<![CDATA[I've tried Tusky and Fedilab for Masto.]]>I've tried Tusky and Fedilab for Masto. Neither is terrible but like, both have probs that mean I have to use both.

Tusky:
- No quote support (still)
- Doesn't find all replies
- Emoji support weird

Fedilab:
- Can't load comments in long reply chain
- Refresh doesn't always work
- Hard to follow complex convos

...so what else is there to try?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/22af6a56-2cae-4485-8ed2-baea4b34acbc/i-ve-tried-tusky-and-fedilab-for-masto.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 02:43:18 GMTSat, 18 Apr 2026 11:37:34 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I've tried Tusky and Fedilab for Masto. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 19:51:32 GMT]]>@pachli How is Pachli handling this? @tiefling @leanderlindahl

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://burningboard.net/ap/users/115674483682152158/statuses/116427449498166240https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://burningboard.net/ap/users/115674483682152158/statuses/116427449498166240Sat, 18 Apr 2026 19:51:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I've tried Tusky and Fedilab for Masto. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 19:40:24 GMT]]>@pachli
Yes, you're right. Fedilab can query the public API of remote instances to fetch full conversations or profiles directly from the source. Especially useful for small instances with limited federation. On interaction, the search API (WebFinger) brings the post into the local instance so interactions work normally.
@tiefling @leanderlindahl

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.fedilab.app/users/apps/statuses/116427405713733810https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.fedilab.app/users/apps/statuses/116427405713733810Sat, 18 Apr 2026 19:40:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I've tried Tusky and Fedilab for Masto. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 16:49:24 GMT]]>@pentup @tiefling

It happens mostly when I click an external link, read the page, and then go back into Moshidon. It starts hanging and freezes then just crashes to desktop.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jrdepriest/statuses/116426733280847823https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jrdepriest/statuses/116426733280847823Sat, 18 Apr 2026 16:49:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I've tried Tusky and Fedilab for Masto. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 16:26:47 GMT]]>@jrdepriest @tiefling Really? That's a bummer. It's literally never crashed for me.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/pentup/statuses/116426644350354960https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/pentup/statuses/116426644350354960Sat, 18 Apr 2026 16:26:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I've tried Tusky and Fedilab for Masto. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 16:04:10 GMT]]>@pentup @tiefling

I love Moshidon @moshidon which is a fork of the no longer under active development Megalodon @megalodon

However, it crashes so often for me that I'm actually trying Fedilab @apps again. Even the I don't like many most of the design decisions they made, it hasn't crashed once. Like so many glyphs with no text to explain what they do. Are you trying to be Microsoft?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jrdepriest/statuses/116426555399617356https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jrdepriest/statuses/116426555399617356Sat, 18 Apr 2026 16:04:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I've tried Tusky and Fedilab for Masto. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 16:03:02 GMT]]>@tiefling Quickly becoming a big Phanpy fan.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116387395794911208/statuses/116426550968235699https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116387395794911208/statuses/116426550968235699Sat, 18 Apr 2026 16:03:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I've tried Tusky and Fedilab for Masto. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 15:04:39 GMT]]>@pachli thanks for pitching in with your knowledge 👍

@tiefling

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.folkdata.se/ap/users/116002581058996585/statuses/116426321404751115https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.folkdata.se/ap/users/116002581058996585/statuses/116426321404751115Sat, 18 Apr 2026 15:04:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I've tried Tusky and Fedilab for Masto. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:43:32 GMT]]>@tiefling @leanderlindahl Tusky has a long-standing bug where some posts on your timeline just get dropped. It might be that.

I think (but might be wrong) Fedilab has an option to fetch the original thread from the remote server to try and get missing messages. Recent Mastodon servers can do this too, so it shouldn't make a difference now.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/pachli/statuses/116426238348469670https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/pachli/statuses/116426238348469670Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:43:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I've tried Tusky and Fedilab for Masto. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:40:13 GMT]]>@dlakelan @tiefling
In conversation, it's the button left of the eye in the top right corner (the globe), and on profiles, the looking glass.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/HurricaneWeasel/statuses/116426225308265612https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/HurricaneWeasel/statuses/116426225308265612Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:40:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I've tried Tusky and Fedilab for Masto. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:36:57 GMT]]>@HurricaneWeasel
Ooh, good point. how do you force a remote conversation load? i know theres a button on profiles to load the origin version of the profile.
@tiefling

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/dlakelan/statuses/116426212493205018https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/dlakelan/statuses/116426212493205018Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:36:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I've tried Tusky and Fedilab for Masto. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:42:57 GMT]]>@tiefling Ice cube ftw!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gludio.org/ap/users/115577475497059031/statuses/116426000123879971https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gludio.org/ap/users/115577475497059031/statuses/116426000123879971Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:42:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I've tried Tusky and Fedilab for Masto. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:27:39 GMT]]>@dlakelan @tiefling
Please turn off Settings --> Interface --> Remote conversations and Remote profiles

You can always load them remote manually.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/HurricaneWeasel/statuses/116425939946349245https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/HurricaneWeasel/statuses/116425939946349245Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:27:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I've tried Tusky and Fedilab for Masto. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:03:48 GMT]]>@tiefling
Agreed that would be a dealbreaker for me. For the most part I can just click a message, it will load the full Convo and then i can scroll up and down to see what was said 🤷‍♂️

sorry I dont have any other suggestions for software. good luck!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/dlakelan/statuses/116425846166910914https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/dlakelan/statuses/116425846166910914Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:03:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I've tried Tusky and Fedilab for Masto. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:59:02 GMT]]>@tiefling Husky supports quotes but it also focuses more on Pleroma and Akkoma so it might not support Mastodon quotes specifically]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fedi.catto.garden/objects/2d35930c-8034-4d31-905b-5854e7997142https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fedi.catto.garden/objects/2d35930c-8034-4d31-905b-5854e7997142Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:59:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I've tried Tusky and Fedilab for Masto. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:27:03 GMT]]>@dlakelan

Yes. I don't so much care abt load time but not being able to read a convo is annoying.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bardicperspiration.club/users/tiefling/statuses/116425701690483113https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bardicperspiration.club/users/tiefling/statuses/116425701690483113Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:27:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I've tried Tusky and Fedilab for Masto. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:25:07 GMT]]>@leanderlindahl

We run the instance, tho we are small. And def the app matters BC as an ex:

Tusky: Loads two replies to "other instance." Dio clicks on a profile, sees more replies on remote server. Checks Fedilab.

Fedilab: Six replies to same post.

Fedilab might be doing something "extra" I guess?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bardicperspiration.club/users/tiefling/statuses/116425694074486366https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bardicperspiration.club/users/tiefling/statuses/116425694074486366Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:25:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I've tried Tusky and Fedilab for Masto. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:22:03 GMT]]>@tiefling
Do you have the home cache enabled in settings? My fedilab reports 600MB of cache with 33000 messages. update interval set to 1hr

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/dlakelan/statuses/116425682053285691https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/dlakelan/statuses/116425682053285691Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:22:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I've tried Tusky and Fedilab for Masto. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:15:25 GMT]]>@tiefling sounds intriguing, what weird federation? (I'm using the Mastodon app like I mentioned so I'm not defending Pachli/Tusky since I don't really use them.)

I think whatever content/posts you get in your app isn't related to which app though. I think its related to your server. In your case bardicperspiration.club and in my case folkdata.se. The app just displays what the server "serves" it has influence over what is fetched or not. At least I think so.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.folkdata.se/ap/users/116002581058996585/statuses/116425655933868262https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.folkdata.se/ap/users/116002581058996585/statuses/116425655933868262Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:15:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I've tried Tusky and Fedilab for Masto. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:10:27 GMT]]>@tiefling damn

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://nerdculture.de/users/MonkeyPanic/statuses/116425636646871594https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://nerdculture.de/users/MonkeyPanic/statuses/116425636646871594Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:10:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I've tried Tusky and Fedilab for Masto. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:07:57 GMT]]>@dhampirdamsel

I'm tbh not even sure what that is, but I'll go read!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bardicperspiration.club/users/tiefling/statuses/116425626615048384https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bardicperspiration.club/users/tiefling/statuses/116425626615048384Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:07:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I've tried Tusky and Fedilab for Masto. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:06:41 GMT]]>@dlakelan

I'm glad ur not having issues, but I am.

Long convo chain, I legit can't click on a notif to comment. I have to load in a diff app. Loading is slower then other apps. It's been a ptob since the beginning.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bardicperspiration.club/users/tiefling/statuses/116425621575634355https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bardicperspiration.club/users/tiefling/statuses/116425621575634355Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:06:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I've tried Tusky and Fedilab for Masto. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:04:04 GMT]]>@leanderlindahl

I'm adding it to the list tho I do worry the weird federation for small instances from Tusky might be same.

@pachli

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bardicperspiration.club/users/tiefling/statuses/116425611334521067https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bardicperspiration.club/users/tiefling/statuses/116425611334521067Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:04:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I've tried Tusky and Fedilab for Masto. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:02:55 GMT]]>@MonkeyPanic

I only noticed the incomplete convo ish when I was reading one and loaded it in my browser by mistake. I was missing a LOT of replies... replies that showed in fedilab.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bardicperspiration.club/users/tiefling/statuses/116425606791305002https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bardicperspiration.club/users/tiefling/statuses/116425606791305002Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:02:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I've tried Tusky and Fedilab for Masto. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:00:43 GMT]]>@tiefling Awesome. One thing that took me a while to work out was quoting, because they don't use the word quote - hold down the boost button and choose "post about this"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/pentup/statuses/116425598126592405https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/pentup/statuses/116425598126592405Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:00:43 GMT