/r/fossdroid

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A community for sharing and promoting free/libre and open-source software (freedomware) on the Android platform.

This means software you are free to modify and distribute, such as applications licensed under the GNU General Public License, BSD license, MIT license, Apache license, etc., and software that isn’t designed to restrict you in any way.

Think of free software as free as in freedom of speech, not free potatoes.

A community for sharing and promoting free and open-source software (freedomware) on the Android platform. This means software you are free to modify and distribute, such as applications licensed under the GNU General Public License, BSD license, MIT license, Apache license, etc. Think of free software as free as in freedom of speech, not free potatoes. Do not recommend or post links to pirated software.

Relevant subreddit

A free/open source Android repository and community:

The most popular open source alternative Android firmware:

100% free alternative Android firmware:

Some pages with free/open source Android software (lists might not be 100% clean; use as starting points):

What free (as in freedom) software is and why it's important:

See also:

Links to (pages with) proprietary software will be removed, and will lead to bans.

The F-Droid logo is a modification of work created and shared by Google and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License.

/r/fossdroid

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Best FOSS keyboard and Document viewer (especially PDF)

Probably asked many many times. But I'm still confused between the numerous options. I've use Gboard all my life and have recently shifted to heliboard.

However I'm still confused if is this the best? I don't really use glide typing.

And as for the PDF reader, I used to use MJ PDF via play store. But it seems it go removed.

I'm aware it is available in izzyondroid, github etc but it lacked one feature. Selecting text on the document like Google's PDF reader. So please suggest some privacy friendly keyboard and PDF reader.

TIA!

1 Comment
2025/02/01
07:47 UTC

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Since Squawker got left to rot what are you guys using?

I used to put up with all the bugs in the app because I believed the developer would iron them out with time but now it's been more than 6 months with radio silence.

The last version released has some pretty app-breaking bugs and I read here on Reddit that some people can't even login anymore inside of the app. Since then I haven't used any other Twitter front-end but I really wish I could get a new one.

My cellphone is an Android 5 so my choices are pretty limited, so I would like to know what everyone is using.

10 Comments
2025/02/01
00:38 UTC

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Best FOSS Browser?

What is the best foss browser for Android & why? I have been using Iceraven for a long time now but I haven't been familiar with other ones, so if there is a better one than what I'm using, please do tell.

19 Comments
2025/01/31
18:23 UTC

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FOSS calorie/diet tracker?

I'm looking for an app similar to Chronometer, I tell it my weight, goals, diet, physical activity, and it calculates my macros

2 Comments
2025/01/31
18:07 UTC

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FOSS for Piano Tiles Mobile Game

I've been looking to build a Piano Tiles game but wouldn't start from scratch. Does anyone know a good open source Git repo that I can use for such a project? Or maybe someone with updated code that I could strike a deal with? Any other suggestions are welcome. Thanks in advance

1 Comment
2025/01/31
14:34 UTC

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Music App

Any ytmusic downloader app?

Outtertune, Innertune, RiMusic, Redvanced etc everything is failing and literally I have to download music instantly lol. Is there any working apk or app right now

9 Comments
2025/01/31
13:31 UTC

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Which Minimal Apps would y'all recommend to use over any designed app.

I am having Android 10, thinking to convert the whole app usage as minimal and lightweight as possible. One I am using is Olauncher as my Home Launcher. Now I am seeking File Manager, Gallery, and all possible minimal apps which are lightweight and won't release dopamine to touch phone every time for feel. Main purpose is to get lightweight.

8 Comments
2025/01/31
05:03 UTC

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Minimal FOSS Offline Password Manager Request

Offline and having Local Backup better than Cloud Backup. I have Android 10 so no Material You Apps..

7 Comments
2025/01/31
04:58 UTC

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FOSS screen time / phone usage monitor apps?

Currently looking for a lightweight app to replace my current paid one, Stay free

3 Comments
2025/01/31
04:01 UTC

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All innertune forks are giving me this error and idk why

So, the main problem is that the app gives me the same error message always, no matter what fork of innertune it is. In case you need a translation it says , it gives me this same result "Couldn't download". Anyone knows any fork that actually works, or any app of this kind that has the same "Offline listening" type thingy? If anyone can can help me out, I'd appreciate it.

11 Comments
2025/01/30
23:48 UTC

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Minimal Clean File Manager App

My phones file manager is pretty useless and bloat-warey. i want something thats simple to use and clean UI/UX

6 Comments
2025/01/30
22:58 UTC

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Android document editors.

I normally use markdown and I love logseq and joplin, but for some school projects I need a proper docx/openoffice supporting editor. Only opensource products I've found are onlyoffice and collabora. They are both decent but have key issues:

onlyoffice has this bug where keys are very delayed and sometimes don't register.

collabora doesn't support custom fonts without rooting.

Any suggestion will be appreciated

13 Comments
2025/01/30
13:09 UTC

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Text-to-Speech engine based on Next-gen Kaldi project

https://github.com/woheller69/ttsEngine

This app can replace the Google TTS on your device. You can choose from many different voices and languages when the app is launched for the first time.

I hope, we can add it to F-Droid soon.

12 Comments
2025/01/30
20:08 UTC

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FOSS android gamepad for browser gaming

which foss app can give me a virtual gamepad for play browser games, puffin is bad and input bridge is only for pc emulators, thanks in advance.

1 Comment
2025/01/30
19:58 UTC

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Cannot enable SMS permission on GrapheneOS Pixel 6a

6 Comments
2025/01/30
19:46 UTC

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Book's Story — v1.6.0 is out!

Release v1.6.0F-DroidIzzyOnDroidGitHubLicensed under GPL-3.0

Hey!

Book's Story — Material You eBook reader built with Jetpack Compose. FOSS, with extensive customization options and support for multiple file formats.

This time I brought something bigger. This release I implemented the features that were suggested and wanted the most, these are:

  • Images in Reader
  • External Storage support
  • Browse Screen loading speed improvement
  • New languages
  • UI updates
  • A lot of new Reader customization options
  • More..

Hope you enjoy this release! ☺️

Release v1.6.0F-DroidIzzyOnDroidGitHubLicensed under GPL-3.0

26 Comments
2025/01/30
12:16 UTC

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Can someone pls helppp

Ok so like basically I tried to restore my songs on outertune because I backed up the songs on drive, now I'm not even able to tap on it, someone pls helppp..

11 Comments
2025/01/30
10:58 UTC

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File Manager which has recycle bin and is very simple. No advance but just zip, rar and few other archive formats extracter.

8 Comments
2025/01/30
09:27 UTC

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Any app to write down daily expenses. Specific app with specific features?

I will do it manually typing, don't wanna connect any account with the app or something.

8 Comments
2025/01/30
08:55 UTC

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Iron fox vs cromite vs soren stoutner privacy browser

which browser is better for privacy ? thanks in advance.

19 Comments
2025/01/30
05:03 UTC

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RiMusic alternatives with the "discover" option?

I installed RiMusic’s latest version, but it still won’t work properly for me. I’m looking for any alternatives that has a similar feature to its discover option.

2 Comments
2025/01/30
04:48 UTC

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Why is F-Droid downloading slowly?

The problem doesn't seem to have with my device and ISP, as in PlayStore they (30mb) download in seconds while on F-Droid, the 10mb file needs 2 minutes to download. Any fixes?

2 Comments
2025/01/30
04:12 UTC

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An app for marking down daily expenses.

Writing down expenses type

2 Comments
2025/01/30
04:01 UTC

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Looking for a music app to download music

Hello! I am looking for a music app. I have had murglar, deezer and aids in the past. However, recently the AIDS app stopped working for me and are unable to download new music. If anyone has any alternative apps. I just want to be able to bulk download playlist/albums in mp3 with 128kps at least.

21 Comments
2025/01/30
03:20 UTC

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Someone else can't see nothing when connecting to F-Droid repo in Droidify?

At first I experimented very slow connection with download speed in the order of Kb/s then I cleaned cache and data from Droidify. Anybody is having this issue? Somebody could fix it?

3 Comments
2025/01/29
19:34 UTC

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RiMusic importing glitch

i downloaded rimusic for the first time and when i went to import a playlist from spotify it gave me this: it will not close no matter what and it makes my playlist unusable. If i open my playlist this will appear and i cant get out of this screen unless i restart the app.

7 Comments
2025/01/29
18:02 UTC

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Simpmusic

I downloaded it from fdroid ,but when i open the app it says new update found and is asking me to install that, so should i just wait for the update to come from fdroid or just install it directly from github (as the app is suggesting)?

3 Comments
2025/01/29
13:38 UTC

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need advice on a contacts dialer app

so i have opencontacts but it has issue where i dont know where to set it so that it becomes the default app for dialer/call, so was wondering if you guys can recommend me other or at least tell me how to set it

8 Comments
2025/01/29
11:13 UTC

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Is froid installed on Samsung phones by default?

My friend got offered a Samsung A16 phone. When checking it I saw there was fDroid installed. I find it weird, is it installed by default on Samsung phones?

10 Comments
2025/01/29
10:19 UTC

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