Here’s what I’m rocking:
- Aegis
- App Lounge
- AntennaPod
- Bitwarden
- Dicio
- Doodle
- F-Droid
- FeedMe (Not FOSS. Open to suggestions)
- Firefox
- FNG
- InvizBox
- Jerboa
- Mastodon
- Music Player GO
- Obsidian
- OpenLauncher
- Organic Maps
- OsmAnd~
- Proton Cal/Drive/Mail/VPN
- RadioDroid
- RedReader
- Signal
- Silence
- Simple Keyboard
- Tasks (Not the built in. I love this one)
- Unit Converter Ultimate
- Wikipedia
This is just about everything I have on my phone. I’m on a FairPhone 4 running /e/OS. What’s your load out like?
I’m looking for a new keyboard. Glad for suggestions :D
I use KDE Connect as a media remote and to transfer files between my phone and computers. It has quite a few other functions, like remote mouse control, sms, seems to share clipboards as well.
Kde connect is wonderful
I wish the SMS feature worked correctly
What isn’t working? It’s a little different than the phone app, but it works for me.
All of these list are great as we discover new apps each time.
But, I would suggest to write what is the app about.
That’s a good point. Originally, I wanted to get a list without writing too much. I’m going to update my phone with some of the suggestions. I’ll update my list with additional explanations.
Obtainium is great for updating apps hosted outside the playstore, big upside being you don’t need to bother with FDroid releases
what kind of apps cant be updated through playstore/fdroid?
what are the one you are using?
what kind of apps cant be updated through playstore/fdroid?
it’s not that they can’t be (maybe some apps I use can’t) but rather that I don’t like some things about F-Droid. One of the big things being unreliable app updates. They are often significantly outdated compared to GitHub releases.
https://www.privacyguides.org/en/android/#f-droid
“Due to their process of building apps, apps in the official F-Droid repository often fall behind on updates. F-Droid maintainers also reuse package IDs while signing apps with their own keys, which is not ideal as it gives the F-Droid team ultimate trust.”
Great lists so far. I’ll add one that I picked up from a previous thread:
URLCheck
URLCheck acts as an amazingly customizable and powerful intermediary when opening url links, allowing, among other things: to remove trackers, affiliate links, unnecessary elements, check Hosts, facilitating link holding and sharing, protecting against certain phishing techniques and many more…
URLCheck is a life changer!
URLcheck has been amazing for me, great for tracking links in apps like Slickdeals (non-FOSS) to skip the tracker especially if you block it on a DNS level
- Acode - code editor
- Auto-Auto-Rotate - remember rotation lock settings by app
- Auxio - there’s a million music players, this one scratches my itch just right
- Binary Eye - bar/QR scanner
- BreezyWeather - appears to have sources globally
- Collabora Office - view & edit libre/Microsoft office files
- Missed Notifications Reminder - I need a repeating audio notification so I don’t miss important work related messages
- MJpdf - pdf reader
- Mull - privacy enhanced Firefox
- RoMote - roku remote on your phone
- Skymap - what is that thing in the sky?
- Snapdrop - share with other devices via snapdrop.net (crashy) or pairdrop.net (better)
Edit: I’m just wrong, nvm
Looks like Geometric Weather stopped development back in '22 and isn’t in the Play Store anymore.
I’m a sucker for a decent weather app.
Check out yr.no, it is made by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. I think it is pretty good internationally too
Other way around.
Good to know, thanks
I think they’re wrong. I use it through F-droid and still get updates. The most recent was within the past couple weeks.
If you use Organic Maps you may be interested in https://streetcomplete.app to help fill out the map
There’s also another one called every door.
Wow thanks, I recently installed OsmAnd~ and found it kind of clunky to have to actively look for, and remember to fill in, missing map data.
This gets me to walk new dog walk routes, too!
This makes me wish i used an android.
Best foss maps app imo.
- Moshidon: letting me communicate with people on Mastodon
- QKSMS: text message (SMS) app
- KISS Launcher: a very neat launcher that took a while before I could love it as I do now
- FairEmail: an email client with tons of options
- Mull: a fork of Firefox
- Privacy Browser: a browser based on WebView
- Simple Calendar Pro: for managing my self-hosted CalDAV (waiting for Fossify’s version)
- Fossify Gallery: managing my images and videos
- AntennaPod: listening to podcasts
- Bitwarden: managing my self-hosted vaultwarden
- Download Navi: download files instead of using the browser
- Foxy Droid: making browsing apps on mainly F-Droid and IzzyOnDroid like old-school Google Play Store
- Loop Habits: logging my habits
- Hypatia: protecting my smartphone from malware using ClamAV
- Lemuroid: able to play my childhood favourite games wherever I am
- Miniflutt: read RSS posts through my self-hosted Miniflux server
- Mullvad VPN: protecting my identity wherever I am
- OpenTracks: track my movements
- Seal: download videos from mainly YouTube, but also converting YouTube videos to MP3 files (perfect for downloading music mixes for my bicycle trips)
- Syncthing: syncing important files to and from my desktop
- Voyager: browsing Lemmy
- URL Radio: listening to manually added radio stations
- Tasks: reminding me to do stuff
- Unexpected Keyboard: by far the best keyboard with really good shortcuts
- Planisphere: exploring the sky and letting me plan my astro photography
- LibreTube: exploring YouTube through Piped API
- Simple Voice Recorder: letting me record stuff when I don’t have my audio recorder with me (waiting for Fossify’s version)
Thanks for your links !
Have you tried Obtainium ? This could replace foxy-droid which seems dead with no updates since 2020!
You’re welcome :)
Yes, I have. I really liked it, but I didnt like that GitHub blocked me every now and then. I don’t have any account there due to privacy reasons.
I somewhat don’t mind outdated apps. It depends on what app it is. I wouldn’t use Bitwarden if they stop develop their app, as of 1 example.
FeedMe (Not FOSS. Open to suggestions)
The RSS or meal planning app? If it’s the former I like Feeder. You can probably export and import all your feeds.
I think some of my favorites are LibreTorrent, Session, and NewPipe.
I am a big fan of open source engine recreations, even if I don’t play them a ton, so DevilutionX and OpenMW are worth mentioning. I think Xash3D is also open source if you want to play Half Life on the go.
I think OpenRCT2 has an Android app but I haven’t bothered figuring out how to set it up yet.
I meant RSS. Thanks for asking. I’ll check Feeder out
I use Feeder for RSS. Quite a good, constantly improving app. :)
I also use that, it is very good
For keyboard I’m currently using OpenBoard and ThumbKey, the latter obviously not for everyone.
Adding to your list:
- Droidify
- Trail Sense
- NewPipe
- Logseq
- Syncthing
- Coffee
- Element
- Cryptomator
- VLC
- Geometric Weather
- Termux
- Noteless
- StreetComplete
- Translate You
you sir make sense…been scrolling through this post and see the most bizarre suggestions.
so, what apps do you add to Termux?
Obsidian is Open Source? I switched to Logseq because it wasnt open source. A friend wasnt even allowed to install it on his Work PC becauze Obsidian wants 50€ per Year when not used at home privately.
A developer wanted to earn money for software used commercially? Oh, the humanity!
The topic is about FOSS
Plenty of FOSS projects have commercial licenses. Pfsense, MongoDB, TrueNAS, Elastic, Portainer, Proxmox, Docker…
Can share some of my favourites
- KISS laucher
- Floris Board (keyboard, which I love to use)
- Bitwarden + Aegis (password manager + OTP)
- Eternity (for browsing lemmy)
- Mull (hardened firefox fork)
- Organic maps (maps + directions)
- Track & Graph (for tracking trends/habits)
- WebApps (running sandboxed websites)
Just begun exploring using:
- Immich (selfhosted photos solution)
- ReThink (local dns/firewall tracking blocker)
Btw, I believe Obsidian isn’t FOSS.
FairEmail
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Chip Defense. A little FOSS tower defense game.
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KDE Connect. Tool to transfer files to another device, or vice versa.
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Trail Sense. Nice lightweight app that does a variety of things, but I mostly use it for white noise.
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Organic Maps. I try to use it instead of Google Maps whenever possible.
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FitoTrack. Amazing app to keep logs of your workouts, or motorcycling trips as I use it. Shows you where you went, how fast you want, and how many calories burned where applicable.
Edit: Tried to count down from 5 to 1 as this is my top 5 apps from F-droid, but the auto bullet thing is counting up instead
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Newpipe
Aurora store
Organic maps
PDF viewer
Molly
Audile
Jellyfin
Nova Wallet
Openboard (though seems dead and looking for alternative)
Internxt
There’s a fork of Openboard constantly developed. Here its repo.
There’s a fork of Openboard that is trying to update it, but AFAIK, it’s not published anywhere yet: https://github.com/Helium314/openboard
Audible doesn’t look very FOSSy to me
My mistake, I meant Audile
