# Jerboa for Lemmy (open-source social media client)

> Jerboa for Lemmy is a free, open-source social media client for Android. An app for Lemmy, a federated reddit alternative. It has 1,320 GitHub stars and is released under the AGPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.

Jerboa is an app for Lemmy, a federated reddit alternative. Jerboa is made by Lemmy's developers, and is free, open-source software, meaning no advertising, monetizing, or venture capital, ever. Lemmy is similar to sites like Reddit, Lobste.rs, or Hacker News: you subscribe to forums you're interested in, post links and discussions, then vote, and comment on them. Behind the scenes, it is very different; anyone can easily run a server, and all these servers are federated (think email), and connected to the same universe, called the Fediverse.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/LemmyNet/jerboa |
| Platforms | Android |
| Built with | Kotlin |
| GitHub stars | 1,320 |
| License | AGPL-3.0-only (open source) |
| F-Droid | https://f-droid.org/packages/com.jerboa/ (package com.jerboa) |
| F-Droid anti-features | none flagged |
| Google Play | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jerboa |
| App Store | not linked |
| Website | https://join-lemmy.org |
| Official | yes (published by the organization behind the product) |
| Category | Social & Fediverse clients |
| Latest release | 0.0.88 (Jul 21, 2026) |
| Last commit | Sep 21, 2026 |

F-Droid builds its apps from source and flags anti-features: https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Anti-Features/

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