Jerboa for Lemmy vs Reddinator
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Jerboa for Lemmy
Jerboa is an app for Lemmy, a federated reddit alternative. Jerboa is made by Lemmy's developers, and is free, open-source software, meaning no advertising, monetizing, or venture capital, ever. Lemmy is similar to sites like Reddit, Lobste.rs, or Hacker News: you subscribe to forums you're interested in, post links and discussions, then vote, and comment on them. Behind the scenes, it is very different; anyone can easily run a server, and all these servers are federated (think email), and connected to the same universe, called the Fediverse.
Reddinator
A widget for the popular Reddit website. Features: * Display any Reddit subreddit in the widget. * Choose from popular subreddits or search for your favourites. * Keep you favourite subreddits on your "My Subreddits" list. * Select the subreddit sorting type (hot, popular, etc). * Reload the feed. * Load more feed items. * Have multiple widgets displaying a different subreddit and sorting type. * Display thumbnails preference for each widget, choose position of thumbnail. * Hide post infomation * Choose from three item click actions. You can open the combined "Reddinator view", open the item's content page or open the item's Reddit page. * Reddinator view combines the items content and the reddit comments page into a tabbed layout, read the article and participate in Reddits great community discussion at the same time.
| Feature | Jerboa for Lemmy | Reddinator |
|---|---|---|
| License | AGPL-3.0-only | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHubIzzyOnDroid | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | BrowserSocial | BrowserSocial |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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