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⚞ • ⚟ Lemmy Tray is a lightweight menu bar (system tray) app for Lemmy.

repo: https://github.com/tracyspacy/lemmy-tray

language: Rust

Features

Fetches one post with specified interval from a Lemmy instance and displays in menu bar.
Shows basic information about post: upvotes, downvotes, amount of comments etc in tray menu.
Opens link to post if clicked.
Sort type and listing (local/all) can be selected in app settings
no account is required

Note:
Tested on MacOs only, but probably may work on Linux/Win as well

Welcome to the nostalgia-filled piefed instance of yesteryear.

Open Registration with Application questionnaire.

If you have a question or comment you can post in !meta@retrofed.com or message @DosDude@retrofed.com or @Die4Ever@retrofed.com

In case of downtime and/or emergency, we will post updates on @DosDude@mastodon.social

Some rules we try to uphold:

Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
Communities need to be Retro or Retro-adjacent.
Please don't upload pornographic content. (use an external image host for that)

⚞ • ⚟ Lemmy Tray is a lightweight menu bar (system tray) app for Lemmy.

repo: https://github.com/tracyspacy/lemmy-tray

language: Rust

Features

Fetches one post with specified interval from a Lemmy instance and displays in menu bar.
Shows basic information about post: upvotes, downvotes, amount of comments etc in tray menu.
Opens link to post if clicked.
Sort type and listing (local/all) can be selected in app settings
no account is required

Note:
Tested on MacOs only, but probably may work on Linux/Win as well

⚞ • ⚟ Lemmy Tray is a lightweight menu bar (system tray) app for Lemmy.

repo: https://github.com/tracyspacy/lemmy-tray

language: Rust

Features

Fetches one post with specified interval from a Lemmy instance and displays in menu bar.
Shows basic information about post: upvotes, downvotes, amount of comments etc in tray menu.
Opens link to post if clicked.
Sort type and listing (local/all) can be selected in app settings
no account is required

Note:
Tested on MacOs only, but probably may work on Linux/Win as well

Welcome to the nostalgia-filled piefed instance of yesteryear.

Open Registration with Application questionnaire.

If you have a question or comment you can post in !meta@retrofed.com or message @DosDude@retrofed.com or @Die4Ever@retrofed.com

In case of downtime and/or emergency, we will post updates on @DosDude@mastodon.social

Some rules we try to uphold:

Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
Communities need to be Retro or Retro-adjacent.
Please don't upload pornographic content. (use an external image host for that)

	Replies	Author	Score	Last Post
Lemmy Tray v 0.1.0 - Initial release with binaries for macOS (Intel and Arm) (github.com)	0	tracyspcy	1	Thu May 21, 2026 7:11 pm »
Just found out that someone made a copycat of the lemmy-tray community on programming.dev and it has 44 subscribers vs 3 on the original 😂	0	tracyspcy	1	Mon May 18, 2026 2:15 pm »
You can now configure Lemmy Tray with a config file : set your default instance, sorting and listing types (github.com)	0	tracyspcy	1	Sun May 17, 2026 8:09 pm »
A tiny menu bar app that shows Lemmy posts. (lemmy.ml)	0	tracyspcy	1	Fri May 15, 2026 5:34 pm »