https://flareapp.moe/

https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.dimension.flare

Is it legit? Does it work? How does it compare to other clients?

I had been using Openvibe for a while and switched for Flare a month or so ago? I'm not a heavy user, but I like it better than Openvibe. No issues.

Didn't know about it. Using OpenVibe now, which is generally happy with, but I might try flare.

EDIT: Okay, I've set it up and browsed around a bit now.

• Everything takes up too much space, in my opinion. I have to scroll much more per post in the feed, compared to OpenVibe. Also, posts in the feed have a margin in the sides, but there's an extra margin outside that as well for some reason, which means only ~85% of my screen width is really being used for post content, which is a waste of space.
• Parent posts (that a person I'm following has replied to) come before the reply, in the feed, which trips me up when I'm used to them being nested like they were on Twitter. Just a personal preference, though.
• I can't find the "For You" Bluesky feed anywhere either.

I don't use For You, so I don't miss it. I guess. But I do agree on the other points. There is way too much padding on the sides. And while I think it makes some logical sense, the parent post thing confuses the shit out of me because it seems opposite the way every other app handles it.

For what it's worth, I just updated today and there's a "Plain" post style now that goes toward making the padding issue better.

Thank you for letting me know!

EDIT: Tried it now, and it's a nice improvement in my opinion.