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whalebird-desktop

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Single-column Fediverse client for desktop

ApplicationCategory: Desktop Apps · Internet & communicationOpen sourcedata checked Oct 15, 2026
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Overview

  • desktop-app
  • electron
  • firefish
  • friendica
  • mastodon
  • pleroma
  • typescript

Installation

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Compatibility

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PlatformStatusArchitectureEvidenceConfidence
WindowsCompatiblex86_64official build in release v6.3.1: Whalebird-6.3.1-win-x64.exe0.70
macOSCompatibleuniversalofficial build in release v6.3.1: Whalebird-6.3.1-mac-universal.dmg0.70
LinuxCompatiblex86_64official build in release v6.3.1: Whalebird-6.3.1-linux-amd64.deb0.70
Compatiblearm64official build in release v6.3.1: Whalebird-6.3.1-linux-arm64.tar.bz20.70

Releases

checked Oct 29, 2026
v6.3.1LatestOct 29, 2026Official source ↗

Files in 6.3.1

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FilePlatformSizeSHA-256Download from the official source
Whalebird-6.3.1-linux-amd64.deblinux · x86_64 · deb117.2 MBdbf97ae0ee1e…Official source ↗
Whalebird-6.3.1-linux-arm64.tar.bz2linux · arm64 · tarball133.1 MB1f778c4ecd62…Official source ↗
Whalebird-6.3.1-linux-x64.tar.bz2linux · x86_64 · tarball131.8 MBfe4e60ee50de…Official source ↗
Whalebird-6.3.1-linux-x86_64.AppImagelinux · x86_64 · appimage153.4 MB91fb367064b1…Official source ↗
Whalebird-6.3.1-linux-x86_64.rpmlinux · x86_64 · rpm99.2 MBcf932fd08dce…Official source ↗
Whalebird-6.3.1-mac-universal.dmgmacos · universal · dmg255 MB35d3661cfa25…Official source ↗
Whalebird-6.3.1-win-x64.exewindows · x86_64 · exe139.1 MB228d71b34bac…Official source ↗

Release history

Quality profile

algorithm quality-v1.0 · assessed Oct 15, 2026
Quality Score97
Risk Score0
Confidence 1.00
Quality Score and Risk Score are different measures. A high score does not guarantee safety.

Score components

Maintenance · 2020
last activity 1 days ago
Documentation · 1515
README 3672 chars, description present
Ready to use · 1515
install instructions: yes; releases: yes
Metadata · 1010
4/4 of description, homepage, license, topics
Releases · 1010
10 release(s), latest 167 days ago
Category confidence · 1010
classifier confidence 0.97
Adoption · 107
932 stars (log-dampened, 10k = max)
License clarity · 55
SPDX GPL-3.0
Community · 55
issues enabled, 83 forks

License

GPL-3.0
Known licensefrom the repository host

This is the catalog policy status, not legal advice.

Sources

github.com/h3poteto/whalebird-desktopPrimary★ 932 starslast activity Oct 14, 2026Primary repository · Confidence 1.00

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README

From h3poteto/whalebird-desktop · license GPL-3.0 · fetched Oct 29, 2026

Whalebird

[Build] [GitHub release] [Mac App Store] [AUR version] [Crowdin]

Whalebird is a Fediverse client app for desktop.

[demo]

Feature

  • An interface like slack
  • Notify to desktop
  • Streaming
  • Manage multiple accounts
  • Supporting
    • Mastodon
    • Pleroma
    • Friendica
    • Firefish
    • Gotosocial
    • Pixelfed
    • Akkoma (Unofficial)
    • Hometown (Unofficial)
    • Iceshrimp (Unofficial)

Install

Mac

[App Store]

Or you can download .dmg from release page.

So on, you can install from Homebrew:

$ brew update
$ brew install --cask whalebird

:sparkles: Thanks to @singingwolfboy for adding it to homebrew-cask.

Linux

There are some packages in release page, for example .deb, .rpm and .AppImage. If you do not want to use the package manager, please download .tar.bz2 file and decompress it.

If you are using snap, please install from snapcraft.io.

$ sudo snap install whalebird

Or you can install from Arch User Repository.

$ yay -S whalebird

Windows

We prepared winget package and .exe files, but we don't recommend these ways. Because these binary is not code signed, so you will get warnings when you launch. Only Windows Store version is signed, so please use it.

$ winget show "Whalebird" --versions

Translation

If you can speak multiple languages, could you please help with translation in Crowdin?

Or if you want add new language, please create an issue. I will add it.

Development

We'd love you to contribute to Whalebird.

Minimum requirements for development

  • Node.js greater than or equal version 15.0.0 (18.x is recommended)
  • npm or yarn

Getting started

# clone this repository
$ git clone https://github.com/h3poteto/whalebird-desktop.git
$ cd whalebird-desktop

# Install font config
$ sudo apt-get install libfontconfig-dev

# install dependencies
$ yarn install

# serve with hot reload at localhost:9080
$ yarn run dev

Sponsors

Whalebird is free software. We don't monetize with advertisement. So your donation supports this project.

License

The software is available as open source under the terms of the GPL-3.0 License.

Copyright (C) 2018 h3poteto

However, icons do not comply with this license, © Miho Fukuda.

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