Fedilab is a powerful and flexible client for accessing Mastodon, Pleroma, Pixelfed, PeerTube and other Fediverse platforms. One of the app's handy features is the ability to save images and videos directly from posts. This works quickly and easily, requires no third-party apps, and allows you to save media files directly to your device's memory. To save an image, just open the desired post in your feed. If it contains a picture or photo, just tap on the image - it will open in full screen mode. Then click on the icon with three dots in the upper right corner....

Tusky is a handy and open source Mastodon client for Android. It's lightweight, supports a dark theme, is stable, and allows you to use multiple accounts at once. This is especially useful if you have profiles on different instances or if you maintain private and public accounts separately. To connect a second (or third) account, you must first be authorized in your current account. From the main screen of the app, tap on the profile icon in the top left corner. A side menu will open, with the avatar and name of the current user at the very top. To...

Using Twitter in 2023 without an account has become increasingly difficult. The platform restricts content viewing, imposes registration and actively uses advertising trackers. But there is a simple solution for those who just want to read the feeds of interesting users - it's Nitter. It's an open-source alternative to Twitter's official frontend that allows you to view posts without login, ads, or tracking. Nitter works like a website. To use it, you just need to open any of its mirrors (instances) in your browser. For example, you can type https://nitter.net/name into the address bar and you'll immediately see that user's...

Tusky is one of the most popular Mastodon mobile apps on Android. It's completely open source and supports most features including posts, boosts, likes, privacy, and even multimedia attachments. But to start using it, you need to properly set up a connection to your Mastodon instance. In this article, we'll show you how to do it step-by-step - with a real-world example. Step 1: Install Tusky Tusky is available on Google Play, F-Droid and on the official project page on GitHub. Google Play: just search for “Tusky for Mastodon” and install it; F-Droid: add F-Droid, search for Tusky and install;...

SlimSocial is a lightweight and minimalistic Android app for accessing Facebook without ads, unnecessary garbage and tracking. It is not available on Google Play, so it is installed manually via APK. It's safe if you download the file from the project's official repository - it's open, verified, and available on GitHub. To get started, you need to go to the project page: https://github.com/renzonicoletto/SlimSocial-for-Facebook. On the “Releases” tab (at the top or via the direct link github.com/…/releases) choose the latest stable version and download the .apk file. Usually the file is named something like SlimSocial-vX.X.X.X.apk. Before installing, you need to enable...

Choosing an SNS client - that is, an application for working with social networks and Fediverse platforms - depends on what you need: stable access to Mastodon, advanced features for administration, anonymity support, multimedia capabilities, or just an easy way to read feeds. There are dozens of clients out there today, and they are all different - but each has its own strengths. If you're looking for the easiest and most straightforward client for Mastodon, Tusky is the way to go. It's stable, regularly updated, has excellent multi-account support, and is adaptable to most instances. It's a good choice for...