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Phanpy

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A minimalistic opinionated Mastodon web client.

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Platforms

  • Online
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  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Lightweight

Features

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

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Phanpy information

  • Developed by

    Chee Aun
  • Licensing

    Open Source (MIT) and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Alternatives

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  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Social & Communications

GitHub repository

  •  1,180 Stars
  •  130 Forks
  •  370 Open Issues
  •   Updated Feb 8, 2025 
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What is Phanpy?

A minimalistic opinionated Mastodon web client.

Features

  • Multiple accounts
  • Compose window pop-out/in
  • Light/dark/auto theme
  • Grouped notifications
  • Nested comments thread
  • Unsent draft recovery
  • Boosts Carousel™?
  • Shortcuts with view modes like multi-column or tab bar
  • Multi-hashtag timeline

Design decisions

  • Status actions (reply, boost, favourite, bookmark, etc) are hidden by default.
  • They only appear in individual status page. This is to reduce clutter and distraction. It may result in lower engagement, but we're not chasing numbers here.
  • Boost is represented with the rocket icon.
  • The green double arrow icon (retweet for Twitter) doesn't look right for the term "boost". Green rocket looks weird, so I use purple.
  • Short usernames (@username) are displayed in timelines, instead of the full account username (@username@instance).
  • Despite the guideline mentioned that "Decentralization must be transparent to the user", I don't think we should shove it to the face every single time. There are also some screen-reader-related accessibility concerns with the full username, though this web app is unfortunately not accessible yet.
  • No autoplay for video/GIF/whatever in timeline.
  • The timeline is already a huge mess with lots of people, brands, news and media trying to grab your attention. Let's not make it worse. (Current exception now would be animated emojis.)
  • Hash-based URLs.
  • This web app is not meant to be a full-fledged replacement to Mastodon's existing front-end. There's no SEO, database, serverless or any long-running servers. I could be wrong one day.

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