What works where

Fauna is one app on seven platforms and one small server. This page says, feature by feature, what has been proven to work on each of them — and it is not a promise page. Every mark below comes out of an actual test run: the run writes down what it saw, and this page is generated from that record.

That means it can tell you three different things, and the difference matters. A ✅ is a feature whose whole set of tests passed on that app. A ⚠ is a partial result: some passed, some did not, or the feature is only partly covered by tests so far. A ❌ means tests exist and none of them passed. A blank is the honest one — it says no run has been recorded yet, which is a statement about our records and not about the software; the feature may work perfectly and simply not have been re-tested on that platform since we started keeping this record. A — is different again: it means the feature is deliberately absent there, because the platform has no such thing.

We would rather show you a page with blanks in it than a page of green ticks we cannot back up.

Getting in

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Claim a fresh nest⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Connect to your nest and sign in⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Create your identity⚠✅⚠✅⚠⚠
Get the app⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Join an existing nest⚠✅⚠✅⚠✅
Recover a lost nest⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Recovery kit at sign-up❌❌✅✅✅❌
Set up a nest in the cloud from the app⚠⚠⚠✅⚠⚠
Use your identity on another device✅✅✅✅⚠✅
Your app's version, and news of a newer one✅⚠⚠⚠⚠

Everyday

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Address book✅✅✅✅⚠⚠✅
Browse, upload and manage your files⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Build your own feeds✅✅⚠⚠⚠✅
Calendars and events⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Contacts⚠⚠⚠✅⚠✅
Delete your own post✅✅✅⚠✅✅
Email, in the same conversations⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Files in conversations⚠⚠✅⚠⚠⚠
Find a conversation⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Format your messages✅✅✅✅⚠✅
Group conversations⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Images and video in posts⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Know where a post came from✅✅✅✅✅✅
Like, reply, repost and quote✅⚠✅✅⚠✅
Link previews✅⚠✅⚠✅⚠✅
Loud warnings when something is very wrong⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠✅
Notifications⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Post to a room⚠⚠⚠✅⚠✅
Private conversations⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
React to messages and delete your own⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Read your feed⚠✅⚠⚠⚠✅
Ready for new conversations⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠✅
Replies, recipients and threads✅⚠✅✅⚠⚠
Search✅⚠✅⚠⚠⚠
Search within a feed✅✅✅⚠✅✅
Search your own mail and files, privately, on this device—⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
See what is trending⚠⚠✅✅✅⚠
See your formatting as you type✅✅✅✅—
The app tells you what needs a connection⚠⚠✅⚠✅⚠
Unfinished posts, messages and events survive a restart⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Unread count on your home screen—⚠⚠⚠⚠—
Write a post✅✅✅✅⚠✅
Your profile and other people's⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠

Your data and devices

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A copy of your identity in your cloud keychain———⚠——
A second identity in its own window✅✅✅✅——✅
Back up your photos———✅—
Backup destinations and restore⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Backups: snapshots⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠✅
Choose which device does the heavy lifting✅✅✅✅⚠✅
Connected apps⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Direct connections between your devices—✅—————
Export everything✅✅✅✅✅⚠
Files move straight between your own devices—⚠⚠⚠⚠
Files on demand—⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Folders⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Follow someone's public folder⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠✅
Keep a folder on your computer in sync—⚠⚠⚠——⚠
Make a folder public, or a website⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠✅
Privacy: who can reach you, and your spam threshold✅✅⚠✅⚠✅
Publish to the web✅✅✅✅⚠⚠
Run a job on this device—✅✅✅——✅
Several identities in one app⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Share a folder in person, with no nest in between—⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Share a folder with people⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Share a link to a file⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Start at login and close to tray—⚠✅⚠———
Status, quotas and limits⚠⚠✅✅⚠⚠
Take your account back⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
The app's own log⚠✅⚠✅✅✅
Where you are signed in⚠⚠✅✅⚠
Your account: handle, sign out, delete⚠✅⚠⚠⚠✅
Your devices⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Your identity encrypted with a passphrase⚠—————❌
Your identity is kept safe on this device⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Your nests and what each may read⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Your recovery kit⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠

Mail, calendar and contacts

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Bring your mail from another provider⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Mail aliases⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Mail filter rules⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Mailing lists✅✅⚠✅⚠✅
Spam, your way⚠⚠✅⚠⚠⚠
Take your mailbox with you⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Turn on mail for your account⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Use a regular mail app✅✅✅✅✅⚠✅
Your address book in standard contacts apps⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Your calendar in Apple Calendar, Thunderbird and friends⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Your folders as a network drive⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠

Bridges and other networks

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AT Protocol⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Bring your posts from Facebook or Instagram⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Link other networks⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Nostr⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
The fediverse⚠⚠⚠

Money

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Gated posts, sold posts and tips⚠✅⚠⚠✅✅
Subscribe to creators; offer tiers of your own⚠✅⚠⚠⚠⚠

Family and personalization

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Community labelers✅✅⚠⚠⚠✅
Correct the classifier⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Learn from my activity⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Muted words⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Report a post, a message or an account✅✅⚠⚠⚠✅
Supervised accounts for children✅⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Train your own topics⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠✅

Admin area

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Aliases that forward outside✅✅⚠✅⚠✅
Bridges: approve and rotate keys⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Calendar, Contacts and Files switches⚠✅⚠⚠⚠✅
Domains, DNS records and certificates⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Factory reset and set up again⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Held custody✅⚠⚠✅⚠✅
Logs⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Mail health at a glance⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Mail policy⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Members: requests, registration, invites and actions⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Nest: network mode, pairing, ports, updates, region, identity, sign-in keys and takedowns⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
The admin area⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Tiers and paid membership✅⚠⚠⚠⚠✅
Web: whose site is the front page✅⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠

Your nest

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A home nest behind a public relay
Certificates, by themselves⚠your nest — the same on every app
DMARC reports are read for you, not mailed to you⚠⚠⚠⚠
Each part of the nest is walled off✅your nest — the same on every app
Mail from and to the outside world⚠your nest — the same on every app
Retire a nest⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
TLS failure reports are read for you, not mailed to you⚠your nest — the same on every app
Upgrades never lose your data⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠
Your mail server refuses abuse⚠your nest — the same on every app
Your nest relays your devices' direct traffic✅your nest — the same on every app
Your nest serves the app✅⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠⚠

Releases

VersionDateIn production
0.1.52026-10-23not yet