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Release 0.16.0 has no docs in this shape yet, so this page shows the development version (0.17.0.dev0). What comes only with it is in the “Since” column.
The features of the full list , as one matrix a chapter: whether other clients have the same. ✓ — they do, empty — they don’t or it’s unknown. From their READMEs and release notes (autumn 2026) and general knowledge, without trying each one live; the details and remarks are in the “Others” column of the full list.
fedtail: ✓ — has, ◐ — partly, — — no, ⏳ — planned.
Lanes What fedtail Mastodon web Tusky Ivory Phanpy Elk Tokodon Ice Cubes Fedilab Sengi Megalodon tut Tuba Whalebird Federated, Home, Local ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Bots in a lane of their own ✓ Personal lanes ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Lists as lanes ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Who is in a list leaves the general lanes ✓ Who is in a list; your own order of lists ✓ ✓ ✓ Into a list — the author or the booster; only people you follow ✓ Into a list right after a follow ✓ Hashtag lane, following tags ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ My likes ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Bookmarks ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Trends ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ An empty live lane says why it’s empty ✓ Filtering a lane by media and boosts ✓ Repeated boosts don’t bring an old post up again ✓ All / Posts only / New; Feed / Conversations ✓ ✓ Find in a lane ✓ Sending to a slow server without doubles ✓ Find in every lane at once ✓ Finding people, tags and posts ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ A lane of several tags ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Columns side by side ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Collections (Mastodon 4.6) ⏳ ✓
Threads What fedtail Mastodon web Tusky Ivory Phanpy Elk Tokodon Ice Cubes Fedilab Sengi Megalodon tut Tuba Whalebird A thread as a tree, comments numbered ✓ ✓ Over a reply — what it answers ✓ ✓ ✓ A whole thread: replies from the author’s server ✓ A thread grows when Mastodon has gathered the replies ✓ ✓ Thread subscriptions, as on Point ✓ Mute a thread ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Read marks and place What fedtail Mastodon web Tusky Ivory Phanpy Elk Tokodon Ice Cubes Fedilab Sengi Megalodon tut Tuba Whalebird Oldest on top, nothing jumps ✓ Catching up with no holes ✓ When a post counts as read ✓ The reading place is shared with other clients ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Cards are built around the reading place ✓ Esc draws a curtain instead of closing the window ✓
The post card What fedtail Mastodon web Tusky Ivory Phanpy Elk Tokodon Ice Cubes Fedilab Sengi Megalodon tut Tuba Whalebird Arts mode ✓ Content warnings (CW) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Open every CW in a thread at once — ✓ ✓ Sensitive pictures ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Link cards ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Servers’ emoji as pictures ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ No emoji at all ✓ ✓ ✓ Quotes: showing them ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Polls: seeing and voting ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Poll results without voting ✓ ✓ Edit history ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Translation by the server ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Emoji reactions ◐ ✓ ✓ ✓ Who liked and boosted ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Honest counters ✓ Who quoted my post ✓ ✓ Folding hashtag padding ✓ ✓ Labels on the card ✓ ✓
Pictures and video What fedtail Mastodon web Tusky Ivory Phanpy Elk Tokodon Ice Cubes Fedilab Sengi Megalodon tut Tuba Whalebird Picture viewer ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Picture grid ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Picture descriptions (alt) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Video, audio, gifs inside the window ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Video without a hardware decoder (the default) ✓ Save a picture, video, gif ✓ ✓ ✓ Pictures and video ahead of time, a disk cache ✓
Profiles What fedtail Mastodon web Tusky Ivory Phanpy Elk Tokodon Ice Cubes Fedilab Sengi Megalodon tut Tuba Whalebird Your own and other people’s profiles ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Pinned posts ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Featured tags and recommended people ✓ ✓ A little-known person’s profile — from their server ✓ ✓ Posts older than my server knows ✓ Followers and follows from the person’s server ✓ ✓ “Following since …” ✓ The person has moved ✓ ✓
Writing What fedtail Mastodon web Tusky Ivory Phanpy Elk Tokodon Ice Cubes Fedilab Sengi Megalodon tut Tuba Whalebird The compose panel and drafts ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Visibility: private by default, a reply never wider than the post ✓ Preview before sending ✓ ✓ Content warning (CW) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Pictures: drag, paste, description, focus ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Shrinking pictures to the server’s limit ✓ ✓ Completing #tags, @nicks, :emoji: ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ CamelCase hint for hashtags ✓ The post’s language ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ A poll in a post ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Call someone into a thread ✓ Reply with quotes, piece by piece ✓ Copy the handle @user@server ✓ ✓ Quoting a post; who may quote mine ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ A scheduled post ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Edit, delete, pin your own post ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Delete and redraft ✓ ✓ ✓ A thread as a chain ✓ ✓ A command line as on Point ✓
People and order What fedtail Mastodon web Tusky Ivory Phanpy Elk Tokodon Ice Cubes Fedilab Sengi Megalodon tut Tuba Whalebird Follows and follow requests ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Hide a person’s boosts; the languages of a follow ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Mute, block, word filters ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Block a whole server ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Report to the moderators ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ A private note on a person ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ A bell on a person’s posts ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Remove from followers without a block ✓ ✓ ✓ Recommend people and tags on your own profile ✓ ✓ The server’s suggestions, the profile directory ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ About the server ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Your profile ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Post visibility as set on the server ✓ ✓ ✓
Notifications and activity What fedtail Mastodon web Tusky Ivory Phanpy Elk Tokodon Ice Cubes Fedilab Sengi Megalodon tut Tuba Whalebird Desktop notifications with privacy levels ✓ Activity: likes, boosts, follows ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Grouping notifications ◐ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Approve a reply, like, boost (GoToSocial) ✓ Notifications from strangers apart ✓ ✓ Severed relationships and moderators’ warnings ✓ ✓ Dismiss a notification, clear them all ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Server announcements ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ The unread number on the icon ✓ ✓ Direct messages read here are read on the server too ✓
Several accounts What fedtail Mastodon web Tusky Ivory Phanpy Elk Tokodon Ice Cubes Fedilab Sengi Megalodon tut Tuba Whalebird Profiles and the switcher ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Log in again, log out ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ All accounts in one window ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ An account’s colour in the shared window ✓ ✓ Acting as another account ✓ ✓ ✓
The application What fedtail Mastodon web Tusky Ivory Phanpy Elk Tokodon Ice Cubes Fedilab Sengi Megalodon tut Tuba Whalebird Themes as files ✓ ✓ ✓ Trying a theme without a restart ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ The config as a file in chapters ✓ ✓ The settings reference ✓ ✓ Window, tray, keys ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Links to posts and profiles — inside ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Open a link in the running fedtail ✓ ✓ Everything is stored locally, readable offline ✓ ✓ ✓ Polling the server and the live stream ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Screen readers ◐ ✓ ✓ ✓ Interface language ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Interfaces What fedtail Mastodon web Tusky Ivory Phanpy Elk Tokodon Ice Cubes Fedilab Sengi Megalodon tut Tuba Whalebird Commands in a terminal ✓ ✓ A terminal interface (Textual) ✓ ✓ Web on localhost ✓ ✓ ✓ GTK4 + libadwaita ⏳ ✓
Only in fedtail — 31 features of the 130 compared.
