subshell

Android · Reddit client

subshell

subshell for Reddit is an independent Android client built for everyday Reddit use: reading, writing, chatting and moderating, with no ads and no tracking.

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Features

Reddit, the Android way.

Reading, watching, writing and moderating, in an app that follows Android's own design.

An open post with its comments, sort and comment box.

Built for reading.

Feeds that keep your place when you open a post or switch accounts, threads that load replies by themselves, and comments that stay readable on any screen.

  • Unread markers and highlighted new comments
  • Find in thread and jump between top-level comments
  • Swipe actions and vote controls the way you like them
The full-screen image viewer with share and save.

Photos and video, done properly.

Galleries, a full-screen viewer and Reddit video that adapts to your connection.

  • Share and save images in one tap
  • Video quality per network, subtitles and audio language
  • Optional speed, double-tap skip and picture-in-picture
The r/space community page with its banner, description and sort menu.

Your communities, your rules.

Favorites, custom feeds and recent communities close at hand, and the tools to keep the rest out of the way.

  • Join, favorite, mute for a while or hide
  • Content filters for words, users, domains and flair
  • Community info, rules and wiki without leaving the app
Settings, searchable and grouped by area.

Make it yours.

Searchable settings, grouped the way you think about them, with defaults that follow Android.

  • Follows your light or dark theme, with dynamic colour and pure black
  • Left- or right-handed controls and navigation
  • Backups to a folder you own, and an optional app lock
Also in subshell Direct Chat Inbox notifications Modmail and mod tools Several accounts Tablets and foldables Saved searches Share into subshell No ads, no tracking

Get started

Up and running in three steps.

  1. Install the APKDownload the signed beta from GitHub Releases.
  2. Get a Client IDOnce, through RedReader's Reddit sign-in. The app shows you how.
  3. Sign inOn Reddit's own page. Add more accounts any time.
Read the guide FAQ

What's new in 0.92-beta

Thread colours, sorted search and feeds that keep your place

  • This update signs you out once: sign in and set up your Client ID or RedReader again, then add your widgets and pinned shortcuts back.
  • Settings › Comments › Thread colours: branch lines by depth or in one colour, each top-level comment in its own card. Off by default, works with Guide lines.
  • Sort search results and the posts on a profile, with a time range for Top.
  • Optional: Settings › Feeds & content › Resume where you left off opens Home and communities at your place after the app has been closed.
All changes
Public beta

Public beta 0.92-beta is available.

The release is a signed Android APK distributed through GitHub Releases.

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