nikclayton

Pachli

After recent events and looking at the existing open source Android Mastodon clients I decided there's space for one more, with a specific focus.

#Pachli (website, google play, f-droid, github, mastodon)

To quote from https://pachli.app/pachli/2023/09/06/hello-pachli.html:

Pachli is an application (now) and an association (aspirational).

Pachli-the-application is a best-in-class open source Android application for Mastodon and Mastodon-like servers. If you’re familiar with Tusky then you’ll love Pachli.

Pachli-the-association is intended to provide a first class organisation to manage the development of the application under the 7 cooperative principles:

  1. Voluntary and open membership
  2. Democratic member control
  3. Member economic participation
  4. Autonomy and independence
  5. Education, Training, and Information
  6. Cooperation among Cooperatives
  7. Concern for Community

The application is a rapidly iterating fork of the popular Tusky Mastodon client, branched from version 23.0 of that application.

Pachli includes many changes from Tusky 23.0, including:

New features

  • “Load more” no more. As you scroll through your feed new posts transparently load in the background
  • Your reading position in a timeline is always preserved
  • View trending posts and links from your server
  • Use more than five tabs
  • Choose from a range of accessible fonts
  • A new media player component, supporting more video formats
  • Mark lists as “exclusive”. Posts from accounts on exclusive lists only appear in the list, not your home timeline
  • Add bookmarked posts to their own tab
  • Hide “self-boosts” from your timeline

Bug fixes

  • No more missing posts; Tusky and other apps can miss posts from your timeline, Pachli always shows the full timeline
  • Images don’t “stick” when you zoom or swipe between them
  • Search text is not deleted when you move between search tabs
  • Show server error messages, making it easier to understand why an operation failed
  • Filters now work in notifications

UX changes

  • A visual refresh and new colour scheme
  • Determine the default theme (light or dark) from your Android settings, not hardcoded to “dark”
  • Move “Clear notifications” to a menu to make it more difficult to trigger accidentally
  • Extend the list of available languages

Download Pachli from Google Play and F-Droid.