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What Are Your Favorite FOSS Android Apps? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Have redreader integrate with lemmy yet?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

No love for librera yet. That scroll mode for PDFs saves my life for technical documentation.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Tey heliboard. I known you posted a long time ago

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

https://github.com/deniscerri/ytdlnis

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago
  • FluffyChat
  • Seeker
  • Pano Scrobbler
  • Mull
  • Orbot
  • FairEmail
  • Librera
  • Kanji Dojo
  • KeePass2Android
  • PipePipe
  • LibreTube
  • Aegis
  • OpenLauncher
  • Translate You
  • DITMM?
  • Wormhole William
  • Breezy Weather
  • Retro Music
  • OsmAnd
  • monerujo
  • NeoStore
  • Prepaid Balance
  • QKSMS, though it's pretty low maintenance
  • EasyNoise
  • Simple Gallery
  • SCEE, which is way more fun that any proprietary AR spyware IMO!
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

is there a foss alternative to niagara launcher?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I switched from Niagara to KISS launcher and I'm really happy with it. Much better, IMO.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I use olauncher which looks pretty similar, no icons tho

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (5 children)

I use a few apps from the SimpleMobileTools suite. They aren't full FOSS, they have basic and pro versions where the basic version is GPL3 and the proprietary extended features cost a few bucks. The basic FOSS tools are still decent, if barebones.

The suite includes:

  • a calculator
  • a phone dialer
  • a music player
  • a calendar
  • a photo gallery (with basic editor)
  • an audio recorder
  • a flashlight
  • a clock
  • an app launcher
  • an SMS messenger
  • a camera
  • a keyboard
  • a note taker
  • a file manager
  • a contact book
  • a simple painting canvas

I use the gallery and file manager the most. Though admittedly I threw a couple bucks their way for the proprietary extensions. It's not FOSS, but if it was going to be proprietary, I think it's one of the fairest deals in software these days. Better than another bloody subscription model, or holding the ad-free experience hostage behind a paywall.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
  • Thunder: Lemmy App
  • Scrambled Exif: Removes metadata when sharing images
  • Feeder: Rss Reader
  • KISS Launcher: Home Launcher
  • NewPipe: PeerTube and YouTube app.
  • Omni Notes: Notetaking
  • StreetComplete: Easy, fun, and addicting way to make OpenStreetMap updates on the go
  • OsmAnd~: Maps and navigation. Works phenomenally when in the backcountry and uses cell towers to locate you when gps alone can't.
  • Tower Collector: Contribute BTS towers for the above.
  • VLC: Video player
  • WiFi Analyzer: Useful for improving and setting up WiFi networks.
  • UntrackMe: Transforms links into their OSS alternatives.
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I'd suggest Feeder for RSS. I haven't found a perfect feed reader, but Feeder is at least no-nonsense.

My MVP FLOSS apps are

  • Kiss launcher
  • K-9 (email)
  • Fennec (slight improvement over Firefox)
  • VLC (media player)
  • Antennapod (podcasts)
  • Voice (audio books)
  • Newpipe (YouTube without the Google snooping)
  • Markor (notes)
  • Authenticator (two factor authentication)
  • DAVx5 (calendar and contacts sync)
    • ICSx5 (adds ICS events to calendar)
  • Syncthing (serverless file sync)
  • Tusky (Mastodon)

All of those are from F-droid; I'm slowly moving to Obtainium from Aurora store to keep a couple of non-FLOSS apps updated.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You should try Mull and Fedilab

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I did ๐Ÿ™‚ I'm good with my choices.

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