OpenVibe - Free Social Thread Aggregator
OpenVibe is a social media
aggregator for some of the decentralized networks that use Activity Pub,
Blockchain and the AT protocol. In this case, that means Bluesky,
Mastodon, Threads and Nostr. OpenVibe users can see a consolidated
timeline from all four services and when they post, the post is sent to
each service. You cal alternatively see the timeline from a single
service if you choose.
There are some unique benefits to using OpenVibe.
- If you have a comprehensive list of blocked words and phrases built on a single platform, you can use that list to moderate all the services used in the app.
- For apps that let you make custom moderation lists like Bluesky and Mastodon, you can choose to toggle those lists on or off.
- Not only are your feeds are consolidated, your notifications are too, divided into comments and mentions, follows, reposts and quotes and reactions.
- Your OpenVibe profile consolidates the number of your followers and followed accounts across all networks.
- You can choose the font you want to use with OpenVibe, plus choose light, dark or system for your theme.
- You can search across all four networks at once or any one of them for profile names of the contents of posts.
- Viewing a list of your followers in Bluesky and Mastodon offers you a chance to follow anyone back with a single click.
OpenVibe is an iPadOS app that runs on Mac desktops with Apple Silicon. If you have an Intel Mac, you will have to use it on an iPhone or iPad. You can download it for free from the App Store. There are no ads. The app requires no special macOS permissions and it does not sell user data.
I am not the developer. I don't know the developer, nor was I asked to write this post. If you have questions or suggestions, use the contact information on the App Store.