Smither
Lightweight Mastodon client
| AppID: | org.nuclearfog.smither |
| Author: | nuclearfog |
| License: | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Donation: | |
| InRepoSince: | 2025-02-23 |
| LastRepoUpdate: | 2025-11-13 |
| LastAppUpdate: | Unknown |
| LastVersion: | 3.6.4 |
| Categories: | Internet, Social Network |
| APK source: | Codeberg/Forgejo/Gitea |
| Google Play: | Check if it's there |
Smither is a light-weight Android client for Mastodon. Its features include:- access to posts, users, lists and trending hashtags
- real timelines (chronological/reverse chronological order)
- customizable theme (colors and fonts)
- push notification support (unifiedpush)
- multi account support
- Proxy support
Hint: This app is available in both, F-Droid Main and IzzyOnDroid repos.
While you can download the APKs here directly, you should preferably use an F-Droid client so the app stays up-to-date on your device.
Packages
Version 3.6.4 (2025-11-13) 
Android Versions:
- Target: 16.0
- MinVer: 5.0
:
:
- none
:
- none
Permissions:
- INTERNET
- POST_NOTIFICATIONS
- READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (used to attach media (images, videos and audio files) to posts)
- READ_MEDIA_AUDIO (used to attach audio files to posts)
- READ_MEDIA_IMAGES (used to attach images to posts)
- READ_MEDIA_VIDEO (used to attach videos to posts)
- READ_MEDIA_VISUAL_USER_SELECTED
- WAKE_LOCK
- WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Features:
- None
Malware-Check:Passed
24 Libraries detected:
Libraries:
- Android Support v4 (Development Framework)
The Android Support Library is not actually a single library, but rather a collection of libraries that can roughly be divided into two groups: compatibility and component libraries. For details, please see Understanding the Android Support Library.
- AppCompat (Utility)
support newer Android features on older Android versions.
- Cardview (UI Component)
AndroidX library to implement the Material Design card pattern with round corners and drop shadows.
- Constraint Layout Library (Utility)
library to reduce the number of nested views needed.
- Coordinatorlayout (UI Component)
AndroidX library to position top-level application widgets, such as AppBarLayout and FloatingActionButton.
- Androidx Core (Utility)
a static library that you can add to your Android application in order to use APIs that are either not available for older platform versions or utility APIs that aren't a part of the framework APIs.
- Drawerlayout (UI Component)
AndroidX library to implement a Material Design drawer widget.
- Android Emoji2 Compat (UI Component)
core library to enable emoji compatibility in Kitkat and newer devices to avoid the empty emoji characters.
- AndroidX Fragment (UI Component)
AndroidX library to encapsulate part of the user interface or behavior into reusable components.
- Androidx Graphics (Utility)
leverages graphics facilities across multiple Android platform releases.
- Lifecycle (Utility)
perform actions in response to a change in the lifecycle status of another component, such as activities and fragments.
- AndroidX Media3 (Utility)
share media contents and controls with other apps.
- ProfileInstaller (Utility)
AndroidX library that enables libraries to prepopulate ahead of time compilation traces to be read by ART.
- Recyclerview (Utility)
display large sets of data in your UI while minimizing memory usage.
- Startup (Utility)
AndroidX library to implement a straightforward, performant way to initialize components at app startup.
- Swiperefreshlayout (UI Component)
implemtation of the swipe-to-refresh UI pattern.
- Android Jetpack VersionedParcelable (Utility)
Provides a stable but relatively compact binary serialization format that can be passed across processes or persisted safely.
- AndroidX Widget ViewPager2 (UI Component)
replaces AndroidX ViewPager, addressing most of its predecessor’s pain-points, including right-to-left layout support, vertical orientation, modifiable Fragment collections, etc.
- Google Material Design (Utility)
library to help with material design guidelines.
- SwitchButton (UI Component)
provides „switch buttons“ (on-off) in multiple styles.
- OkHttp (Utility)
OkHttp is an HTTP+HTTP/2 client for Android and Java applications.
- joda-time-android (Utility)
Joda-Time (Java date and time classes) library with Android specialization
- Joda Time (Utility)
provides a quality replacement for the Java date and time classes.
- ColorPicker (UI Component)
Pick a color using color wheel and slider (HSV & alpha).
Payment Modules:
- None found
Pick a color using color wheel and slider (HSV & alpha).
Ads & Analytics:
- None found
Pick a color using color wheel and slider (HSV & alpha).
Download (3.2 M)
Version 3.6.3 (2025-09-23)
Android Versions:
- Target: 16.0
- MinVer: 5.0
:
:
- none
:
- none
Permissions:
- INTERNET
- POST_NOTIFICATIONS
- READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (used to attach media (images, videos and audio files) to posts)
- READ_MEDIA_AUDIO (used to attach audio files to posts)
- READ_MEDIA_IMAGES (used to attach images to posts)
- READ_MEDIA_VIDEO (used to attach videos to posts)
- READ_MEDIA_VISUAL_USER_SELECTED
- WAKE_LOCK
- WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Features:
- None
Malware-Check:Passed
24 Libraries detected:
Libraries:
- Android Support v4 (Development Framework)
The Android Support Library is not actually a single library, but rather a collection of libraries that can roughly be divided into two groups: compatibility and component libraries. For details, please see Understanding the Android Support Library.
- AppCompat (Utility)
support newer Android features on older Android versions.
- Cardview (UI Component)
AndroidX library to implement the Material Design card pattern with round corners and drop shadows.
- Constraint Layout Library (Utility)
library to reduce the number of nested views needed.
- Coordinatorlayout (UI Component)
AndroidX library to position top-level application widgets, such as AppBarLayout and FloatingActionButton.
- Androidx Core (Utility)
a static library that you can add to your Android application in order to use APIs that are either not available for older platform versions or utility APIs that aren't a part of the framework APIs.
- Drawerlayout (UI Component)
AndroidX library to implement a Material Design drawer widget.
- Android Emoji2 Compat (UI Component)
core library to enable emoji compatibility in Kitkat and newer devices to avoid the empty emoji characters.
- AndroidX Fragment (UI Component)
AndroidX library to encapsulate part of the user interface or behavior into reusable components.
- Androidx Graphics (Utility)
leverages graphics facilities across multiple Android platform releases.
- Lifecycle (Utility)
perform actions in response to a change in the lifecycle status of another component, such as activities and fragments.
- AndroidX Media3 (Utility)
share media contents and controls with other apps.
- ProfileInstaller (Utility)
AndroidX library that enables libraries to prepopulate ahead of time compilation traces to be read by ART.
- Recyclerview (Utility)
display large sets of data in your UI while minimizing memory usage.
- Startup (Utility)
AndroidX library to implement a straightforward, performant way to initialize components at app startup.
- Swiperefreshlayout (UI Component)
implemtation of the swipe-to-refresh UI pattern.
- Android Jetpack VersionedParcelable (Utility)
Provides a stable but relatively compact binary serialization format that can be passed across processes or persisted safely.
- AndroidX Widget ViewPager2 (UI Component)
replaces AndroidX ViewPager, addressing most of its predecessor’s pain-points, including right-to-left layout support, vertical orientation, modifiable Fragment collections, etc.
- Google Material Design (Utility)
library to help with material design guidelines.
- SwitchButton (UI Component)
provides „switch buttons“ (on-off) in multiple styles.
- OkHttp (Utility)
OkHttp is an HTTP+HTTP/2 client for Android and Java applications.
- joda-time-android (Utility)
Joda-Time (Java date and time classes) library with Android specialization
- Joda Time (Utility)
provides a quality replacement for the Java date and time classes.
- ColorPicker (UI Component)
Pick a color using color wheel and slider (HSV & alpha).
Payment Modules:
- None found
Pick a color using color wheel and slider (HSV & alpha).
Ads & Analytics:
- None found
Pick a color using color wheel and slider (HSV & alpha).
Download (3.2 M)
Version 3.6.2 (2025-07-28)
Android Versions:
- Target: 16.0
- MinVer: 5.0
:
:
- none
:
- none
Permissions:
- INTERNET
- POST_NOTIFICATIONS
- READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (used to attach media (images, videos and audio files) to posts)
- READ_MEDIA_AUDIO (used to attach audio files to posts)
- READ_MEDIA_IMAGES (used to attach images to posts)
- READ_MEDIA_VIDEO (used to attach videos to posts)
- READ_MEDIA_VISUAL_USER_SELECTED
- WAKE_LOCK
- WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Features:
- None
Malware-Check:Passed
24 Libraries detected:
Libraries:
- Android Support v4 (Development Framework)
The Android Support Library is not actually a single library, but rather a collection of libraries that can roughly be divided into two groups: compatibility and component libraries. For details, please see Understanding the Android Support Library.
- AppCompat (Utility)
support newer Android features on older Android versions.
- Cardview (UI Component)
AndroidX library to implement the Material Design card pattern with round corners and drop shadows.
- Constraint Layout Library (Utility)
library to reduce the number of nested views needed.
- Coordinatorlayout (UI Component)
AndroidX library to position top-level application widgets, such as AppBarLayout and FloatingActionButton.
- Androidx Core (Utility)
a static library that you can add to your Android application in order to use APIs that are either not available for older platform versions or utility APIs that aren't a part of the framework APIs.
- Drawerlayout (UI Component)
AndroidX library to implement a Material Design drawer widget.
- Android Emoji2 Compat (UI Component)
core library to enable emoji compatibility in Kitkat and newer devices to avoid the empty emoji characters.
- AndroidX Fragment (UI Component)
AndroidX library to encapsulate part of the user interface or behavior into reusable components.
- Androidx Graphics (Utility)
leverages graphics facilities across multiple Android platform releases.
- Lifecycle (Utility)
perform actions in response to a change in the lifecycle status of another component, such as activities and fragments.
- AndroidX Media3 (Utility)
share media contents and controls with other apps.
- ProfileInstaller (Utility)
AndroidX library that enables libraries to prepopulate ahead of time compilation traces to be read by ART.
- Recyclerview (Utility)
display large sets of data in your UI while minimizing memory usage.
- Startup (Utility)
AndroidX library to implement a straightforward, performant way to initialize components at app startup.
- Swiperefreshlayout (UI Component)
implemtation of the swipe-to-refresh UI pattern.
- Android Jetpack VersionedParcelable (Utility)
Provides a stable but relatively compact binary serialization format that can be passed across processes or persisted safely.
- AndroidX Widget ViewPager2 (UI Component)
replaces AndroidX ViewPager, addressing most of its predecessor’s pain-points, including right-to-left layout support, vertical orientation, modifiable Fragment collections, etc.
- Google Material Design (Utility)
library to help with material design guidelines.
- SwitchButton (UI Component)
provides „switch buttons“ (on-off) in multiple styles.
- OkHttp (Utility)
OkHttp is an HTTP+HTTP/2 client for Android and Java applications.
- joda-time-android (Utility)
Joda-Time (Java date and time classes) library with Android specialization
- Joda Time (Utility)
provides a quality replacement for the Java date and time classes.
- ColorPicker (UI Component)
Pick a color using color wheel and slider (HSV & alpha).
Payment Modules:
- None found
Pick a color using color wheel and slider (HSV & alpha).
Ads & Analytics:
- None found
Pick a color using color wheel and slider (HSV & alpha).
Download (3.1 M)