Please include a link to homepage/Play/F-Droid.
FDroid itself
Syncthing: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.github.catfriend1.syncthingandroid/
KDE Connect: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.kde.kdeconnect_tp/
AntennaPod: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.danoeh.antennapod/
DAVx⁵: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/at.bitfire.davdroid/
Obtanium: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/dev.imranr.obtainium.fdroid/index.html
Voyager for Lemmy: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/app.vger.voyager/
Antennapod is so damn good!
I love syncthing. So convenient for transferring files between windows, android, and MacOS. Platform agnostic is the best.
Obtanium is awesome too for simplifying the process of updating apks from github.
Second obtainium. I had been looking for an app that does what it does exactly – was super happy to find it and have it work pretty well.
For some reason the Obtainium link does not work in mobile, but this one without index .html does: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/dev.imranr.obtainium.fdroid/
Thank you. I am not sure how that only ended up on that link.
1List is the best list-making app I’ve tried that’s open source. Really polished and quick.
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.lolo.io.onelist/
Along those same lines, Notally is the best note taking app I’ve tried.
I like the look of both of these but do you know a way to sync them with a PC?
I don’t believe so. The only options I see in the settings is the ability to export and import lists and notes manually with a file.
You can use Syncthing (the fork on FDroid is better) and Obsidian (for the notes). You can also use obsidian services (might be paid) for the sync but its easy enough to do yourself.
A lot of bangers in the comments, but I didn’t see my favorite!
container (kinda) for your apps https://f-droid.org/packages/com.oasisfeng.island.fdroid/
And its sibling Shelter. Don’t know which one is more up-to-date lately.
Looks like Insular has a more recent release: may 2024, and Shelter has the last in december 2023.
- Signal signal.org↗ - Free, open source, completely end-to-end encrypted messaging that lead by a non-profit.
- Shelter f-droid.org↗ - Use Android’s built-in “Work Profile” feature to install or clone apps into an isolated space.
- Simplex f-droid.org↗ - Like Signal but for the more paranoid. Not as good from a UX perspective so I can’t recommend it to everyone, but definitely just as good if privacy/security is your ultimate requirement.
how does shelter differ from insular - assuming you know. I just haven’t seen that one and am curious
Island vs Shelter vs Insular
https://secure-system.gitlab.io/Insular/faq.html
Island Shelter Insular (based on Island) Isolated profile to install Big Brother apps Yes Yes Yes No proprietary code/components (GMS, Crashlytics, etc) No Yes Yes No Internet access No Yes Yes Good internationalization No Yes No Option to prohibit ADB access Yes No Yes Auto freeze Yes (with proprietary Greenify) Yes No Freeze main space apps Yes No Yes Block Contacts Searching No Yes No Image Chooser as Fake Camera Yes, with SAF Enhancer Lite Yes Yes, with SAF Enhancer Lite License Apache License 2.0 GNU General Public License v3.0 Apache License 2.0
Musicolet, the only local player that I know allowing to switch between playlists and albums without losing each last played songs
Breezy Weather - https://github.com/breezy-weather/breezy-weather
LibreTube - https://github.com/libre-tube/LibreTube
NewPipe - https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe
Secure Camera - Play Store / Github
Tubular is feels better with some ui changes
Yep
Termux, a terminal emulator
Indispensable.
What do you use it for?
Quillpad https://www.f-droid.org/en/packages/io.github.quillpad/
It’s a nice simple Google keep replacement.
English Dictionary Offline: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=livio.pack.lang.en_US . Still unbloated after all these years.
Librera (ebook reader): https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.foobnix.pro.pdf.reader/ . The pro version is free on f-droid, or you can buy it on Google Play if you want to support the dev.
Fossify Gallery: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.fossify.gallery/ . This is a fork of the old Simple Gallery from before it got bought out. Same deal with Fossify File Manager and the other Fossify apps. Just no-nonsense functional apps.
Librera (ebook reader)
Does it do OPDS for Calibre integration? I don’t see that in the features.
I don’t use this feature much so I can’t speak to the details, but yes, it does support OPDS.
Screenshot:
I might give it a try then, Calibre library support builtin is a dealbreaker for me and it wasn’t obvious in the description.
Thanks.
fcitx5 for android, basically gboard without Google service
Signal
Jota Text Editor, Connect for Lemmy, google translate for live translation
Bitwarden. There’s no excuse not to use a password manager.
Single point of failure for all my usernames and passwords? No thanks
That’s why you use 2-factor-authentication
I used to think like that and only used
pass
. Then I stopped worrying and decided to trust the crypto.You can keep your 2FA tokens in a separate app.
Anytype - open source note taking app, similar to Obsidian.
Vampire Survivors - addictive game without intrusive ads