# Raccoon (open-source social media client)

> 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.

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…

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/LiveFastEatTrashRaccoon/RaccoonForFriendica |
| Platforms | Android |
| Built with | Kotlin Multiplatform |
| GitHub stars | 101 |
| License | GPL-3.0-only (open source) |
| F-Droid | https://f-droid.org/packages/com.livefast.eattrash.raccoonforfriendica/ (package com.livefast.eattrash.raccoonforfriendica) |
| F-Droid anti-features | none flagged |
| Google Play | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.livefast.eattrash.raccoonforfriendica |
| App Store | not linked |
| Website | https://livefasteattrashraccoon.github.io/RaccoonForFriendica/ |
| Official | no |
| Category | Social & Fediverse clients |
| Latest release | 1.1.8 (Oct 27, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 27, 2026 |

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

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