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Raccoon

Raccoon is a free, open-source social media client for Android. Unlimited social: write as much as you want and enrich posts with formatting. It has 101 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.

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About Raccoon

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…

Privacy and F-Droid

F-Droid builds Raccoon 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.

Screenshots

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Screenshots from the app's F-Droid listing.

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FAQ

Raccoon FAQ

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Is Raccoon free and open source?

Yes. Raccoon's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0-only 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 Raccoon?

You can install Raccoon from F-Droid (package com.livefast.eattrash.raccoonforfriendica) and from Google Play; the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: 1.1.8).

Is Raccoon still maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 27, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Mar 8, 2025. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.