbnails, content warnings, and more
Thunder is still in alpha, so you may encounter occasional bugs. Visit Thunder's GitHub page to report any issues and to see the full release changelog.
0.5.0 08/15/2024
This release includes:
- Initial support for video playback within Thunder
- Improvements to comment creation page
- Improvements to UI/UX and additional customization options including customizable action colours, hide thumbnails on feed, and more!
Thunder is still in alpha, so you may encounter occasional bugs. Visit Thunder's GitHub page to report any issues and to see the full release changelog.
0.4.0 05/30/2024
- Additional moderator capabilities including instance/community modlogs and mod reports
- An instance explorer to view communities, posts and comments for a given instance
- Improved UI/UX and additional customization options including customizable feed dividers and user/community styles
- Performance improvements and bug fixes
0.3.0 04/10/2024
This release includes many additions, tweaks and fixes. Some notable changes include:
- Support for moderator actions (pinning, locking, removing posts)
- UI/UX and QoL improvements, including customizable post metadata
- And much much more
Thunder is still in alpha, so you may encounter occasional bugs. Visit Thunder's GitHub page to report any issues and to see the full release changelog.
0.2.9 02/26/2024
This is a minor update which fixes an issue introduced in v0.2.7.
- Fixed issue where Thunder would improperly display in RTL layout for some devices after update
Please note that this is an alpha release, so you may encounter occasional bugs.
Visit Thunder's GitHub page to follow Thunder's progress and see the full release changelog.
0.2.8 01/13/2024
This release includes many additions, tweaks and fixes, including:
- Ability to edit your own posts and set the post language
- Ability to toggle read posts, post/comment scores, and bot accounts
- Keyword filtering to filter content based on your filters
- Safari extension to open Lemmy links in Thunder
- And much much more
Please note that this is an alpha release, so you may encounter occasional bugs.
Visit Thunder's GitHub page to follow Thunder's progress and see the full release changelog.
0.2.7 01/03/2024
This is a minor update which fixes some issues introduced in v0.2.5.
- Fixed issues with markdown links not rendering properly.
- Fixed issue where comment text scaling setting was not applied properly.
- Fixed login issues for accounts with 2FA enabled.
- Improved compatibility with Lemmy 0.19.x
Please note that this is an alpha release, so you may encounter occasional bugs.
Visit Thunder's GitHub page to follow Thunder's progress and see the full release changelog.
0.2.6 11/22/2023
This release includes many additions, tweaks and fixes.
General
- Lemmy 0.19.x support is now available on Thunder. This will allow for a smooth transition experience once the official Lemmy 0.19.x update is released. This also means that instance blocking and the new sort types are available to use for instances running on 0.19.x.
- More language localizations. Thanks to the community, there have been a ton of localization done on Thunder. This includes initial support for Norwegian Bokmål, Spanish, Polish, Ukrainian, Finnish, and Swedish. If you want to contribute towards additional languages, feel free to reach out on GitHub or our Matrix space.
- Overall UI and UX improvements across the board including post title suggestions when creating a new post with an external URL, post and comment actions on long-press menu, trending communities on the Search page, and so much more.
Performance
- The feed page has been reworked from the ground up to provide you with a smoother and hopefully more seamless experience. This is a more under-the-hood change so you may not notice much change to the overall visuals.
Features
- Anonymous profiles are now available. This allows you to add an instance and browse that instance without having to create an account or log in. To do this, simply tap on "Add Anonymous Instance" on the profile selection page and enter in the instance of your choice.
- The search page has now been revamped to include even more options, including users, posts, comments, and links. Additionally, you can adjust the sort type and the feed type to better narrow your search results.
- New sharing options for posts. When sharing posts, you now have the ability to customize what you want to share. You can share the link, the media, title, and so much more.
Visit Thunder's GitHub page to report any bugs, follow development progress, and see the full release changelog!
0.2.5 11/15/2023
This release includes many additions, tweaks and fixes, including:
- A redesigned comment creation screen for improved accessibility and functionality.
- Enhancements in managing blocked users and communities.
- General UI improvements to enhance the user experience.
And much more! Please note that this is an alpha release, so you may encounter occasional bugs.
Visit the Thunder community to follow along with Thunder's progress: https://lemmy.world/c/thunder_app
0.2.4 09/20/2023
This is a hotfix release to address issues with replying to posts. For a full list of changes and additions in this update, check the corresponding announcement on our Lemmy community.
As always, this is an alpha release, so do expect bugs to pop up here and there.
Visit the Thunder community to follow along with Thunder's progress: https://lemmy.world/c/thunder_app
0.2.3 08/15/2023
This update has a lot of new additions, changes and fixes to the overall Thunder experience. For a full list of changes and additions in this update, check the corresponding announcement on our Lemmy community.
As always, this is an alpha release, so do expect bugs to pop up here and there.
Visit the Thunder community to follow along with Thunder's progress: https://lemmy.world/c/thunder_app
Major Changes:
- Complete overhaul of the Floating Action Buttons (FAB)
- Complete overhaul of the Create Post screen
- Overall improvements to the UI
- Performance improvements
0.2.2 08/14/2023
This release includes bug fixes and performance improvements for a smoother experience.
For the full changelog or to report issues, please visit Thunder’s GitHub repository.
more Version 0.8.6 Jan 7
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