A new version of Tuba, the open-source Mastodon1 client for Linux desktops, is out – and it’s a whopper!
Tuba 0.9.0 delivers a wide array of new features, enhancements, and general finesse touching nearly every aspect of the client’s top-tier Fediverse experience.
Chief among the highlights for is the addition of support for scheduled and draft posts.
Posts can be scheduled from the composer, and a list of scheduled (not yet shared) posts can be accessed from a new sidebar entry, where scheduled posts and be edited/amended.
With no official draft posts API to use, Tuba instead uses scheduled posts for drafts, set far into the future (a workaround used by the official Mastodon Android app). The upside to this: “drafts” are stored on your Mastodon server so accessible from web/other Mastodon apps.
Mastodon lets users set a focus point for image attachments, so Tuba 0.9 updates its media picker preview box to support it. Click the icon in the top-right of the preview to open the focal point picker, then drop the dot on the desired area.
When making a search, matching search queries are bolded in results, making it easier to spot the exact term in context; animated visualisers play for audio-only media previews; and it’s now possible to set expiration and notification exception when muting an account.
Lastly, Tuba 0.9 lets you see your #FediUnwrapped recap. Scores of apps and web services do these yearly bite-size roundup type things, condensing your past 12 months on the service into an infographic, – now Mastodon can join the fun!
Other changes in Tuba 0.9.0:
- Verified Authors section on link preview cards
- Attachment thumbnail in alt text dialog
tuba://sharelinks will let Linux apps share to Tuba- ctrl + c will copy attachment in media viewer
- Auto-fill author button in Advanced Search Dialog
- Post hashtags now show at the bottom in separate section
- Poll ‘show results’ and ‘refresh results’ buttons
- Animated poll results reveals
- Full emoji reaction and stats support
- Account suggestions for new fediverse users
- Opt-in & anonymized preference analytics
- Refreshing outdated profile info on cached users
- Custom lists can be added to the sidebar
- Account birthday style
- Handling of status and moderation warning notifications
There are also bug fixes, performance tweaks, code cleanups, and platform updates. A number of accessibility improvements also make it in, including better handling of labels and tooltip text.
Getting Tuba
Tuba is free, open-source software, with code available on GitHub.
Ubuntu 24.10 users can install an older version of Tuba from the repos (sudo apt install tuba) but to benefit from the latest release, the latest release is needed!
• Get Tuba on Flathub
- More accurately a Fediverse client, but Mastodon is the main gig ↩︎