Android FOSS

A list of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) for Android – saving Freedom and Privacy.

– App Store –

• F-Droid - Preferred way to install and update apps.
• Fossdroid - Attractive, web based client for F-Droid.

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– Apps –

Internet

• Firefox - Open Source browser from Mozilla.
• Firefox Klar ^[F-Droid] - Privacy browser from Mozilla, blocks trackers, automatically clears history/cookies.
• FFUpdater ^[F-Droid] - Downloads Firefox APK from official website and updates.
• Chromium SWE Updater ^[F-Droid] - Downloads Snapdragon optimised version of Chromuim APK and updates.
• Lightning ^[F-Droid] - Simple browser that uses the WebKit rendering engine built-in.

Calculator

• Calculator ^[F-Droid]
• Simple Calculator ^[F-Droid]
• Clean Calculator ^[F-Droid]

Calendar

• Etar ^[F-Droid]
• Simple Calendar ^[F-Droid]

Camera

• Open Camera ^[F-Droid]
• Simple Camera ^[F-Droid]

Clock & Stopwatch

• Clock+ ^[F-Droid]

Drawing

• Simple Draw ^[F-Droid]

File Manager

• Amaze ^[F-Droid]
• Simple File Manager ^[F-Droid]

Flashlight

• Simple Flashlight ^[F-Droid]
• Privacy Friendly Torchlight ^[F-Droid]

Image Viewer & Gallery

• LeafPic ^[F-Droid]
• Simple Gallery ^[F-Droid]

Keyboard

• AnySoftKeyboard ^[F-Droid]
  • French Language Pack ^[F-Droid]
  • German Language Pack ^[F-Droid]
  • Danish Language Pack ^[F-Droid]
  • Italian Language Pack ^[F-Droid]
  • Norwegian Language Pack ^[F-Droid]
  • Spanish Language Pack ^[F-Droid]
  • Swedish Language Pack ^[F-Droid]
  • Russian Language Pack ^[F-Droid]
  • ...
• Hacker's Keyboard ^[F-Droid]

Launcher & Desktop

• OpenLauncher ^[F-Droid]
• Hayai ^[F-Droid]
• KISS ^[F-Droid]
• Search Based Launcher ^[F-Droid]
• Silverfish ^[F-Droid]
• Simple App Launcher ^[F-Droid]
• LaunchTime ^[F-Droid]

Mail

• K-9 Mail ^[F-Droid]
• K9 Material (unofficial) ^[F-Droid]

Maps & Navigation

• OsmAnd~ ^[F-Droid]
  • Contour Lines and Hillshade ^[F-Droid]
  • Parking Spot ^[F-Droid]
• Maps.ME

Media Frontends

• NewPipe ^[F-Droid]

Music Player

• Odyssey ^[F-Droid]
• Vanilla Music ^[F-Droid]
  • Cover Fetcher ^[F-Droid]
  • Lyric Search ^[F-Droid]
  • Tag Editor ^[F-Droid]
  • Headphone Detector ^[F-Droid]
• Simple Music Player ^[F-Droid]
• Phonograph
• Music-Player
• MaterialAudiobookPlayer ^[F-Droid]

Notes & Todo Lists

• Minimal-Todo ^[F-Droid]
• Memento ^[F-Droid]
• Omni-Notes ^[F-Droid]
• SealNote ^[F-Droid]
• Privacy Friendly Notes ^[F-Droid]
• Simple Notes ^[F-Droid]
• Notification Notes ^[F-Droid]
• Swiftnotes ^[F-Droid]
• uNote ^[F-Droid]
• NoteCrypt ^[F-Droid]
• NoteBuddy ^[F-Droid]

PDF Viewer

• MuPDF ^[F-Droid]
• CuprumPDF ^[F-Droid]
• PDFreader4Android ^[F-Droid]

SMS

• QKSMS ^[F-Droid]

Synchronisation

• aCalDAV ^[F-Droid]
• DAVdroid ^[F-Droid]
• EteSync ^[F-Droid]
• Syncthing ^[F-Droid]
• ownCloud ^[F-Droid]
• Seafile ^[F-Droid]
• Syncopoli ^[F-Droid]

System

• Privacy Friendly Net Monitor ^[F-Droid]

Weather

• Privacy Friendly Weather ^[F-Droid]

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– Rooting and Recovery –

• Magisk
• TWRP

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– Tutorials and Guides –

• OTA on Rooted Device

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– Getting more … –

• F-Droid
• Fossdroid
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