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CLUSTER BROWSING-SOCIAL-CLIENT · 39 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2015-08-29

Federated social network clients

This cluster comprises clients and apps for decentralized and federated social networks (e.g., diaspora*, Mastodon, PeerTube, Pixelfed) as well as some niche community forums. The dated entries are sparse from 2010 through early 2024, then appear more regularly from late 2024, with the highest monthly count (3) occurring in June 2026. Traction is led by mobile-ios, the only member with an activity signal (3 stars), though the signal is modest overall.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

OCT 2010: 1FEB 2015: 1AUG 2015: 1MAR 2016: 1OCT 2016: 1MAR 2017: 1JUN 2018: 1SEP 2018: 1MAY 2019: 1MAY 2021: 1MAY 2022: 1SEP 2022: 1OCT 2022: 1MAY 2023: 1JUN 2023: 1OCT 2023: 1APR 2024: 1AUG 2024: 1NOV 2024: 2JAN 2025: 1FEB 2025: 1JUN 2026: 2JUL 2026: 1AUG 2026: 4SEP 2026: 7OCT 2026: 3
OCT 2010OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 8 hand-coded · 11 unlabelled

Operator · 2 hobby · 1 commercial · 13 open source · 3 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 19 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 21PixelDroid0★5 moliveopen sourceMobile client for a federated image-sharing platform that lets users browse feeds, upload posts, and interact across the fediverse.
  2. 22Project_A0★4 mo—hobbyVisual-first social media app with dark glassmorphism enabling feeds, messaging, notifications, and persistent interactions.
  3. 23zSMTH0★9 mostaleliveopen sourceAndroid client for the SMTH BBS that provides ad-free browsing, image support, and social features.
  4. 24Smither0★24 daysliveopen sourceMobile app that provides a lightweight client for browsing, posting, and receiving notifications on a decentralized social network.
  5. 25Moshidon0★1 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceModified mobile client for a decentralized social network adding a federated timeline, unlisted posting, image description viewing, and extra theming options.
  6. 26Raccoon0★1 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceMobile app for reading and posting to decentralized social networks with support for long-form posts, formatting, multiple timelines, and direct messages.
  7. 27Oku0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourcePeer-to-peer browser that lets users share and discover content through social bookmarking outside traditional centralized websites.
  8. 28Feediq0★2 yrabandonedliveSocial networking client that allows browsing feeds, creating posts, commenting, and managing subscriptions on a social platform.
  9. 29thedesk-client-bin0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceDesktop application for browsing, posting, and managing accounts on a federated social networking service.
  10. 30OpenVK Legacy0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceMobile client for an open source social network, built to run on older Android devices.
  11. 31ForPDA0★2 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceMobile client app that lets users browse, read, and post on an online technology enthusiast forum.
  12. 32Point.im0★7 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceMobile client app for browsing, posting and interacting with a microblogging social network service.
  13. 33tootle-git-vpzomtrrfrt0★4 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop client application for browsing, posting, and interacting with a decentralized social network's timeline and notifications.
  14. 34atomic-social0★unknownliveClient for the Bluesky social network that lets users browse timelines, manage notifications, and post updates.
  15. 35G-Whizz! for Google Apps - The #1 Apps Browser0★11 yrabandonedlivehand-codedcommercialMobile app that provides a unified browser for accessing Google services and popular social networks.
  16. 36Nomad - Hubzilla for Android0★7 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceAndroid client for the Hubzilla decentralized social network, offering quick access, sharing, proxy support, and customization.
  17. 37Decentralized Social Network - Lens protocol0★unknownlivehobbyDecentralized social media application that allows users to interact on a blockchain-based network using Lens protocol.
  18. 38Advanced Nostr Search0★unknownliveWeb tool that lets users search for and find notes posted on a decentralized social networking protocol.
  19. 39Elk0★unknownlivehand-codedopen sourceWeb app that provides a fast, feature-rich client for browsing, posting, and managing accounts on a decentralized social network.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.