#FediHelp needed: the final phase of our metadata reorganization is now in progress. During our cleanup, we a.o. found a bunch of no longer maintained apps which we think might be considered "niche" – but are not sure which of those are really still useful, and thus should be kept.

So if you use one of them and still find it useful – or recently tried one of them and it didn't even work, can you please check codeberg.org/IzzyOnDroid/Every… and leave a comment? Thanks!

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metadata reorg subtask: deciding about dormant apps which might be considered niche

This is a spin-off from #10 where I'd like some input from the team, concerning how to handle the following unmaintained apps which might be considered niche: * [ ] [`com.ionicframework.backingtrainer763961`](https://apt.izzysoft.de/packages/com.

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Anyone using the Blade Player for Spotify, Deezer, SoundCloud?

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/v.bla…

It wasn't updated since 12/2023, but still sees more than 100 installs per month here. In its issue tracker, there are reports of crashes, and Spotify being broken. Does it still work for you? Or should we rather remove it?

EDIT: as it seems entirely broken, it has now been removed. Thanks to all who checked!

#serviceToot #FollowerPower #IzzyOnDroid

„Blade Player“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

music player that plays from local library, Spotify, Deezer or SoundCloud

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Hey, #Docker community! Anyone using the Portarius app (apt.izzysoft.de/packages/si.zb…) to manage their Docker containers via the Portainer API? The app hasn't seen an update since 11/2022, and it's repo was archived 3/2024.

Is the app still useful to you? Shall we keep it? Monthly installs here are down to < 10.

#serviceToot #FollowerPower #IzzyOnDroid

„Portarius“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

manage your Portainer sessions

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Linux Deploy (apt.izzysoft.de/packages/ru.me…) hasn't seen any update since 2020, and its repo fell dormant in 2021. We still see about 40 installs per month from our repo.

Anyone here using it? Is it still working and considered useful, so we should keep it?

#serviceToot #FollowerPower #IzzyOnDroid

Who's using Jarvis, the remote for the Personal Voice Assistant?

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/net.i…

It hasn't seen a release since 2018, but we still see 10+ installs (downloads by F-Droid clients) per month. Is it still working? Shall we keep it?

#serviceToot #FollowerPower #IzzyOnDroid

Anyone with a Xiaomi device using the MiDoze app?

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/io.gi…

It wasn't updated since 2022, and the source repo was archived in 2023 – so it's unclear if it's still working at all (to download firmwares from Xiaomi).

EDIT: thanks for the feedback! As it's still working, we'll keep it for now.

#serviceToot #FollowerPower #IzzyOnDroid

„MiDoze“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

the easiest way to download firmwares for Xiaomi wearables

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To those with rooted devices and XPosed: are you using the "Fuck Location" module?

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/fuck.…

It had its last release in 2022, and the source code archived in 2024 – while still being marked "alpha" and "not sure if it works", but we still see around 20 installs (aka downloads by F-Droid clients) per month.

Your feedback is needed here to decide whether we should keep or remove it, so thanks in advance!

#serviceToot #FollowerPower #IzzyOnDroid

Anyone using the Tsumugi web radio app?

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/fr.fo…

It saw its last release in 2019, its repo lies dormant since 2022 with issues ignored – but we still see about 10 downloads per month via F-Droid clients (so app installs). So shall we keep it as "still useful" – or remove it as "It's dead, Jim!"?

EDIT: Thanks for boosts & feedback! App will be removed with the next sync.

#serviceToot #FollowerPower #IzzyOnDroid

Anyone using YLight Music?

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/com.y…

it's a client for Youtube Music, but was last updated 2020. Still shows about 15 installs (downloads by F-Droid clients) per month here. We wonder if it still works, so we shall keep it – or not, and it should be removed. Feedback appreciated!

#serviceToot #FollowerPower #IzzyOnDroid

The Android Airplay client DroidPlay (apt.izzysoft.de/packages/com.t…) hasn't seen any update for 10 years. We still see regular downloads from F-Droid clients for it. As there are not many alternatives, we'd still keep it in our repo if it's still useful.

Anyone here using it? Does it still work, or should we rather drop it?

EDIT: solved, we'll replace it with a much more recent fork already available in our repo 🥳

#serviceToot #FollowerPower #IzzyOnDroid

Anyone here using the "spynet Camera" app (using your Android device as IP camera)?

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/com.s…

It's unmaintained since 2017, but we still see daily installs. We can of course not tell if the then installed app worked satisfactorily – so we need your feedback whether we shall keep it or not 😊 Thanks in advance!

#serviceToot #FollowerPower #IzzyOnDroid

Anyone here using the Local Storage app?

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/com.i…

It wasn't updated since 2018, but we still see regular downloads by F-Droid clients for it. We'd like to know if it's still useful – or if those having installed it via our repo were rather disappointed by a non-working up, but didn't report it to us.

#serviceToot #FollowerPower #IzzyOnDroid

AndroTainer (a tool to maintain Docker container from your Android device) fell dormant in 2022 – but we still see daily client downloads for it.

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/com.d…

Is it still useful and working? With that many downloads, certainly one of you must at least having tried it 😊

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„AndroTainer“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

Manage your docker containers via your smartphone

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Similar question for Explorer, which has seen no updates since 2016 – but still regular downloads by F-Droid clients:

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/com.c…

Is it still worth keeping? Its source repo has been archived last year, so there won't be updates anymore.

#serviceToot #IzzyOnDroid #FollowerPower

Anyone using NetUpDown?

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/com.b…

The app wasn't updated since 2017, but we still see a lot of downloads for it (by F-Droid clients), so chances are folks here will still have tried it. Does it still work, so we shall keep it – or is it rather broken, so we'd better remove it from the #IzzyOnDroid repo?

EDIT: Confirmed twice now, for Android 15+16, so we'll keep it. Thanks!

#serviceToot #FollowerPower

Anyone using RPi Camera Viewer (apt.izzysoft.de/packages/ca.fr…)? Is it still working and useful? Its last release was made in 2019, and not even issues are replied to anymore since at least 2020 – so we wonder if we should remove the app from #IzzyOnDroid

#serviceToot #FollowerPower

EDIT: Already answered, no more boosts needed – thanks for your swift actions! 😍

Anyone using the Paperless app?

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/eu.ba…

Its source repo was archived 6/2024, and the app taken off PlayStore. Last release was 2/2022, but the server software most likely moved on – which might have broken compatibility. If that is the case, we'd need to remove the app from #IzzyOnDroid as well, to avoid disappointments for those installing it full of hope.

#serviceToot

Anyone using Otter for Funkwhale?

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/com.g…

Is it still working? Looks like the project was abandoned 4..5 years ago – but certainly, Funkwhale moved on. Should Otter no longer work, we'd rather remove it from IzzyOnDroid, to avoid disappointments.

#serviceToot

#serviceToot one of the mirrors at #IzzyOnDroid had a power outage, and is currently in recovery (file system repair) – the USV didn't like to be triggered 3 times in a row 🙈). Good thing there are multiple mirrors, so you shouldn't even notice it – unless you pinned your client to our US mirror…

You can watch the state at our monitor, and thus see when the mirror recovered:

monitor.izzysoft.de/

(one of our builders was affected too – but as with the mirrors, we luckily have more than one)

A short reminder that, starting tomorrow (2024-11-06), there will be a row of maintenance windows at our main service provider. Hopefully you won't notice any of them – and regarding our F-Droid repo, our mirrors will have you covered. Just the web server might (shortly) be unavailable.

If you want to keep an eye yourself, be welcome to visit our monitor at monitor.izzysoft.de/

#serviceToot #maintenance #IzzyOnDroid

Ui-wooo! Hetzner is one week late with their Halloween "prank": 3 maintenance windows in a row, November 6, 7 and 8. We hopefully won't be affected for the full time (they wrote "just a few minutes") but of course cannot tell *exactly* when. So some time within those windows.

Again, only the primary servers are affected. Our mirrors will still be available to you for app updates and installs.

#maintenance #IzzyOnDroid #serviceToot

@kensanata & I declared it a task to package mastodon-backup for easier install on Linux. Well, basically that was declared a task for me, and the first packages are ready for testing. Before declaring them "mature" & placing them into a repo for "public use" we'd prefer some testing to be sure they work well (and which distros might have issues with them).

Please help us getting them ready: github.com/kensanata/mastodon-…

#serviceToot #Mastodon #Tools #Backups #Archive

getting mastodon-backup packaged (for Linux) · Issue #80 · kensanata/mastodon-backup

As discussed in #78 we will go about packaging mastodon-backup for Linux distributions – a task I've adopted. Attached you'll find the first packages to test (I had to rename the files to *...

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