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this app is open source, code is available here:
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon-android
I have no personal affiliation with the Mastodon project, I just like what they're doing to liberate social networking (and there are other Fediverse platforms to pay attention to, too!)
Turns out F-Droid inclusion is pending [1]. I was surprised not to see it there.
[1] https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-/merge_requests/10909
There is also a fork of Mastodon called Hometown [0] that goes further and provides local-only posting as an extra option. These posts will not be federated but stay on the instance (your Home community). A new application GoToSocial [1] also supports local-only posts.
[0] https://github.com/hometown-fork/hometown
[1] https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial
There is also a fork of Mastodon called Hometown [0] that goes further and provides local-only posting as an extra option. These posts will not be federated but stay on the instance (your Home community). A new application GoToSocial [1] also supports local-only posts.
[0] https://github.com/hometown-fork/hometown
[1] https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial
I tested this new "official" Mastodon app and see why it might be a good on-boarding experience for newcomers. I'll stick with Tusky [0] as it is much more mature and offer more features, like multi-account and the local timeline.
0: https://tusky.app/