/r/fossdroid
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.
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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:
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/r/fossdroid
I recently had a problem while playing music on ViMusic saying "the returned video id doesn't match the requested one". After 4 days, I finally got a solution. What yiu need to do is, export your data from vimusic (optional) then uninstall it. Now, go to github and download Rimusic. Open settings > player appearance > vi music Now go to restore data and select the file you exported from vimusic and enjoy.
Hope it helps
I want to mirror/sync a local folder to another local folder. To my knowledge this isn't possible with SyncThing so im looking for an app that does this.
Or if anybody knows of a files manager app with this functionality built-in, that can also work.
My heart broke when I found out blackhole isnt working anymore. So I'm here for your suggestion of a music app like blackhole. It doesnt need to do anything but download music locally and be free with no ads. Just like blackhole.
(And pardon me with my english. It isn't my first language)
Name:Endless Sky Mobile.
Developer: "The WierdHut"
Genre: (2D) Space sim/Sci-fi/trading/dgfights/space conquests, ets...
Condition: Bets.
Beta release date: 1.11.23.
"Home place(es):
https://github.com/thewierdnut/endless-mobile#
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.github.thewierdnut.endless_mobile/
Web-site of PC version: https://endless-sky.github.io/
Add-ons: https://endless-sky.github.io/plugins.html
My (personal) impressions:
a very niche, specific game, NOT FOR EVERYONE, (but only for the same very hard fans of such games as me. Elite &Elite-like games -FOREVER.
Hello! Greetings.
I am from Privacy nerd community (not subreddit), I wanted an app and software if needed for connecting via WIFI or USB CABLE to use mobile as speakers. I have windows 10 and suggestions awaits. [Now kindly dont say to but new one as I'm gonna use it for gaming and nothing else so not worth for buying a new speakers.].
I got this idea/question from KDE CONNECT. How we can use WiFi for sharing filed via KDE CONNECT, Thought we may use speakers so.
My computer doesn't have the Bluetooth USB, only WiFi USB for connecting WiFi neyworks wirelessly.
Any more information? POCO F1 MIUI 12 | 6gb ram Windows 10 | 7.90gb ram
malopieds innertune works again without login from 0.5.10 :) check fdroid
Hi, im looking for reccomendations.
I need an app to create a "home centre" sort of thing with my wife. So the base requirement is that it has to be able to sync between devices. I want to be able to create different sorts of things there: simple text notes including lists to keep track of things like recepees or plant watering schedule, reacuring tasks, shared calendar, spreadsheets (for example spreadsheet with our finance tracker that we can both edit).
I am not able to selfhost anything right now.
The closest thing to what i want is Notion (and its not privacy friendly but at least its not google) but its android app is terrible and i intend to use this thing mostly on my phone.
I dont like Nextcloud, its UI is pushing me off.
I know that probably app like this doesnt exist but i'd like to know anything at least close to that. Synchronisation is the only thing that is mandatory for me baceuse sharing this with my wife is to main purpose of this. Second most important thing for me is the finance tracker possibility for example through spreadsheet.
If you think that there is no app like that tell me what combination of apps do you use for similiar purposes?
Thanks in advance! ;)
Hi i have a motorola g pure 32bit version . Join RRHS31.Q3-46-110-13 Its a metro phone, its sim locked it running android 11, and somehow i managed to unlock bootloader and oem unlocked and wanted to ask if i can convert and how to convert because i installed the app named " DEVICE INFO HOW" and it says 64bit is suppprted . So anyone knows how to convert i dont mind rooting also Help me out
Recently found Innertune and love it. I keep having playback errors tho. Sometimes it's this message, other times if just says "source error". Is this a known problem with a possible fix?
I'm currently using flightradar24 and I thought maybe someone knows a FOSS alternative here cause I haven't found one yet.
I am using oppo a16 it's currently on color os 11 and it just stuck in a bootloop.
I deleted every Google app from my phone and installed Foss apps from droidify.
Recently I was watching a video and there the dude said that if you changed settings from developer options you have to restart your phone for the settings to take effect.
I did that and phone decided to be in bootloop so I factory reset the phone and did same thing again. Delete all the bloatware along with Google apps with shizuku and canta and once you delete everything it turn off everything and you would be redirected to homescreen and once again phone went into bootloop mode.
Then again i factory reset it and now I am unable to download droidify and fdroid.
I checked it with mozila and 1dm and the same thing happened again.
Can you tell me what i did wrong or how to install fdroid on my phone?
I tried it with standard Google download and 1dm download.
Is it over for me ? Am I stuck with Google crap forever or is there a way?
Plz let me know I am fucking annoyed by these restrictions.
I wanted an app to improve/check my English pronunciations ffor all apps. Searching for 'em is overwhelming on clicking the sites, Firefox and private DNS (with extensions) taking 12 secs to load 'em due to ads and trackers and all.
Tho7ght if an app exists to just type the text and it pronounces. (I dont have Gapps aka Google Apps)
If required, I also have root for tthe apps as they r open source and reputation is good; I would provide the lead to root. I actually wanted for both microphone and camera but only microphone would also be based. As an app focused on specific context/topic is much more accurate in it's work.
For context, I am using Chrono as my Clock app. I like the way the alarm is easy to set and the fact that you can set one for just the next day and then it auto-deletes it. It's perfect for my needs.
However, the widgets, whilst they show the date, they can't open my calendar app (Fossify Calendar) when I tap on it.
I've tried other apps in my quick search through this sub and through F-Droid with no luck.
I think the only app that was able to do this was Fossify Clock app, but, I had to uninstall it because the Alarm wasn't working properly. For some reason, deleted times would reappear, the alarm wouldn't snooze, or the worst one, an alarm that I was 100% sure I turned off, and was configured to only work a single day, was going off any random day, waking me up when I didn't need to.
I don't mind Fossify apps, they're amazing alternatives to SimpleMobile apps, so I'm not trying to diss on the app, and I would report the issues on Github if I knew how to..
Anyways, any suggestions of maybe an obscure clock app out there with this feature and that it also works like Chrono maybe?
Thanks in advance.
P.S: I use KISS as my launcher, and I like to keep my homescreen clean, so I'm not a fan of a big monthly calendar just clogging up the screen there. I'd just like to access it quick so I can check dates and/or events.
I wanted to remove permissions from many apps that arentnopen source and I know what harmful permissions they keep. I have tried app manager, but itbseem to not work. I have trier permission manager X but it seem to not show all perms many cases, Coarse location in play store apps which they probably take. Others. I wanted to remove those perms with an effective yet open source reputed application. I even have root,still why can't I remove critical perms. Help awaits.
P.S.~
Yet with comments, these are the results:
App Ops: it's pretty much ~old (requires shizuku)
Warden: I haven't tested or used it tho.
What you're using?
I'm using;
App Manager: requires root
(I am aware with the issues with vimusic) For some reason certain songs won't download outright I've tried redowloading the app and even removing and re-caching but it stays at 0% Any ideas on how to fix this? It was working fine yesterday
In my effort to be more FOSS oriented. I'd like to replace some apps. Which I haven't found an alternative for. (I used Droidify)
• Random Gallery & Shuffle Gallery (Gallery app, that shows the media in a folder, randomly)
• Tooly (Small tool app, like Text, conversion, image manipulation - All in one)
• Multi-video player (To play 2 or 4 videos simultaneously. Like a grid, all audio playing simultaneously as well.)
• RootBeer Fresh app + Play Integrity API checker (But merged into 1 app instead)
• Castro (App that shows device info. In a Material You - dark mode)
• Fluid Navigation Gestures (Alternative gesture navigation)
• Echo (Recorder app. But most importantly, immediately repeats what it recorder WITHOUT saving. Example, Talking Tom Game but without the pitch. - reason: I have a Lisp, and I'd like to work on it.)
• Twitter, Discord & Pixiv Clients (Except PixEz, not mods that replace originals like Vanced.)
Most of my apps are now Open-Source, but I couldn't find open source alternatives to the above apps. Could you recommend or suggest alternatives?
Hi, are there any browsers on android allowing to install extensions (xpi, crx) manually? Many thanks
Hey, so I dabble from time to time with FOSS and third party apps in general, but these are usually utility apps and tools. Thing is I noticed FOSS games usually have less/no monetization and aren't predatory, which is what I've been looking for lately. So far the games I know are:
Thanks in advance to those who stop by to check the post c:
PS: Something to help with navigating F Droid and its apps would be good too. A bit hard to filter and search for anything specific
As title states, seeking a simple straightforward note app. Don't need anything fancy but would like to be able to export to .txt file so readable by other apps.
Thanks
I have also tried with long---press in App Ops of App Manager, didn't worked.
I have even tried Permission Manager X which does not show the locations perms only. So, if App Manager (App Opts) and Permission Manager X failed; what should I do to control the apps permissions. I don't wanna let aurora store access my coarse location. Any-waybti forcefully do it?
This happens with other apps too. Different perms like record audio while user on call stuff
Well idk if device info. Matters but still:
POCO F1, Lineage21 OS android 14 (No Gapps).
Bro, I was looking for the app, I thought maybe it was in the Izzyondroid repository but it just disappeared.
I deleted my twitter account, but you know, it would be good to lurker for news there.
I don't want to move to another app , viTunes is fine but I don't like it.
Hi, what are the differences of these FF forks: Mull vs Fennec vs Iceraven? They all remove FF telemetry but appart from that I can't figure out the differences. Many thanks