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24 alternatives to zygolophodon: CLI for reading Mastodon posts (no account needed)
anonymous CLI for reading microblogging (chiefly Mastodon) posts - jwilk/zygolophodon
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. zygolophodon: CLI for reading Mastodon posts (no account needed) launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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A GNU Social-compatible microblogging server. Contribute to Gargron/mastodon development by creating an account on GitHub.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Mastodon▲272Open-source decentralized microblogging platform
2016 · mastodon.social · its alternatives →
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Attached: 1 video Want a prank for a friend with an Android phone (with an opaque case) ? Set up a NFC tag to open the website of your choice then slip it between their phone and the case. Every time they will unlock their phone the website will open. No confirmation, no notification and too thin to
2017 · mastodon.social · its alternatives →
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Fread▲150A microblog client that supports Mastodon and RSS
2024 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Simple way to manage your Mastodon presence for free
2023 · socialbu.com · its alternatives →
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Tootski▲78Boost, follow, favorite, and share to Mastodon from anywhere
2023 · tootski.dev · its alternatives →
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Hey all, I’ve made this bot, it fetches every story that enters the HN Top 10, summarizes it with AI to a tweet-sized textlog note and publishes it. textlog.cc offers these endpoints as RSS/Atom through textlog.cc/u/hn10.rss and textlog.cc/u/hn10.atom so you can subscribe easily. Enjoy!
Aug 2026 · textlog.cc · its alternatives →
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A hackernews ncurses CLI written in GO. Contribute to andrewstuart/hn development by creating an account on GitHub.
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
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reprint.computer▲122Share posts from your blog or any RSS feed, around the web
2024 · its alternatives →
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MastoMetrics▲89Simple, free and fair analytics for Mastodon
2023 · mastometrics.com · its alternatives →
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I’ve been building Oliphaunt, a native Mastodon client for macOS, as a solo project — designed to be fast, lightweight and feel right at home on the Mac. It’s not built with Catalyst or Electron framework. Key features: • Native macOS UI using AppKit with some SwiftUI integration (not a web wrapper) • Core Data for local caching • Responsive, keyboard-friendly interface • UX tailored for desktop-class Mac computers • Supports multiple accounts, cross-instance timelines and search You can try it via TestFlight (macOS 14+ Sonoma): https://testflight.apple.com/join/Epq1P3Cw…
2025 · testflight.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Deterministic and privacy-first browser automation workflows: - mute non-English posts on Mastodon - create RSS from the GitHub Dashboard (with upload) Both are missing features and on the respective platforms and a tech-preview of a browser automation platform driven by clock-based state machines, not AI models (although AI is a first-class citizen on the platform). I've made these workflows for myself and sharing them here as I know some may enjoy them. What else can be enjoyable is the built-in debugger and many other tools which allow for deep inspection of the workflows (diagrams, UIs,…
Jun 2026 · taskbot.app · its alternatives →
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Use Mastodon from any website/instance (Chrome and Firefox)
2023 · its alternatives →
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Feed reader for the command line. Contribute to radulucut/cleed development by creating an account on GitHub.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2012 · zachwill.github.com · its alternatives →
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:newspaper: CLI to browse Hacker News. Contribute to rafaelrinaldi/hn-cli development by creating an account on GitHub.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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1-click follow, favorite, boost, & bookmark for Mastodon
2022 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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2023 · thejunkland.com · its alternatives →
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