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F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform.

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@mgeisler@ohai.social avatar mgeisler , to random

Last week, the long-awaited new generation apps were released for and ! They are faster and with new features (see https://proton.me/blog/new-mail-apps for details).

Especially interesting for me is the use of : about 80% of the code is shared between the platforms now. This is thanks to allowing us to write native Swift/Kotlin code on top of a solid Rust core.

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@mgeisler Still waiting for the FLOSS app... 10 years later...

@CoMaps@floss.social avatar CoMaps , to random

Celebrating 15 Years of F‑Droid!

September 29th marks the anniversary of the open‑source app repository we all love.

Why it matters: F‑Droid’s mission aligns well with CoMaps—both champion Free/Libre Open‑Source Software (FLOSS) and community‑driven innovation.

https://f-droid.org/en/2025/09/04/twif.html
Post from 2010: https://f-droid.org/en//2010/09/29/f-droid-is-here.html

Let’s keep building a freer tech ecosystem together!

F-Droid logo and below text “Happy Birthday F-Droid”
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@tasket@infosec.exchange avatar tasket CodenameDarlen The firewall uses the local VPN function, yes.

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@duckz The restrictions will be baked in the device system, developers can't change that for certified (read 99.999999%) devices.

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@duckz If your device is not controlled by Google (no Play, no GApps) you can install freely from anywhere as you do today. You can still use F-Droid, yes. Not sure what "registered app store" even means.

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@duckz The size difference needs to be clarified, "only the few running non-stock are not affected". The rest, the 7 billions* other stock devices, will be affected.

*Except China 🤷

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@duckz It's not an all or nothing game. People need to start somewhere, they can set themselves a bit more free with any new FOSS app that replaces a proprietary one. Step by step...

@don_atoms@hostux.social avatar don_atoms , to random

For 15 years, F-Droid has been the antidote to Google Play: no trackers, no ads, just open source apps. Now, Google wants to kill it.

Under the guise of "security", Google is forcing devs to register, pay, and surrender control. F-Droid can’t comply without betraying its principles. Thousands of apps could vanish overnight.

Fight back: demand sideloading rights, pressure regulators/Parliament, and defend one of the safe harbors for ethical tech.

https://f-droid.org/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html

@marcprux @fdroidorg

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@wthinker @gryzor @bart @don_atoms @marcprux It's 'billions' with a B by now. 😛

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@fdroidorg@floss.social avatar fdroidorg , (edited ) to random

Broken links aside (fix incoming), raises the case against the developer forced registration once again.

We'll skip the small talk, go read, and better yet, spread this wide and far: https://f-droid.org/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html so people are made aware, actions can be taken and is kept truly open!

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@rakoo It means that only the package with Google approved signature can be installed on the "certified devices". F-Droid might host a package named the same with the same signature (reproducible build) and all be fine or F-Droid might sign itself and Google controlled devices will reject the package.

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@HeptaSean @Fairphone Vendors want to be certified to be able to carry Google apps (Youtube, Maps, Play, etc), they'll not endanger that. As the terms are not clear (does Google enforce signature blocking for certification purposes? Is the vendor allowed to add a toggle? Can ask all vendors that want to sell to Europeans to add a toggle? etc) we can't know.

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@a_blahaj @radasbona We don't know the exact mechanism, we can imagine system components being tied to "verification lists". This might not be an issue for those few rooted users.

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@plsik But you will notice when your Google entrapped friends and family can't install the same nice apps from F-Droid: to take notes, to browse without scammy ads, to play or to communicate with you.

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@boltx @radasbona "You can replace" is a big gamble with dwindling number of devices that you can buy today to even try. Are the best devices still from Google itself? Interesting. Did the biggest Android vendor on this side of the world (ughh-Samsung?) just blocked unlocking? Bad luck.

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@pak0st When you build an Android distribution you can decide what to put inside. Depending on what layer the restrictions are setup, this might impact non-Google versions or not.

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@sabrinaweb71 They can, but then their friends and family can't install their app. Who wants that?

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@trzyglow @radasbona They did not say that, for now "you can use adb if you are a developer".

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@GOKUSHRM @shiri Read a bit more about how 1+ did this and their backing though. It rhymes with *ppo 😉

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@a_blahaj FYI, Shizuku packages are not-FOSS. Not sure we can recommend that currently. Also any solution that starts with "install adb and..." will not be feasible for 99.99999999% of users. We want good, secure, private, clean apps for everyone, not just for those lucky ones that know how to or can connect to a PC.

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@jones @sabrinaweb71 We see this confusion a lot. Google will only hold "a list of application ids and their associated signatures" that they approved. The signing part continues as usual. Play apps after Nov 2021 will be signed by Google, older ones will be signed by the developers. On F-Droid, apps are signed by the developers (reproducible builds) or by F-Droid.

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@jones @sabrinaweb71 We sure do can, but we are also aware that the wast majority of our users is not running Google-free devices.

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@trisschen If you can't even install F-Droid, there is no F-Droid.

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@jones @sabrinaweb71 On the so called "stock" phones that come with Google apps, yes.

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@shiri @trisschen Please see https://floss.social/@fdroidorg/115293627272565265 and don't confuse "signed" with "allow to install".

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@a_blahaj You can always ask this question about any app: "If it's FLOSS, why isn't it on F-Droid?" The answer might enlighten you. Case in point: https://github.com/RikkaApps/Shizuku/issues/69#issuecomment-2984486472

@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social avatar DM_Ronin , to random

have been using Accrescent when possible for several months and it is such a great substitute to F-Droid, especially when it comes to projects that are released under F-Droid repository – which isn't private & secure

genuinely hoping more FOSS projects will be adding their apps to it

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@DM_Ronin We heard the "secure" argument before. But "not private"? That's new, do explain in detail! 😉

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@DM_Ronin Just posting the same outdated link does not explain anything about "not private". But alas... 🤷

@faradundamarti@social.linux.pizza avatar faradundamarti , to random Turkish

Arkadaşa F-Droid'den PrivacyScanner diye bir uygulama yükledim. Gogılın uygulamalarını güvenli, F-Droidi yüksek riskli gösterdi.

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@faradundamarti And what happened next? 🤔

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@faradundamarti Ah, "false positives" 🤦

@fdroidorg@floss.social avatar fdroidorg , to random

This week in (TWIF) is live :

  • 15 new apps
    & 200 updates
  • 1 app archived

Broken emojis here: https://f-droid.org/2025/09/26/twif.html

@fdroidorg@floss.social avatar fdroidorg , to random

The intersection of the new Developer Verification Policy and the needs to be pondered.

Article 6.4? Yes, in need of an update, sooner rather than later.

keeps showing the way forward: https://f-droid.org/2025/09/22/google-developer-verification-policy-and-the-dma.html

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@aleksandrayulia The consultation in https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/Consultation_Review_DMA is about amending the texts so this becomes illegal. One more day left to submit!

@helediron@techhub.social avatar helediron , to random

Syncthing got recently a major version upgrade to v2. There were usual bugs, but latest update 2.0.9 started to work flawlessly for me. All Linuxes, Windowses (with new v2) and Home Assistant run v2. I'm still waiting -Fork 2 to , but old version works okay.

Two servers needed deleting of their synchronization database, partly due to synchronization errors and disconnect loops in the early v2 versions, and partly i wanted to restructure folder structures. After latest version upgrade all got synchronized. 10TB took three days to reach main backup server. It had 50TiB/sec LAN limit though, to not to saturate network.

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@helediron Why wait? Just install https://f-droid.org/packages/com.github.catfriend1.syncthingfork and follow the Wiki to switch.

@cubeofcheese@mstdn.social avatar cubeofcheese , to random

Is there really not a good photo editor for android? I've been searching, please let me know if I've missed something

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@fdroidorg@floss.social avatar fdroidorg , to random

This week in (TWIF) was delayed to make room for more important announcements, but now it's here:

  • 5 new apps
    & 85 more updates

Get the buzzwords: https://f-droid.org/2025/09/19/twif.html

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@GOKUSHRM Older versions are archived, not a new thing, read: https://f-droid.org/2024/05/02/twif.html#f-droid-core

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@GOKUSHRM Pretty please don't use Mull...

@quantenzitrone@corteximplant.net avatar quantenzitrone , to random

@fdroidorg f-droid and free/libre android apps are having issues one after another in the last month:

first some f-droid mirrors are slooow: https://floss.social/@fdroidorg/115094865087979065

then the f-droid.org certificate expires (classic manjaro move): https://floss.social/@fdroidorg/115122499080903353

then fennec, the probably longest standing and most used firefox-based browser on f-droid, just doesn't load any webpages for several weeks https://gitlab.com/relan/fennecbuild/-/issues/134 https://floss.social/@fdroidorg/115218821607552297

the last link also announces that aFreeRDP crashes on startup

then K-9 Mail just crashes on start https://floss.social/@fdroidorg/115156301676175134, however this could easily be mitigated by just migrating to thunderbird

now ntfy just crashes on startup effectively blocking me out of push notifications until the update reaches f-droid https://social.linux.pizza/@returntrip/115237220890336201

wtf is going on with ?

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@quantenzitrone 3900 apps? Hundred of terrabytes of apps served weekly? Yes, things might not work up perfectly. But even our biggest detractors understand this is no easy task. Also, each issue had its explanation in toots or weekly posts: more users given the latest Google doom news will slow servers, cleaning up Firefox from proprietary code is a pain, some lib needed an update for afreerdp, Mozilla breaking K9, ntfy tagging non-stable, etc. You do follow us, right?

@vegafjord@kolektiva.social avatar vegafjord , to random Norwegian Bokmål

One thing I hate about fdroid is that I have to manually update 20 apps... Waste of time.

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@vegafjord Yes, unfortunately unattended updates are available only on Android 12 or later. 🤷

@chris@mstdn.games avatar chris , to random

With Nova Launcher shutting down, which Android launcher do you all use?

Looking for something lightweight, FOSS, with some sort of categories or folders to keep things sorted, (i.e. quick access to a page or set of language learning apps)

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@hk @irgndsondepp @mik0e1 @chris We'd love to host any launcher that is fully open-source.

@epower_be@mastodon.social avatar epower_be , to random Japanese

Disappointing results

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@epower_be Whoa, what happend now? 😢

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@epower_be 142.0.1 is the fixed version, update. Who said otherwise?

@Aakerbeere@mastodon.social avatar Aakerbeere , to random German

💬 Hallo @threemaapp ,

wenn ich Updates über @fdroidorg abrufe, dann habe ich öfter diese Fehlermeldung

Ist das Problem mein Smartphone oder Euer Repo-Server?

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@Aakerbeere @threemaapp Network glitch? Retry later?

@fdroidorg@floss.social avatar fdroidorg , to random

This week in (TWIF) is happening:

  • 12 new apps
    & 160 more updates
  • 8 apps archived

Friday Friday: https://f-droid.org/2025/08/14/twif.html

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@sirber And now it came back 😃

@fosca_fox@mastodon.social avatar fosca_fox , to random

Hi everyone, is that true that in the pixelfed app I can create stories now? Because I still don’t see the option and I’m really looking forward for it ❤️🙏🏻

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@fosca_fox @fabriziob You have it from their repo? Not from . We are still waiting for the non-proprietary version...