Unlimited social: write as much as you want and enrich posts with formatting
About this app
Raccoon is a social app designed to bring Friendica and Mastodon to you in a completely new way.
Main features: • "tour" mode: explore the Fediverse without creating an account • view multiple timelines (local, federated, followed, custom lists) • traditional navigation (vertically scroll the message timeline) • simplified navigation (horizontally swipe between posts) • support for long posts, formatting, titles and spoilers • formatting toolbar and message preview • smart insertion of alt-text for attachments • intuitive topic view for ActivityPub groups (Friendica, Lemmy, Gup.pe) • view post details • direct messages • multimedia gallery • circle and list management • social view of blog RSS feeds • integrated event calendar • UI customization (colors, font size, post length, "distraction-free" mode, etc.) • save drafts or schedule message publishing • multi-account • explore in "guest mode": view public timelines of other servers • settings import/export • 100% compatible with Mastodon and Mastodon Glitch-Soc version (long and formatted posts)
Friendica is a social environment integrated in the Fediverse, just like Mastodon and Pixelfed, which is also compatible with Bluesky and Tumblr.
Raccoon intends to make it easier to use Friendica and integrates the features of its web interface in an intuitive and lean view.
Additional features: • view trending posts, hashtags and follow suggestions • manage follow requests • create post and user reports to moderators • mute/block users, set custom rate limits and exclude terms from your timelines • polls (read-only on Friendica) • profile editing • edit and delete your posts • translate posts to your language • and, of course, much more!
Licensed under GPL-3.0-only, by LiveFast EatTrash.
What's New in v0.4.2
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- - feat: feat: add possibility to open posts in browser
- - feat: add support local visibility options
- - fix: avoid displaying recover page in profile
- - fix: calendar event time zones
- - fix: close unfollow request delete confirmation dialog
- - fix: profile section selector and links
Version history
Mar 8, 2025 · 34 MB · Android API 26–35 · code 90
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- - feat: feat: add possibility to open posts in browser
- - feat: add support local visibility options
- - fix: avoid displaying recover page in profile
- - fix: calendar event time zones
- - fix: close unfollow request delete confirmation dialog
- - fix: profile section selector and links
SHA-256 0c81cfdb7524306f46c796c748e9ef02b8d4e2efd5504fe65c067d349d781cc9
Mar 3, 2025 · 34 MB · Android API 26–35 · code 87
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- - feat: add per-user rate limits
- - feat: suggest hashtags while typing
- - feat: swipe navigation between posts
- - feat: exclude stop words from timelines
- - feat: add shortcuts to other instances
- - feat: open post detail as thread
SHA-256 28f757bfdbd73331ccb90d9f7fcf656de086632ed0496fed6fd88887aa41381e
Jan 10, 2025 · 33.7 MB · Android API 26–35 · code 74
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- - feat: implement dislike
- - feat: add post layouts (Compact, Distraction-free, Card)
- - feat: support audio attachments
- - fix: edit posts with markup
- - fix: search field horizontal scrolling
- - fix: avoid crash in HTML parsing
SHA-256 153b5bd55c678bdc5059b1a783243128a4e549052f50308f4ed3851af9aced9f
Will it run on your device?
92%
- Runs on a broad range of modern Android versions.
- Multiple CPU architectures are covered.
- Aligned with the latest Android target SDK expectations.
Installation Guide
Open Settings on your Android device
Go to Security → Unknown sources (or Install unknown apps)
Enable "Allow from this source" for your browser or file manager
Open the downloaded APK file from your Downloads folder
Tap "Install" and wait for installation to complete
Launch the app from your home screen
Make sure to re-enable Unknown Sources restrictions after installation for security.
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How to roll back to an earlier version
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SHA-256 Hash
0c81cfdb7524306f46c796c748e9ef02b8d4e2efd5504fe65c067d349d781cc9
Signing certificate
a58deb540d4df4715c47ed4d4d70ce07d8cab92588973b0c4ae776f5d04164e5
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