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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Obsidian isn’t FOSS. I highly recommend Logseq but keep in mind they require CLA signing for contributions
Obtainium is pretty good
- Moshidon: letting me communicate with people on Mastodon
- QKSMS: text message (SMS) app
- KISS Launcher: a very neat launcher that took a while before I could love it as I do now
- FairEmail: an email client with tons of options
- Mull: a fork of Firefox
- Privacy Browser: a browser based on WebView
- Simple Calendar Pro: for managing my self-hosted CalDAV (waiting for Fossify’s version)
- Fossify Gallery: managing my images and videos
- AntennaPod: listening to podcasts
- Bitwarden: managing my self-hosted vaultwarden
- Download Navi: download files instead of using the browser
- Foxy Droid: making browsing apps on mainly F-Droid and IzzyOnDroid like old-school Google Play Store
- Loop Habits: logging my habits
- Hypatia: protecting my smartphone from malware using ClamAV
- Lemuroid: able to play my childhood favourite games wherever I am
- Miniflutt: read RSS posts through my self-hosted Miniflux server
- Mullvad VPN: protecting my identity wherever I am
- OpenTracks: track my movements
- Seal: download videos from mainly YouTube, but also converting YouTube videos to MP3 files (perfect for downloading music mixes for my bicycle trips)
- Syncthing: syncing important files to and from my desktop
- Voyager: browsing Lemmy
- URL Radio: listening to manually added radio stations
- Tasks: reminding me to do stuff
- Unexpected Keyboard: by far the best keyboard with really good shortcuts
- Planisphere: exploring the sky and letting me plan my astro photography
- LibreTube: exploring YouTube through Piped API
- Simple Voice Recorder: letting me record stuff when I don’t have my audio recorder with me (waiting for Fossify’s version)
Thanks for your links !
Have you tried Obtainium ? This could replace foxy-droid which seems dead with no updates since 2020!
You’re welcome :)
Yes, I have. I really liked it, but I didnt like that GitHub blocked me every now and then. I don’t have any account there due to privacy reasons.
I somewhat don’t mind outdated apps. It depends on what app it is. I wouldn’t use Bitwarden if they stop develop their app, as of 1 example.
Catima - for saving arbitrary barcodes and stuff that are hard to integrate into other wallets. I keep my local library card in there, and it works wonderfully
Nonocross - fun little game that has zero frills and distractions. Also very responsive on their github to suggestions and improvements
Termux - when I need to get into things from afar, this is how I do it
Box, Box! - Formula 1 news, schedules, standings, etc
Coffee - Sometimes I want to keep the display awake, so this comes in handy
Simon Tatham’s Portable Puzzle Collection includes a game very similar to nonocross, as well as about 40 other puzzle games you might also like.
Not sure about the rest of those, but Obsidian isn’t OS either.
I didn’t realize that. Thanks!
Joplin works pretty well
I use Joplin but I don’t love it.
FairEmail
My favourites so far.
- PlainApp
- Rethink
- Audile (Shazam FOSS)
- Notally
- OpenBoard (keyboard)
- Material Files
- QKSMS
- OsMand~
- Forecastie
- Obtainium
- Newpipe
- Cromite (Bromite fork)
- Monocles translator
Not open-source but the only gallery I found without trackers:
- Gallery made by Greensoft infotech
THANK YOU for antennapod!!! What an incredibly beautiful app, I’m so impressed!!
Obsidian is Open Source? I switched to Logseq because it wasnt open source. A friend wasnt even allowed to install it on his Work PC becauze Obsidian wants 50€ per Year when not used at home privately.
A developer wanted to earn money for software used commercially? Oh, the humanity!
Just gonna add, if we are on this topic, see boringcactus’s blog post - Not “Any purpose”.
note that ze use some strong language on their blog.
This is absolutely brilliant, thanks for sharing. The “Why The Fuck Would You Even Do That Holy Shit Public License” made me laugh out loud. Good stuff, and I agree 100%.
Also see zer Anti-License Manifesto and zer anti-license Fuck Around and Find Out License (which some of my projects have been licensed under)
The topic is about FOSS
Plenty of FOSS projects have commercial licenses. Pfsense, MongoDB, TrueNAS, Elastic, Portainer, Proxmox, Docker…
All of these list are great as we discover new apps each time.
But, I would suggest to write what is the app about.
For keyboard I’m currently using OpenBoard and ThumbKey, the latter obviously not for everyone.
Adding to your list:
- Droidify
- Trail Sense
- NewPipe
- Logseq
- Syncthing
- Coffee
- Element
- Cryptomator
- VLC
- Geometric Weather
- Termux
- Noteless
- StreetComplete
- Translate You
Newpipe
Aurora store
Organic maps
PDF viewer
Molly
Audile
Jellyfin
Nova Wallet
Openboard (though seems dead and looking for alternative)
InternxtAudible doesn’t look very FOSSy to me
There’s a fork of Openboard constantly developed. Here its repo.
FeedMe (Not FOSS. Open to suggestions)
The RSS or meal planning app? If it’s the former I like Feeder. You can probably export and import all your feeds.
I think some of my favorites are LibreTorrent, Session, and NewPipe.
I am a big fan of open source engine recreations, even if I don’t play them a ton, so DevilutionX and OpenMW are worth mentioning. I think Xash3D is also open source if you want to play Half Life on the go.
I think OpenRCT2 has an Android app but I haven’t bothered figuring out how to set it up yet.
I meant RSS. Thanks for asking. I’ll check Feeder out
I use KDE Connect as a media remote and to transfer files between my phone and computers. It has quite a few other functions, like remote mouse control, sms, seems to share clipboards as well.
don’t be fooled by the name, KDE connect also works on GNOME and even Windows. It is a truly wonderful app
Kde connect is wonderful