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Fread

Decentralized microblog client aggregating Mastodon, Bluesky, Pixelfed, and RSS feeds. Offers mixed feeds, unified timeline, multiple account and server management, seamless federation browsing, and support for social and blog networks without registration required.

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  • Android
  • Android Tablet
  • F-Droid
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Features

Properties

  1.  Lightweight
  2.  Privacy focused
  3.  Decentralized

Features

  1.  Multiple Account support
  2.  Support for @mentions
  3.  No Tracking
  4.  No registration required
  5.  Dark Mode
  6.  Ad-free
  7. ActivityPub icon  Support for ActivityPub
  8.  Support for MarkDown

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  • Indigo for Bluesky & Mastodon icon
    justarandom added Fread as alternative to Indigo for Bluesky & Mastodon
  • Danilo_Venom updated Fread
  • Tapestry icon
    Danilo_Venom added Fread as alternative to Tapestry, Openvibe, Curator.io and Tagembed + 9 similar activities
  • kelsonv liked Fread
  • kelsonv reviewed Fread  

    Similar to Openvibe but supports more than one of each type of account, and doesn't try to combine them all into a single firehose. Same problem with cross-posting: the initial post is easy, but you have to copy your followups manually.

  • Natterjack565 updated Fread
  • Flare Social Network Client icon
    braky added Fread as alternative to Flare Social Network Client

Fread information

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Social & Communications, News & Books

GitHub repository

  •  400 Stars
  •  19 Forks
  •  47 Open Issues
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Comments and Reviews

   
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Kelson V
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Similar to Openvibe icon Openvibe but supports more than one of each type of account, and doesn't try to combine them all into a single firehose. Same problem with cross-posting: the initial post is easy, but you have to copy your followups manually.

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What is Fread?

Fread is a decentralized Microblog client supporting Mastodon, Bluesky Pixelfed, and RSS. It plans to add more protocols in the future. Fread offers all functionalities of Mastodon/Bluesky, making it a comprehensive client for these protocols. It also supports RSS protocol, allowing users to subscribe to blogs. Fread's mixed feed feature lets users create a feed with content from both Mastodon/Bluesky and RSS. It supports multiple accounts and servers, simplifying the process of switching between them. Users can also browse content of other servers without needing to register an account.