Jerboa for Lemmy
Jerboa for Lemmy is a free, open-source social media client for Android. An app for Lemmy, a federated reddit alternative. It has 1,320 GitHub stars and is released under the AGPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
- Official
- Android
- Kotlin
- Social & Fediverse clients
- Actively maintained
About 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.
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds Jerboa for Lemmy from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.
No anti-features flagged on the latest F-Droid build.
Screenshots
Screenshots from the app's F-Droid listing.
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What is Jerboa for Lemmy?
Jerboa for Lemmy is a free, open-source social media client for Android. An app for Lemmy, a federated reddit alternative. It has 1,320 GitHub stars and is released under the AGPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
Is Jerboa for Lemmy free and open source?
Yes. Jerboa for Lemmy's source code is public on GitHub under the AGPL-3.0-only license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid, which builds it from source, flags no anti-features such as ads or tracking on its latest build.
How do I install Jerboa for Lemmy?
You can install Jerboa for Lemmy from F-Droid (package com.jerboa) and from Google Play; the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: 0.0.88).
Is Jerboa for Lemmy still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Sep 21, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Jul 26, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.