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bennybar/lulireddit

Analysis updated 2026-05-18

★ 48DartAudience · generalComplexity · 2/5Setup · moderate

TLDR

Luli is a full-featured Flutter Reddit client for Android with an on-device personalized feed that learns your interests without sending data off your phone.

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    What it does
      Browse Reddit
      Post and comment
      Moderation tools
    Tech stack
      Flutter
      Dart
      Reddit API
    Use cases
      Personalized feed
      Subreddit moderation
      Private messaging
    Audience
      Reddit users
      Android users

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Browse, post, comment, and vote on Reddit from a full-featured Android app.

USE CASE 2

Get a personalized 'For You' feed that learns your interests entirely on-device.

USE CASE 3

Moderate subreddits you manage using built-in moderation tools.

USE CASE 4

Manage private messages and inbox notifications outside the official Reddit app.

What is it built with?

DartFlutterAndroid

How does it compare?

bennybar/luliredditramkumarmn/hub_mobiledevemberteam-ops/pyre
Stars482817
LanguageDartDartDart
Setup difficultymoderatemoderateeasy
Complexity2/53/52/5
Audiencegeneraldevelopergeneral

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Requires creating your own Reddit API key, a riskier no-key fallback login also exists.

The explanation does not state license terms.

In plain English

Luli is a Reddit client for Android, built with Flutter. It aims to be a full-featured alternative to the official Reddit app, covering browsing, posting, commenting, voting, private messages, inbox notifications, and moderation tools for subreddits you manage. The app uses Reddit's official API and requires you to create your own API key from Reddit's developer settings. A fallback login method that works without an API key is available but carries risk of account restriction, as the README notes explicitly. One of the main features is a personalized feed called For You. Because Reddit does not give third-party apps access to its own recommendation system, Luli builds a local one entirely on your device. The feed pulls posts from your subscriptions, favorite subreddits, and a small slice of popular content for discovery. As you use the app, it learns which communities and topics matter to you by tracking actions like commenting, saving, and upvoting, with commenting weighted most heavily. The model also tracks keywords within post titles, so it can learn your interests at a finer level than just the subreddit. Everything decays over time so your feed reflects current habits rather than old ones, and all of this data stays on your device. The ranking considers how popular a post is relative to its own community rather than in absolute terms, which means small subreddits are not pushed out by large ones. Posts you have already read or repeatedly ignored are ranked lower on refresh. No single community can dominate the feed, and roughly one in six posts comes from outside your subscriptions for discovery. Each post shows a label explaining why it appeared, and you can adjust or mute any community directly from the feed. Installation is through an APK download from the releases page. Building from source requires Flutter 3.35 or later. There is no public iOS distribution, the README notes that iOS users can build and sideload the app themselves. The app sends only anonymous usage analytics and no personal data.

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Prompt 1
Explain how Luli builds its on-device personalized feed without using Reddit's recommendation system.
Prompt 2
Walk me through getting a Reddit API key to use with Luli.
Prompt 3
How does Luli's feed ranking avoid letting large subreddits dominate over small ones?
Prompt 4
What are the steps to build Luli from source with Flutter for iOS sideloading?

Frequently asked questions

What is lulireddit?

Luli is a full-featured Flutter Reddit client for Android with an on-device personalized feed that learns your interests without sending data off your phone.

What language is lulireddit written in?

Mainly Dart. The stack also includes Dart, Flutter, Android.

What license does lulireddit use?

The explanation does not state license terms.

How hard is lulireddit to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is lulireddit for?

Mainly general.

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