Hey everyone, Thunder v0.8.0 is now available! This release introduces initial PieFed support and includes significant under-the-hood improvements to enable compatibility with PieFed, along with the usual performance enhancements and bug fixes. As always, if you encounter any issues or have feedback, please share them with the Thunder community or on GitHub.

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Note: Android APKs will now be distributed by ABI to reduce download size. Make sure to download the version that matches your device.

Here are the changes between versions v0.7.3 and v0.8.0. For improved readability, internal issues introduced and fixed in nightly versions will be largely omitted.

Additions

• Added initial support for PieFed by hjiangsu in #1912 and #1952
• Added ability to search for users/communities/posts/comments via their URL by hjiangsu in #1941
• Added ability to set transparent colour for feed dividers by hjiangsu in #1959
• Added ability to toggle alt text and fullscreen mode in image viewer by hjiangsu in #1965

Changes

• Improved post page loading by hjiangsu in #1952
• Improved general markdown logic and rendering by hjiangsu in #1928
• Improved bottom sheet logic for posts/comments by hjiangsu in #1923
• Improved profile switching logic by hjiangsu in #1952
• Improved markdown image support and handling by hjiangsu in #1947

Fixes

• Fixed comment metadata disappearing for comments with no children by micahmo in #1895
• Fixed unified push notification logic by hjiangsu in #1918
• Fixed mark reply/mention as read by hjiangsu in #1925
• Fixed drawer profile picture not displaying properly by hjiangsu in #1930
• Fixed user chip not highlighting OP by hjiangsu in #1936
• Fixed user labels not appearing in some cases by hjiangsu in #1937
• Fixed certain markdown elements not adjusting to system theme changes by hjiangsu in #1938
• Fixed image height not matching aspect ratio in some cases by hjiangsu in #1947
• Fixed “Explore Instance” not working for anonymous profiles by hjiangsu in #1947
• Fixed grey screen on feed page for instances containing a single tagline by hjiangsu in #1947
• Fixed issue where performing comment actions would cause the post page to scroll by hjiangsu in #1949
• Fixed non-functional web build by hjiangsu in #1958
• Fixed post page end card not appearing in some cases by hjiangsu in #1960
• Fixed crash when displaying a large amount of GIFs by hjiangsu in #1962
• Fixed sharing on iOS devices running iOS 26 by hjiangsu in #1964

Misc

• Updated translations from Weblate by hjiangsu in #1917, #1961
• Updated list of active Lemmy instances by github-actions in #1864
• Upgraded package dependencies by hjiangsu in #1887
• Reorganized repository directory structure by hjiangsu in #1924
• Migrated Lemmy API to internal implementation by hjiangsu in #1935
• Refactored and improved post and comment widgets by hjiangsu in #1944 and #1945
• Refactored database implementation and logic by hjiangsu in #1931
• Upgraded Thunder to Flutter 3.35 by hjiangsu in #1946
• Updated Android workflow to generate per ABI APKs by hjiangsu in #1956
• Removed experimental APNs logic by hjiangsu in #1957
• Removed URL metadata for image posts within post cards by hjiangsu in #1933
• Disabled Android’s auto backup/restore on install by hjiangsu in #1932