Pachli for Mastodon
Pachli for Mastodon is a free, open-source social media client for Android. A full-featured Android client for Mastodon and similar servers. It has 259 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
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About Pachli for Mastodon
Pachli is a full-featured client for Mastodon and similar servers. - Read, reply, filter, post, favourite, and boost posts - Translate posts from other languages - Your timeline is cached locally, so you can read when offline - Draft posts now, to finish them later - Write posts now, schedule them to send later - Read and post from multiple accounts - Multiple themes - Focused on ensuring all functionality is available to people with accessibility needs - Open source,
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds Pachli for Mastodon from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.
No anti-features flagged on the latest F-Droid build.
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Is Pachli for Mastodon free and open source?
Yes. Pachli for Mastodon's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid, which builds it from source, flags no anti-features such as ads or tracking on its latest build.
How do I install Pachli for Mastodon?
You can install Pachli for Mastodon from F-Droid (package app.pachli) and from Google Play; the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v3.9.1).
Is Pachli for Mastodon still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 26, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Oct 8, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.