whilst a clock app doesn't need frequent updates, I font love to see that chronos las commit was two years ago... anyone got a good alternative to recommend?

EDIT: Thank you for your responses. I will likely be keeping BlackHawky/Clock. It is on IzzyOnDroid as well as F-Droid, with recent/active development. It's UI and config options are nice. But most importantly, to me, its got timer and alarm tiles for the quick settings.

I have looked into Fossify Clock, and whilst a clock app doesn't really need active development, it being Beta and the last update being nine months old isn't my favourite combination. Beyond that, it doesn't come with quick settings tiles.

ClockYou on IzzyOnDroid and F-Droid. It's good looking, and has active development with an IMO reasonable AI policy. It does however not come with quick settings tiles either.

I dont understand the need for Quickshare/LocalSend. I rarely send files directly to a person near me - though I have occasionally shared a file via NextCloud but it was usually for someone across the net. If its small, like a picture, then its just Signal. And KDE Connect is excellent for sending files between my devices.

Am I missing another use case?

The route planning UI Organic Maps added after CoMaps split off is far nicer to me, sadly. That’s what’s keeping me from switching over.

I'm also not certain that I love their stance on AI and AI contributions

I've never heard of Antares, but yeah servo isn't really ready for general use yet. I've never had servoshell just crash, but there's a lot of websites it doesn't display correctly yet.

Can't wait for the day I can fully switch to a browser using servo.

A lot of the Keep replacements I see posted are just fancy text editors full of markdown formatting junk

Keep is specifically for taking notes, not just for grocery lists. But personally, I use Obsidian.md with a specific note full of checkboxes, and use SyncThing to sync the folder/vault between devices. That being said, since you don't want markdown you probably wouldn't be interested in it

I just started using KitchenOwl for this. It can be a little clunky, but it suits my purposes well.
Pros:

• self hostable
• multiple grocery lists
• categories and sorting are customizable (so I can put the categories in the order I shop in)
• sync across devices near instantaneous
• web and desktop interface

Cons:

• can be a little slow to add items. You can't just add text, you have to wait until the search is complete
• does not automatically combine the same item together
• occasionally when I switch to the app and mark an item complete, it doesn't take. Only happens on the first item on open and I just click it away again, so not a huge deal.

I really like koffan.

I softly suggest using a messaging app for this, like a signal thread where you delete items as they're picked up.

I went on a similar search when I ditched big tech a few years ago. I tried most of the options that were available at the time but I'm sure the landscape has changed now.

I've been happy with the shopping list manager built into https://github.com/TandoorRecipes/recipes with https://github.com/kitshn-app/kitshn