I've been daily driving #FDroidBasic for a couple of months now and I really like it. It's a flavor of the official #FDroid app where the ever-broken nearby (aka app swap) feature is removed. It's the first non-frustrating official F-Droid experience for me in years.

Great work @grote and many thanks to @calyxos for funding this.

#NewPipe update: version 0.27.0 is available

🆕 comment replies
🆕 playlist descriptions
🆕 re-order custom playlists
🆕 reset settings

↗️ improved download checks
↗️ ask for consent before checking for updates
↗️ UI improvements
↗️ various player improvements

🐛 [YouTube] fixed comment extraction
🐛 [YouTube] fixed access to some streams
🐛 fixed crashes
🐛 fixed insecure backup import

The update is available through our custom #fdroid repo: https://newpipe.net/FAQ/tutorials/install-add-fdroid-repo/

Add the NewPipe repository to F-Droid

^NewPipe

It's pretty unsavory how everybody talks about #MarketPlaces when it comes to platforms for distributing apps. I guess because of #DMA. But it's important to take a step back once in a while and appreciate that like many other #FOSS platforms #FDroid is not a maket place, it's a #commons.

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Commons

shared resources

^{Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)}

We have a new This week in #FDroid (TWIF) post.

Thanks to the EU's DMA, 3rd party stores will get more love and treated more equally than before.

Tailscale is doing a redesign, until that's done we've released the crash fix update.

Conversations and Quicksy have their 10th anniversary and celebrate with a design update.

Last but not least, we had 10 new and 160 updated apps this week.

https://f-droid.org/2024/04/18/twif.html

Maintaining ownership | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

TWIF generated on Thursday, 18 Apr 2024, Week 16F-Droid coreUpdate 1.20.0-alpha1 added “tighter integration with the unattended updates code for Android 14 a...

^f-droid.org

"Just search for 'Linux Foundation Events' in your app store to find our brand new [proprietary?] AI-powered app!"

- Jim Zemlin @ #OSSNA

#OSSNA24 #FDroid #hypocrisy

What a great morning on #fdroid for #XMPP users:

1. #Conversations
A beta version of 2.15 arrived at F-Droid. It looks great and now uses Material 3 theme. Be aware: To install this version you need to explicitly select it in F-Droid.

2. #monocleschat
A new minor version has been released which brings GIF import, compatible stickers and other improvements.

3. #Snikket
A new version has been released bringing fixes and improvements from Conversations to Snikket users.

🎉 Have a nice weekend 🎉

As Snikket is still not available on the #Google Play Store, we've published a longer blog post about the situation, how to work around it using #FDroid, and the long path of stupid Google review responses that led us here.

https://snikket.org/blog/snikket-google-play-removal/

Snikket Android app temporarily unavailable in Google Play store

Google have removed the app, citing lack of a privacy policy. This post provides details and a workaround.

^snikket.org

Just a heads-up that #Snikket #Android has been pulled by #Google from the store. We'll work on restoring it once we figure out their (as usual) nonsensical complaints. Apologies to everyone affected. Please look at #FDroid and free yourself.

Today's excuse for delisting yet another #XMPP app?

"Your app is uploading users' Image information without posting a privacy policy link or text within the Play Distributed App."

Funny. What's this then?? 👀

All I'm asking is for #ResponsibleDisclosure. The tone you sense was my panic as I scrambled to figure out the proof-of-concept to ensure that #FDroid users are kept safe. Signature verification is a key part of that. I cleared my schedule this morning to deal with this.

Thanks to @obfusk to doing the hard work of the proof-of-concept and the patch. I posted my preliminary analysis of the issue on https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidserver/-/issues/1128#note_1852935205

1/2

Potential security hazard: `apk_signer_fingerprint()` looks at certs in reverse order that Android checks them (#1128) · Issues · F-Droid / fdroidserver · GitLab

Take a look at apk_signer_fingerprint(): def get_first_signer_certificate(apkpath):...

^GitLab

Hi @AntennaPod people, thanks for all your hard work! Very happy with your FLOSS app. IMHO the best podcast available on Android. Looking forward updating to the latest version. Keep up the good work!

#Android #Podcasts #FLOSS #OpenSource #Software #ThursdayTip #ThursdayThankYou #Fdroid

Three years ago, #FDroid had a similar kind of attempt as the #xz #backdoor. A new contributor submitted a merge request to improve the search, which was oft requested but the maintainers hadn't found time to work on. There was also pressure from other random accounts to merge it. In the end, it became clear that it added a #SQLinjection #vuln. In this case, we managed to catch it before it was merged. Since similar tactics were used, I think its relevant now

https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/-/merge_requests/889

Search improvements: Sort based on keyword matching and removed alphabetic sort (!889) · Merge requests · F-Droid / Client · GitLab

The search results are pretty unusable currently. So I've changed it to show apps in this order: App name matches keyword, summary matches keyword, description matches keyword. Also,...

^GitLab

Gerade gesehen:
Die #XMPP App #monocleschat ist über das Osterwochenende im Play Store zum reduzierten Preis von 0,99€ (anstatt 3,99€) erhältlich.

URL: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.monocles.chat

Zur Vollständigkeit: Bei #fdroid und #codeberg ist sie weiterhin kostenfrei erhältlich.

Hintergrund: Die App monocles chat ist ein Fork von #Conversations und setzt einen Schwerpunkt auf intuitiver Bedienung. Sie ähnelt vom Aufbau noch stärker den typischen Messengern.

Featurevergleich, siehe: https://apps.xmpp24.de

We are happy to announce that DAVx5 4.3.15 is now available (also on #fdroid @fdroidorg).

* Great parts have been rewritten to Compose and (will be finalized in 4.3.16)
* We've changed how we use various sync types, resulting in much less used system sync quota. This means a much more reliable scheduled background sync. Hope you enjoy the new version! 😀

Changelog: https://github.com/bitfireAT/davx5-ose/discussions/653

v4.3.15-ose Release Notes · bitfireAT davx5-ose · Discussion #653

What's Changed Rewrite WebdavMountsActivity to Compose by @ArnyminerZ in #607 Rewrite AccountActivity to Compose by @rfc2822 in #617 Rewrite PermissionsActivity, PermissionsFragment to Compose by @...

^GitHub

I use K-9 Mail (aka Thunderbird Mobile) on my phone, installed via #FDroid. Last week, K-9 showed up in the list of pending updates in the Google Play Store, despite it not having installed that apk, and not being able to update it (and it wants to install the same version as is already installed). I can't clear it from the "pending updates" list. Unfortunately this seems to be a new #Android Play Store bug (see https://forum.f-droid.org/t/google-play-store-tries-to-update-my-f-droid-apps/24621). Reported to Google.

@IzzyOnDroid have you had any experience with this bug?

Google Play Store tries to update my F-Droid apps :-(

Some days ago, the Google Play Store started to list F-Droid apps as outdated. These are apps that exist on both, the Play Store and F-Droid. Naturally, the Play Store fails to update these apps due to a signature mismatch.

^{F-Droid Forum}

Danke für die Empfehlung! Leider will über #Droidify der Download gerade nicht starten 🤔

Über #fdroid klappt es.

Anyone else having trouble updating the @IzzyOnDroid #IzzyOnDroid repository ?

#fdroid #droidify #android #appstore #google #grapheneos #repository

Hi everyone,
in the latest monocles chat release which should come next week to F-Droid and the Playstore we improved the implementation of webxdc. There are many different webxdc apps you can use inside monocles chat.
You can now even play chess or other games with your friends 🎉

#webxdc #monocleschat #chat #messenger #fdroid

Or get it from #fdroid - That version even has address book integration and public channel discovery! 😂

👍👌👏

We have been running an #FDroid-compatible repository since 2012! Since then, the free software ecosystem on Android has blossomed, meaning @fdroidorg can be properly strict about #FreeSoftware. A couple of our apps still have a couple #proprietary blobs that are requirements. F-Droid no longer includes any third party repos by default, that means our repo is no longer there by default. It is still easy and safe to add it! Read on for more info:

https://guardianproject.info/2024/02/24/the-future-of-our-fdroid-compatible-app-repository/

The future of our fdroid-compatible app repository

Guardian Project has been running its own fdroid-compatible app repository since 2012. Up until now, we worked to ensure that our repository had the same standards of free software as the official F-Droid repository.

^{eighthave (https://guardianproject.info)}

Since yesterday, the really cool fork of #openboard with active development and support of adding a #swype library manually, got rebranded into #Heliboard. A release on #izzyondroidrepo and #fdroid should be coming soon. @IzzyOnDroid
@fdroidorg

https://github.com/Helium314/HeliBoard/releases/tag/v1.0-alpha1

Release HeliBoard 1.0-alpha1 · Helium314/HeliBoard

Changes since last release as OpenBoard new 1.4.5 v18: rename package and app this means you cannot update from the previous version (but you can do a backup and restore) please report if you thi...

^GitHub

To celebrate Conversations being back on the Play Store and to deny Google their 15% cut I made the app free for the next ~48 hours. 😜

If you are new here: Check out #XMPP. It's federated, provider and vendor independent instant messaging. It’s great!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.siacs.conversations

Or get it from #fdroid - That version even has address book integration and public channel discovery! 😂

Conversations (Jabber / XMPP) - Apps on Google Play

An encrypted, user friendly XMPP instant messaging client optimized for mobile

^{play.google.com}

So we should install it within #fdroid !

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/eu.siacs.conversations/

#Conversations_im

Conversations | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

Encrypted, easy-to-use XMPP instant messenger for your mobile device

^f-droid.org

#TinyWeatherForecastGermany version 0.62.0 just was built successfully at #fdroid ! 🎈 🎉 ✨

This version comes with overhauled home screen #widgets and new options to better customize data syncs.

You can choose the data categories that should be kept updated automatically, and specify intervals for weather forecasts and weather warnings.

This version also launches significantly faster on #legacy #devices .

This is a #floss #weather #app using #opendata from the #dwd .

Get it at #fdroid !

This week in F-Droid (TWIF) was just published again!

We explain the "unattended upgrades for everyone" in 1.19.0 of our client in more depth.

Additionally:
- we talk about Acode editor - Android code editor, MRepo, PiliPala, SIYuan, K-9 Mail, Rocket.Chat and SimpleX Chat.
- big apps like Gao&Blaze, TuxPaint and Katawa Shoujo: Re-Engineered got their own paragraph
- the spring-cleaning continues
- our recap of FOSDEM is also linked

https://f-droid.org/2024/02/08/twif.html

#FDroid

One new, one broken, one beta, more updates | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

TWIF generated on Thursday, 08 Feb 2024, Week 6F-Droid coreLast week we talked about FOSDEM and the newer Client update. FOSDEM has ended, and we have a news...

^f-droid.org

#TinyWeatherForecastGermany

Version 0.62.0 is out!

This is an #android #floss #app showing you #weather #forecasts based on #open #data from the Deutscher Wetterdienst ( @DeutscherWetterdienst ).

See the changelog for what's new:
https://codeberg.org/Starfish/TinyWeatherForecastGermany/src/branch/master/CHANGELOG.md

Get it on #fdroid:
https://f-droid.org/packages/de.kaffeemitkoffein.tinyweatherforecastgermany

Visit the project at #codeberg:
https://codeberg.org/Starfish/TinyWeatherForecastGermany/src/branch/master/README.md

TinyWeatherForecastGermany/CHANGELOG.md at master

^Codeberg.org

Seems like at #fdroid we started to tackle a problem which I personally also encountered, but never found a good solution in my head: the distinction between F-Droid (the repository of FOSS apps) and F-Droid (the client for repositories of android apps). See https://gitlab.com/fdroid/admin/-/issues/469 (thanks @uniqx for bringing it up)

It basically the #NamingThingsIsHard problem, you always have in technology

F-Droids repo could use a name (#469) · Issues · F-Droid / admin · GitLab

F-Droids central repository and the F-Droid client app are very distinct things, yet we refer to them under the same name. This makes it very hard to explain...

^GitLab

New apps at F-Droid today:

* Peristyle: wallpaper manager
* FoCal: create your personal photo calendar
* Jass board:
* Openlib: download and read books from shadow library
* Hisn Elmoslem: app for Azkar
* Closet-Archive: Organize clothes, log events, track laundry…
* Xray: Xray GUI
* Micro REPL: MicroPython IDE
* Circles: social sharing

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with #FDroid

#AndroidAppRain at https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 12 updated and 1 added apps:

* BeatInspector: view BPM, key, genre, time signature & avg loudness of a track from Spotify API

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzySoftRepo

Oh, and just in case you wanted to know that as well: at #FDroid there were 104 updated and 9 added apps. Details in the next toot.

IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

This is a repository of apps to be used with F-Droid. Applications in this repository are official binaries built by the original application developers, taken from their resp. repositories (mostly Github, GitLab, Codeberg).

^{IzzyOnDroid App Repo}

Not enough? OK, (2/2) here:

#FDroid had 138 apps updated and 6 added:

* OpenTapasReader: Read Tapas.io comics
* Same: a game with colors
* Het Saldo: De Lijn "smart"ticket saldo checking
* Fossify Contacts: your green replacement for the orange adware
* Fossify SMS Messenger: your green replacement for the orange adware
* Carrion: Block spoofed calls

Enjoy those #free #Android #apps, too

#fdroid for iOS when?

https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/25/24050200/apple-third-party-app-stores-allowed-iphone-ios-europe-digital-markets-act

Apple is bringing sideloading and alternate app stores to the iPhone

Apple has announced how it plans to change the rules for developers releasing iOS software in the European Union in response to the bloc’s Digital Markets Act (DMA).

^{Jon Porter (The Verge)}

#AndroidAppRain at https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 8 updated and 1 added apps:

* husi: a proxy configurations manager

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with #FDroid and the #IzzySoftRepo

IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

This is a repository of apps to be used with F-Droid. Applications in this repository are official binaries built by the original application developers, taken from their resp. repositories (mostly Github, GitLab, Codeberg).

^{IzzyOnDroid App Repo}