Smither
Lightweight Mastodon client
| AppID: | org.nuclearfog.smither |
| Author: | nuclearfog |
| License: | GPL-3.0-only |
| Donation: | |
| InRepoSince: | 2025-02-10 |
| LastRepoUpdate: | 2025-03-09 |
| LastAppUpdate: | 2025-03-08 |
| LastVersion: | 3.5.12 |
| Categories: | Messaging, Internet |
| APK source: | Codeberg/Forgejo/Gitea |
| Google Play: | Check if it's there |
Smithers 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
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. Some clients have this repo enabled by default, e.g. Neo Store, Droid-ify, or, of course, the IzzyOnDroid client by Sunil. With others (like the official client) you'll have to add this repo manually (see the hint on top of the package list for how to do that).
Packages
Version 3.5.12 (2025-03-09) 
Android Versions:
- Target: 15.0
- MinVer: 5.0
:
:
- none
:
- none
Permissions:
- ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
- 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
- DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
Features:
- None
Malware-Check:Passed
27 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.
- AndroidX Activity (Utility)
provides the base Activity subclass and the relevant hooks to build a composable structure on top.
- 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.
- Lifecycle (Utility)
perform actions in response to a change in the lifecycle status of another component, such as activities and fragments.
- AndroidX Media (Utility)
share media contents and controls with other apps.
- 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.
- Android Activity Saved State (Utility)
provides the base Activity subclass and the relevant hooks to build a composable structure on top.
- 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.
- Picasso (Utility)
image downloading and caching library.
- 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 3.5.11 (2025-02-10)
Android Versions:
- Target: 15.0
- MinVer: 5.0
:
:
- none
:
- none
Permissions:
- ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
- 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
- DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
Features:
- None
Malware-Check:Passed
27 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.
- AndroidX Activity (Utility)
provides the base Activity subclass and the relevant hooks to build a composable structure on top.
- 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.
- Lifecycle (Utility)
perform actions in response to a change in the lifecycle status of another component, such as activities and fragments.
- AndroidX Media (Utility)
share media contents and controls with other apps.
- 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.
- Android Activity Saved State (Utility)
provides the base Activity subclass and the relevant hooks to build a composable structure on top.
- 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.
- Picasso (Utility)
image downloading and caching library.
- 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)