Ivory
Ivory is Tapbots’ macOS Mastodon client, built for reading, posting, and managing timelines with a polished multi-column interface.
What is Ivory?
Ivory is a Mastodon client for macOS published by Tapbots, the developer previously known for Tweetbot. It is designed for people who use Mastodon as their primary social network and want a native Mac experience with strong timeline management, posting tools, and account handling. The Mac version supports multiple windows and a multi-column layout, which makes it useful for following home, notifications, lists, searches, and other views at the same time. Tapbots also provides customization options such as themes, icons, behavior settings, and accessibility features. Users may encounter Ivory through direct installation on a Mac, alongside its iPhone and iPad versions, or when a browser extension opens Mastodon links in the app. It is a legitimate commercial social networking app rather than a system component, and its local data is typically related to account sessions, cached media, preferences, and app support files.
Key features
- Browse Mastodon with a multi-column Mac interface
- Open multiple windows for timelines, profiles, and posts
- Post and manage replies, boosts, favorites, and bookmarks
- Customize themes, accent colors, and app behaviors
- Use widgets and sharing features across Apple platforms
- Open Mastodon links directly from Safari with the app extension
Review app leftovers with diCleaner
Inspect caches, support files, containers, and login items before cleaning.
Safety overview
Status: Safe
Ivory is a legitimate app from Tapbots. It handles social account access and may store login tokens, local preferences, and cached Mastodon content on the Mac, so the main risk is normal account and privacy exposure rather than malware behavior.
Recommendation: Keep it if you actively use Mastodon or prefer Tapbots’ client experience on Mac. If you no longer use the app, removing it is usually fine after confirming you do not need its saved account sessions, settings, or cached media.
Common paths
/Applications/Ivory.app
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/com.tapbots.Ivory
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/com.tapbots.Ivory
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.tapbots.Ivory.plist
Container paths
~/Library/Containers/com.tapbots.Ivory
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