Mastodon Redirect vs Tilde Friends
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Mastodon Redirect
Mastodon Redirect is a simple app for automatically launching fediverse links in your preferred Mastodon client. Currently, most domains on instances.social are supported.Mastodon Redirect supports most active and alive instances, but excludes dead instances and instances that haven't had any activity recently. This is to keep the list as short as possible and avoid crashes.Mastodon Redirect currently supports the following clients:Elk (PWA: Stable or Canary)Fedilab (F-DROID or Play Store)MastodonMegalodonMoshidonPhanpy (PWA: Stable or Dev)Subway TooterToootTrunks (Native or Web)Once you download the app, you can choose your client app and then enable all supported domains, so that when you tap a recognized link, it gets passed to Mastodon Redirect.
Tilde Friends
Tilde Friends is both a peer-to-peer social network client, participating in Secure Scuttlebutt, as well as a platform for writing and running web applications.
| Feature | Mastodon Redirect | Tilde Friends |
|---|---|---|
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Install sources | GitHubIzzyOnDroid | F-Droid |
| Categories | MessagingBrowserSocial | Dev ToolsMessagingBrowserSocial |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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