# Thunder for Lemmy

> Thunder is an open source, cross-platform Lemmy client

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.hjiangsu.thunder](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.hjiangsu.thunder)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.hjiangsu.thunder`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Hamlet Jiang Su
- **Category:** SOCIAL
- **Downloads:** 18,023
- **Rating:** 4.46 / 5 (198 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.8.6
- **Last updated:** 2026-01-07
- **First published:** 2023-07-12
- **Publisher country:** CA
- **Size:** 38 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hjiangsu.thunder)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/hjiangsu/thunder](https://github.com/hjiangsu/thunder)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://thunderapp.dev/privacy-policy](https://thunderapp.dev/privacy-policy)

## Description

Thunder for Lemmy is a fully open source, cross-platform Lemmy client designed to enhance your community experience without ads or trackers. It supports multiple accounts for easy switching and offers highly customizable settings, including accent colors and gesture controls. Users can navigate posts, comments, and communities effortlessly using customizable swipe gestures. As an early development project, Thunder promises continuous feature improvements to enrich your Lemmy interactions.

## Rankings

- #450,438 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.hjiangsu.thunder.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Users praise Thunder for Lemmy for its clean, customizable UI, performance, gesture-based voting, and ad-free experience. It is considered the best Lemmy app available on Android by many reviewers. However, the app has recurring issues including limited search functionality within posts, loss of reading position when navigating, notification display problems, and some missing customizable features compared to alternatives. Despite occasional bugs, regular updates have addressed many issues, making it a popular choice among Lemmy users.

### Pros

- Highly customizable with many settings and gestures for ease of use.
- Clean and attractive user interface with great UI design and good performance.
- Ad-free experience, contributing to a smooth user experience.
- Best Lemmy app on Android as per several users, with regular updates fixing issues.
- Good features like easily upvoting/downvoting posts with gestures and compact view option.

### Cons

- Missing or limited search functionality within posts and topics; currently only communities can be searched.
- App sometimes loses reading position when navigating back, causing annoyance.
- Issues with notifications, such as replies not showing properly when nested too deeply.
- Lack of certain customization options compared to other clients, e.g. limited ability to rearrange display elements.
- Bugs and occasional crashes, indicating app may still feel like early development to some users.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.hjiangsu.thunder)