[Script request]: Phanpy

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Application Name

Phanpy

Website

https://phanpy.social/

Description

Phanpy is a minimalistic, opinionated Mastodon web client, designed for users who want a lightweight alternative to the official front-end. It’s a personal side project by cheeaun to explore new UI/UX ideas on Mastodon and learn its ecosystem.

Key highlights:

• Core features:

  • Multiple account support
  • Pop-out/in compose window
  • Light/dark/auto theme switching
  • Grouped notifications and nested comment threads
  • Unsent draft recovery and Boosts Carousel
  • Keyboard shortcuts with multi-column or tab-bar view modes
  • Multi-hashtag timeline filtering

• Design philosophy:

  • Status actions hidden by default to reduce clutter
  • No autoplay for media
  • Hash-based URLs, with no server-side SEO or long-running processes
  • Opinionated UI: short usernames, custom boost icon, and controlled hashtag collapsing

• Tech stack:

  • Vite for fast builds
  • Preact (with React Router) and Valtio for reactive UI
  • masto.js as Mastodon API client
  • Iconify and Lingui for icons and internationalization
  • Plain CSS for styling

• Community & stability:

  • MIT-licensed, 1.3 k stars, 133 forks, actively maintained

Given its lightweight footprint, rich feature set, and active community, Phanpy would be a valuable addition to our helper-scripts. It can serve both as a reference implementation for Mastodon integrations and as a standalone client for users seeking an alternative front-end. Please consider adding phanpy to the helper-scripts collection.

Due Diligence

• I have searched existing scripts and found no duplicates.
• I have searched existing discussions and found no duplicate requests.