#Google trips over its own words, when they sell you #Android it's the best computing device in the world that does everything. After you bought it Google doesn't let you do anything *you* want to.

#Sideload is a made-up term. Putting software on your computer is simply called “installing”, regardless of whether that computer is in your pocket or on your desk.

What Do You Talk About When You Talk About Sideloading?

What does Google?

Here's #FDroid: f-droid.org/2025/10/28/sideloa…

What We Talk About When We Talk About Sideloading | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

We recently published a blog post with our reaction to the new Google Developer Program and how it impacts your freedom to use the devices that you own in th...

^f-droid.org

When we say #OpenSource, we mean business. That's why ALL Tuta apps are published on @fdroidorg

While Google & Apple monitor all push notifications, your data is safe when choosing Tuta Mail. 🔒

➡️ Learn why Tuta Mail is the only email provider app on F-Droid: tuta.com/blog/open-source-emai…

#FOSS #Fdroid #Android #deGoogle

@SylvieLorxu @fdroidorg

My apps (#TinyWeatherForecastGermany & #imagepipe) are reproducible on #izzydroid , but I never switched on #fdroid ...

We took for granted that at least our tech bubble would understand what the Google Decree means for Android, #FLOSS and freedom. Unfortunately we never saw the uproar we were expecting and people just shrugged it off taking for granted that "nothing changes".

@marcprux great #FDroid post brought the issue into the light, waking up developers, users, media and (we hope) concerned authorities to the immense danger the newly proposed gatekeeping controls Google wants to add.

1/3

Google is Killing Open Source Android Apps

#privacy #fdroid #android

youtube.com/watch?v=wRvqdLsnsK…

Google is Killing Open Source Android Apps (Here's Why)

Google's new developer verification requirements starting September 2026 will force ALL Android app developers to register with Google - even those avoiding ...

^YouTube

#Catima 2.39.1 is out!

github.com/CatimaLoyalty/Andro…

This fixes a crash bug which was reported using the new #ACRA crash reporter functionality *less than 3 hours after the last version released*. If that's not an ACRA success story I don't know what is ;)

Coming soon to an app store near you!

#IzzyOnDroid #GitHub #FDroid #GooglePlay

Release 2.39.1 · CatimaLoyalty/Android

Fix possible crash that could occur for cards missing colour information in the database

^GitHub

#Catima 2.39.0 is out!

github.com/CatimaLoyalty/Andro…

This release targets Android 16 and fixes a crash. Sadly, Google removed support for controlling screen orientation, so this functionality had to be removed.

Catima now also includes ACRA in the FOSS release for crash reporting. If a crash occurs, a dialog will appear to ask you to report the crash. Reports are never sent automatically and you can always review it.

Coming soon to an app store near you.

#IzzyOnDroid #FDroid #GitHub #GooglePlay

Release 2.39.0 · CatimaLoyalty/Android

Target Android 16 Fix possible crash after removing image from card Remove "Screen orientation" feature (Google removed the ability for apps to control screen rotation when targeting Android 16) Ad...

^GitHub

Please note that the #FDroid release is sadly still delayed due to gitlab.com/fdroid/admin/-/issu….

There is also F-Droid's request to Google on issuetracker.google.com/issues….

I'm watching the F-Droid issue and it looks like Google may release a new version of aapt2 that can run on the older hardware of the F-Droid buildserver but that doesn't seem to have happened yet. Hopefully this changes in the near future.

aapt2 fails to run on the buildserver - AGP 8.12.0-alpha07 is latest compatible (#593) · Issues · F-Droid / admin · GitLab

Affected apps under this label: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-/merge_requests/?label_name%5B%5D=AGP-8.12.0 Between 8.12.0-alpha07 and 8.12.0-alpha08, aapt2 started to want a CPU that supports BMI1, CPUID, SSE4_1, SSSE3 ...

^GitLab

If anyone is curious, my current Android setup is as follows:

I use #NeoStore or #Droidify (currently Neo Store, the new stats support is just too tempting) with the #IzzyOnDroid repo as primary app source, the #FDroid repo as secondary.

If I need something not on either of those, I will use #AuroraStore to access #GooglePlay.

Random APKs from GitHub or whatever only in very very specific cases. I will generally wait until the app drops on F-Droid or (preferably) IzzyOnDroid.

Gibt es für #Android eine Art #Scripting #Tool?

Ich möchte Dateien zu einem bestimmten wiederkehrenden Zeitpunkt (cron) von einem Ort an den anderen verschieben.

Natürlich möglichst aus dem #FDroid #Store und #FOSS

#mobileAutomation #Phone

#FDroid website does not load? Yay, certificates rotation failed.🙄

We're on to it, will keep you posted...

/LE: Tracking it in: gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroid-websi…

Site certificates expired "Your connection isn't private" (#883) · Issues · F-Droid / Website · GitLab

I got error when access f-droid.org on Edge and Chrome

^GitLab

#catima #art #mastoart #fdroid

f-droid.org/packages/me.hacker…

For your barcodes, memberships, loyalty programs, coupons and tickets

@fdroidorg

dev @SylvieLorxu

I bought an #Android 4.3 tablet (#Alcatel onetouch, 18 £). Sure it is outdated but is sufficient. I found several great apps via #fdroid and transferred them via Bluetooth (saved as txt) from my current phone to the old tablet (tablet certificate expired, need to update this). Is there any resource to find more apps in the meantime? I looked at #izzyondroid a bit.

@IzzyOnDroid do you have be chance a filter for the minimum Android version I missed in the web interface?

#android43 #FediHelp

#tutamail #art #mastoart #fdroid

f-droid.org/packages/de.tutao.…

@fdroidorg

dev @Tutanota

If you feel that #FDroid downloads are slow, just press ❎ to cancel the download then press Install/Update again so it picks up some other mirror.

There's no unified "F-Droid server" but several and a dozen or more mirrors.

Each time you try again it will use a different one. Hopefully the next one will have better bandwidth.

/PS: We've seen the reports, we will look into it.

#Catima 2.37.0 is out!

This release features a redesigned logo, kindly contributed by il-Luca (github.com/il-Luca) and Aeven-Dev (github.com/aeven-dev).

The redesign was kept very close to the original design from TangentFoxy (github.com/TangentFoxy), to try to not affect people's ability to recognize the app in their app drawer.

Coming soon to an app store near you.

github.com/CatimaLoyalty/Andro…

#IzzyOnDroid #GitHub #Fdroid #GooglePlay

I'm seeing a lot of people are confused about my frustration with #FDroid's #ReproducibleBuild system, so let me explain:

Sometimes, F-Droid compares their build result with the developer's, meaning both parties (F-Droid and the app dev) agree on the expected result. Other times, they just build their own APK a second time in the same environment, never checking if the developer got the same result.

Both these cases are labeled "Reproducible Build", despite the huge differences.

(1/4)

@abeorch Well, I get the feeling. And yeah, #Fdroid _is_ my preferred store. But sadly, Google Play Store is the distribution channel that 99% of the Android users know, trust and use.

And on the app promotion page, (app.mapcomplete.org), Fdroid is placed on top with a reason ;)

A big announcement:

#MapComplete is now available as #Android app on the #Google #Playstore

Grab your copy here: play.google.com/store/apps/det…

(If you don't like google, the Android version is alson available on #FDroid: f-droid.org/en/packages/org.ma…

Or you can use the web version on mapcomplete.org)

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

Thematic, editable maps based on OpenStreetMap

^f-droid.org

#Catima 2.36.0 is out!

In this release we added a card list widget, one of the most requested features since the project was started!

We hope to extend the widget in the future to allow you to choose which cards you want to show and how you want them sorted.

Coming soon to an app store near you!

github.com/CatimaLoyalty/Andro…

#IzzyOnDroid #FDroid #GitHub #GooglePlay #OpenSource #Android

Release 2.36.0 · CatimaLoyalty/Android

Add a widget showing all non-archived cards Prevent the keyboard from overlapping the save button in edit and group screens

^GitHub

#Conversations_im 2.19.0 is available on #FDroid and Google Play. Please upgrade!

2.19.1 is in the pipeline with some minor bug fixes.

The next version will also show the 'Last Seen' timestamp a little more prominently for those who have Last Seen enabled. (and the underlying algorithm has been modified)

Do you think we should use the subtitle to show number of participants in public conferences now that we made subtitles a part of the UI anyway?

#MapComplete can now be downloaded as #Android #app from the official #Fdroid-repositoried!

Download via f-droid.org/packages/org.mapco…

This is a packaged version of the webversion, so features will remain the same between visiting the website and the app. Using the app has the advantage that all assets are already on your device, requiring less network.

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

Thematic, editable maps based on OpenStreetMap

^f-droid.org

100K. One hundred thousand. That's a lot of #Catima users! And happy users, it seems, looking at that 4.5 star rating ❤️

Just, wow, I never expected my little hobby app to reach 100K active users, and that's just on #GooglePlay, still excluding other app stores like #IzzyOnDroid, #FDroid, direct downloads from #GitHub and sketchy app piracy sites (please don't use that last one, for your own safety 😅)!

Very cool :)

🔥 IzzyOnDroid, un repository di applicazioni compatibile con F-Droid
Aggiungere il repo di IzzyOnDroid su F-Droid per avere una maggiore varietà di applicazioni per il tuo Android...

👉 selectallfromdual.com/blog/154…

#android #fdroid #izzyondroid #opensource #toolperandroid

IzzyOnDroid, un repository di applicazioni compatibile con F-Droid

^DUMMY-X

This week in #FDroid (TWIF) has been live since last week, what you've missed:

* More categories and a Client bugfix WiP
* More appid and key changes
* #DAVx5 now with #UnifiedPush support
* #FennecFDroid search engine shenanigans, check your settings now!
* 15 years on #OSMAnd and better navigation
+ 4 new apps
& 131 more updates

Get up to speed: f-droid.org/2025/07/03/twif.ht…

Bugs, fixes and a push for the better | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

This Week in F-DroidTWIF curated on Thursday, 03 Jul 2025, Week 27F-Droid coreUnattended updates spoiled us all, updates come and go, no need to ever open th...

^f-droid.org

Nice, @fdroidorg recently added a category dedicated to podcast apps! We're sitting right there together with some other open source gems.

The only thing that's missing is a fancy category image. (existing ones can be found here: gitlab.com/search?search=categ… 😇)

#FDroid #OpenSourceDesign

I just updated the list of weather stations used by #TinyWeatherForecastGermany , and it turns out my app now supports 6291 locations worldwide.

Time to update the advertising claim from "over 5000 locations worldwide" to > 6000 👍

#TinyWeatherForecastGermany delivers you a weather forecast on #android devices based on #opendata from the Germany's National Meteorological Service, @DeutscherWetterdienst .

It is a #floss app without any trackers.

It also includes weather warnings and a pollen forecast amongst other features.

You can get it at #IzzySoftRepo apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/ or at #fdroid .

You can visit the project homepage at #codeberg
codeberg.org/Starfish/TinyWeat…

IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

This is a repository of apps to be used with your F-Droid client. 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}

High time to announce my newest project: #PublicArtExplorer
If you are into art and would like to know what outdoor art is available around you (or any other place you are interested in) this app may be for you.
Check it out and let me know what you think.

Already available here: apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/a… and there play.google.com/store/apps/det….
And soon on #fdroid too. #IzzyOnDroid, #art. #OpenStreetMap, #osm

„PublicArtExplorer“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

Discover and view public art

^{IzzyOnDroid App Repo}

#Catima 2.35.1 is out! This is a very boring release, just containing some dependency and translation updates. It also adds 1 new community-contributed language: Persian.

If your favourite language is not (completely) supported, consider contributing on hosted.weblate.org/projects/ca… (no AI or "Google Translate" translations please, nobody is helped by low-quality translations filled with errors).

Coming soon to an app store near you.

#IzzyOnDroid #FDroid #GitHub #GooglePlay

Catima

Catima is being translated into 61 languages using Weblate. Join the translation or start translating your own project.

^{Hosted Weblate}

Hi @kasnder,
As part of the targeted user group I'd like to experiment a bit with #GreaseMilkyway

Fortunately I'm not addicted to one the apps listed in the examples.
On the project page you mention Developer Assistant from the PlayStore as one potential tool to identify the elements one wants to block. Do you happen to know a comparable #FOSS tool from an #FDroid #Repo I could use instead?
@IzzyOnDroid

Heute 👇

#Digitalcourage, OG #München:
F-Droid und datenschutzfreundliche Apps

» In diesem Workshop zeigen wir Möglichkeiten, die Datensammlung auf #Android-#Smartphone|s einzuschränken. Neben allgemeinen Tipps (Abschalten der #Google Werbe-ID, Verwendung einer alternativen #Suchmaschine, Werbung über DNS- und/oder Firewall-Einstellungen reduzieren, …) wollen wir vor allem den #App-Store #FDroid vorstellen und uns über die dortigen Apps austauschen.

Montag, 26.05.2025
19:00 bis 21:00 Uhr
Jugendinformationszentrum (#JIZ)
Sendlinger Str. 7 (Innenhof)
80331 München

digitalcourage.de/treffen-vor-…

Anmeldung erwünscht: ortsgruppe@muenchen.digitalcourage.de

Gerät mitbringen!

F-Droid möglichst vorinstallieren (digitalcourage.de/digitale-sel…)

#datenschutz #digitaleselbstverteidigung #opensource #foss

We ❤️ #opensource & we ❤️ being #GoogleFree

Break free from Big Tech tracking and go secure with Tuta! 💪 🔒

🔗 tuta.com/blog/open-source-emai…

#Foss #FDroid #Android #Email #Calendar #TutaMail

#fdroid just successfully built #TinyWeatherForecastGermany version 0.62.9 .

This is a #floss #weather #forecast #app for #android devices based on #opendata from the German federal weather service "Deutscher Wetterdienst", the #dwd .

This app has no trackers included, does not need any proprietary services on your devices and has been developed to work well on de-g***led devices running #lineageos.

It also supports #tindie_wearables via the #gadgetbridge app.

You can get it at #fdroid, #izzyondroid and you can visit the project homepage at #codeberg

codeberg.org/Starfish/TinyWeat…

TinyWeatherForecastGermany

^Codeberg.org

#Catima 2.35.0 is out!

This release lets you further tweak the barcode size in the fullscreen view and slightly improves barcode finding reliability when scanning or loading a barcode from an image or PDF file. It also fixes a crash when trying to load a pkpass file without a barcode in it.

Coming soon to an app store near you :)

github.com/CatimaLoyalty/Andro…

#Android #OpenSource #IzzyOnDroid #FDroid #GooglePlay #GitHub

Release 2.35.0 · CatimaLoyalty/Android

Add ability to choose barcode width in fullscreen view Remove confusing import from app function Various scanning fixes Fix crash when loading a pkpass file without barcode

^GitHub

I added OpenStore to welove.codeberg.page/ , too.

#fdroid apps hosted on #codeberg

We ❤️ #opensource - as much as we dislike #Google

Break free from Big Tech tracking, go secure! 💪 🔒

👉 tuta.com/blog/open-source-emai…

#foss #fdroid #android #email #calendar