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Posted on Feb 27, 2025 by
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This Week in F-Droid
TWIF curated on Thursday, 27 Feb 2025, Week 9
F-Droid core
Termux:GUI, A plugin for Termux to use the Android GUI from terminal applications, is finally live. Well technically it was live several times in the past but it was not set up properly. How so? Termux has a bunch of add-ons that enhance its functionality, but in order to interoperate with the main Termux app, they need to be specially setup to be signed with the same key (F-Droid key in this case). We have a dozen or so apps that need this configuration, set in the main build server, and managed there along with the signing setup since the early days of F-Droid.
As the F-Droid software components got updated, changed, improved over the years, this keyaliases (as they are called) setting was not yet tackled. This month the last bits have fallen into place, so we are moving forward to configure it in the main metadata repository so they are more easily added and removed as needed in the future.
Community News
If you live in France, maybe you can call your locally elected representative and ask them how are they going to vote on the new proposed surveillance law? Yes, there’s one every 8 months or so in some country, not sure how they think they can add backdoors to encryption and siphon data from your device at will yet still respect GDPR, but they keep trying to push these.
You can read about the law here and contact your favorite député ici.
FOSSGIS 2025 conference is the leading conference for free and open source software for geoinformation systems in the D-A-CH space, as well as for the topics of Open Data and OpenStreetMap. It will take place in Münster between 26 and 29 March. FOSSGIS 2025 Schedule was updated to 1.69.1-FOSSGIS-Edition, so make sure you have it installed and ready.
maid was updated to 2.0.1 with a complete rewrite of the entire codebase. It wasn’t a smooth process as reproducible builds are trickier and we had to skip some versions in between, but now it is live.
OnionShare was updated to 0.2.0-beta, but should be skipped as it is crashing. An updated version is built right now.
PipePipe was updated to 4.2.0 after a two months pause, many issues have been fixed and features being added like AV1 high quality format support and Sponsorblock integration.
RiMusic was updated to 0.6.71 which might be its last version to come to F-Droid. In an odd turn, the developer lost control of their Discord instance, warned people not to donate if asked there, saw their app being cloned on some centralized app store and made the app source code unavailable for the foreseeable future as a reaction. If the developer changes their mind, we will promptly update it as soon as possible.
SimpleX Chat was updated to 6.2.5 and, if you have 13 minutes to spare, the developers wrote about how they want to handle “large groups and privacy-preserving content moderation” in the future.
Threema Libre is built reproducible in F-Droid, signed by the developer. But this means that both teams need to be extra careful and fix issues that might arise from this process. This week the app was updated to 5.8.1l after a 3 months hiatus, thanks to the collaboration between F-Droid contributors and the app developers. Also now it features emoji reactions. 😜
We’ve bemoaned previously about the lack of updates for VLC but that’s well in the past as the app was just updated to 3.6.3. What’s new? It comes with the new Remote Access feature, a parental control and a lot of fixes. Also in the news, to celebrate its 20 year anniversary, “VLC Lunar Time Capsule” will send your video to the actual moon, if this TWIF gets to you on time. And the most interesting bit came out of CES 2025 back in January, where VLC announced that they will integrate offline on-device generative AI for automatic subtitle generation capable of speaking several dozen languages, based on the Whisper models (same used in the Whisper, Voice recognition app).
XScreenSaver was updated to 6.09 as we missed two versions, and while we don’t get Jamie Zawinski’s, of Netscape and early Mozilla fame, stamp of “official”, we want this fun app to be available and on your screen, be it as a live wallpaper or an actual screensaver.
@shuvashish76 ask us to stop press:
As we learn that @cketti, the beloved developer, has quit their job working on Thunderbird for Android and K-9 Mail at Mozilla. You can read more in the “Goodbye K-9 Mail” post.
Newly Added Apps
13 more apps were newly added
- Adresilo: Search for places
- Bazarnote: A simple offline shopping list app
- Breakout 71: Break colourful bricks, catch bouncing coins and select powerful upgrades
- Cascada: Casual logic game with marbles for two players
- J-K Bike - Mechanical Disaster Prevention: App that helps build positive bike maintenance behaviours
- MultiLocale: Add additional languages to your device’s locale settings
- Perceived Stress Scale: Are you stressed? Take the test to find out how stressed you are
- Pill Time: Keep track of meds that can be taken as needed (not at a specific time)
- ReTerminal: Terminal Emulator
- Rucoy calculator: An unofficial calculator for all things Rucoy Online related
- Smither: Lightweight Mastodon client
- To Do: A simple to-do app that follows Material Design 3
- WhatsApp Cleaner: Clean Redundant Media and Files from Storage
Updated Apps
203 more apps were updated
(expand for the full list)
- addy.io was updated to
v5.6.0 - Amber was updated to
3.2.2 - AndBible: Bible Study was updated to
5.0.847 - Anemo was updated to
2.7.0 - AniHyou - AniList client was updated to
1.3.5 - APM was updated to
3.2.5 - ArcaneChat was updated to
1.54.1 - Arcticons was updated to
12.3.0 - Arcticons Black was updated to
12.3.0 - Arcticons Day & Night was updated to
12.3.0 - Arcticons Material You was updated to
12.3.0 - Asteroid’s Revenge was updated to
0.12.1 - aTalk was updated to
4.2.1 - BeeCount Knitting Counter was updated to
2.7.3 - Bible Notify was updated to
4.10.0 - blichess was updated to
8.0.0+ble1.1.2 - CaptureSposed was updated to
1.0.7 - Capy Reader was updated to
2025.02.1108 - Cartes IGN was updated to
3.2.2 - CatShare was updated to
1.3 - Chooser was updated to
1.4-pre-1 - Ciyue was updated to
1.4.0 - Clock was updated to
2.12.1 - Conversations was updated to
2.17.12+free - Converter NOW: Unit Converter was updated to
4.3.0 - Counter was updated to
35 - Cryptomator was updated to
1.11.1 - CuteMusic was updated to
2.5.1 - DankChat was updated to
3.10.2 - Dart Checker was updated to
0.8 - DigiAgriApp was updated to
0.3.3 - DigiPaws - Digital Wellbeing and App Blocker was updated to
2.1-alpha-lite - DNSNet was updated to
1.0.18 - Droid Pad was updated to
2.0.0 - DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser was updated to
5.225.0 - Easy Diary was updated to
1.4.328.202502160 - EasySSHFS was updated to
0.5.14 - Eidetic was updated to
1.3.2 - Endless Sky was updated to
0.10.11-48 - Energize was updated to
0.12.2 - EnforceDoze was updated to
1.7.3 - Ente Photos - Open source, end-to-end encrypted al was updated to
0.9.98 - ETH & UZH canteens Zürich was updated to
1.10.0 - EVMap - EV chargers was updated to
1.9.13 - EweSticker was updated to
20250217 - Exclave was updated to
0.13.9 - FaFa Runner was updated to
1.0.10 - Faraday was updated to
1.1.6 - Fedilab was updated to
3.29.1 - Feeder was updated to
2.9.1 - FeedFlow - RSS Reader was updated to
0.0.70 - File Navigator was updated to
0.2.5 - FilmFacts was updated to
3.0 - FitBook was updated to
1.0.106 - Flexify was updated to
2.0.9 - Flip 2 DND was updated to
3.0.2 - Frigoligo was updated to
2.3.1 - GCompris was updated to
25.0 - Geological Time Scale was updated to
0.7.1 - Ghost Commander was updated to
1.64.1b4 - Gotify was updated to
2.8.2 - gptAssist was updated to
1.70 - Grocy: Self-hosted Grocery Management was updated to
3.8.0 - Habit-Maker was updated to
0.0.21 - Harmony Music was updated to
1.11.2 - Headwind MDM Agent was updated to
6.16 - hJOP Driver was updated to
2.0 - Home Medkit was updated to
1.7.1 - hwloc lstopo was updated to
2.12.0-1-1.6.1 - Ichaival was updated to
1.9.4 - idTech4A++ was updated to
1.1.0harmattan60verena - Inner Breeze was updated to
1.3.9 - IVPN - Secure VPN for Privacy was updated to
2.10.12 - Joplin was updated to
3.3.1 - Json List was updated to
1.6.1 - jtx Board journals|notes|tasks was updated to
2.10.01.ose - Kazumi was updated to
1.5.8 - Keep Screen On was updated to
1.21.0 - Key Mapper: Unleash your keys! was updated to
2.8.1 - Keysh was updated to
0.1.10 - kitshn (for Tandoor) was updated to
1.0.0-alpha.20 - Kwik EFIS was updated to
7.04 - LibreOffice Viewer was updated to
24.8.5.2 - LinkDroid for Linkwarden was updated to
2.0.2 - LocalSend was updated to
1.17.0 - Logline - MovieApp was updated to
1.0.1 - Luanti was updated to
5.11.0 - LxReader was updated to
0.8.2 (fdroid) - MarketMonk was updated to
1.0.31 - Materialious was updated to
1.7.14 - Mattermost Beta was updated to
2.25.0 - MBCompass was updated to
1.1.2 - MedTimer was updated to
1.16.1 - Meshenger was updated to
4.4.4 - Meshtastic was updated to
2.5.17 - Minute Maze was updated to
0.2.1 - mLauncher - Minimal and Clutter Free launcher was updated to
1.7.5 - MoeMemos was updated to
0.8.5 - Money Manager Ex was updated to
5.1.1 - Muse - Text to Speech was updated to
0.1.2 - Musekit was updated to
2.3.0 - Musify was updated to
9.1.1 - Neo Store was updated to
1.0.8 - NeoStumbler was updated to
1.5.2 - Network Survey was updated to
1.33 - neutriNote CE was updated to
4.5.5a - Nextcloud Dev was updated to
20250224 - Nextcloud News was updated to
0.9.9.91 - Nextcloud Tables was updated to
2.0.8 - NextDNS Manager was updated to
5.5.8 - NextGIS Mobile was updated to
2.9.3 - NLWeer was updated to
1.11.0 - Notesnook - Private notes app was updated to
3.0.32 - NowiPass was updated to
0.3.11 - NymVPN: Secure VPN by Nym was updated to
v1.2.0 - Obtainium was updated to
1.1.45 - Oinkoin was updated to
1.0.85 - Olauncher was updated to
v5.0.0 - OnePlus Flash Control was updated to
1.3.8 - OONI Probe was updated to
5.0.3 - Open Sudoku was updated to
4.3.10 - OpenMensa was updated to
2.0.1 - Openreads was updated to
2.10.0 - Organic Maps: Hike, Bike, Drive Offline was updated to
2025.02.17-3-FDroid - Orgzly Revived was updated to
1.8.37 - Orion Viewer - Pdf & Djvu was updated to
0.95.6 - OSS-Dict was updated to
1.1.1 - Pagan was updated to
1.6.15 - Passy - cross-platform password manager was updated to
1.9.3 - Peristyle was updated to
v8.0.0 - Phocid was updated to
20250223 - Phonograph Plus was updated to
1.9.2 - PhotoChiotte was updated to
1.60 - Photok was updated to
1.9.1 - PicGuard was updated to
1.0.14 - PixelDroid was updated to
1.0.beta40 - Planes Android was updated to
0.4.4.2 - PocketTRacker was updated to
2.2.5 - Podcini.X - Podcast instrument was updated to
8.8.2 - Power Ampache 2 was updated to
1.01-78-fdroid - Prayer Book was updated to
0.8.0 - Prepaid Balance was updated to
2.11 - Proton Pass: Password Manager was updated to
1.29.1 - ProtonVPN - Secure and Free VPN was updated to
5.8.58.4 - Quicksy was updated to
2.17.12+free - Reader for Selfoss was updated to
125020471-github - Roboyard was updated to
18.1 - RomanDigital was updated to
2.0.0 - Rosarium was updated to
Judices - RTTT was updated to
1.3 - Rush was updated to
2.5.4 - RustDesk was updated to
1.3.8 - Sapio was updated to
1.6.7 - Satunes was updated to
3.0.0 - ScanBridge was updated to
1.2.0 - SelfPrivacy was updated to
0.12.3 - SherpaTTS was updated to
1.5 - Simple Crypto Widget was updated to
8.6.3 - SkyTube was updated to
2.995 - SkyTube Legacy was updated to
2.995 - Solon was updated to
2.5.2 - SpamBlocker (Call & SMS) was updated to
4.6 - Squeeze Client was updated to
1.5 - Stay Put - Unplug Alert was updated to
0.8.4 - strongSwan VPN Client was updated to
2.5.3 - Suntimes was updated to
0.16.5 - Swiss Bitcoin Pay was updated to
2.3.8 - Tarnhelm was updated to
1.8.0 - taz was updated to
1.10.2 - The Life was updated to
1.31.0 - Thumb-Key was updated to
4.0.21 - Tiny Weather Forecast Germany was updated to
0.62.6 - Todo was updated to
1.5.5 - Todo Agenda was updated to
4.12.2 - Tournant was updated to
2.9.2 - Traditional T9 was updated to
45.0 - Trail Sense was updated to
6.8.0 - trale was updated to
0.9.2 - TransektCount was updated to
4.2.1 - Tridenta was updated to
1.4 - TRIfA was updated to
1.0.247 - Trigger was updated to
4.0.6 - Träwelldroid was updated to
2.17.10 - Tuner was updated to
7.1.3 - Tuta Mail was updated to
270.250219.0 - Unciv was updated to
4.15.12 - Unstoppable Crypto Wallet was updated to
0.41.4 - venera was updated to
1.3.1 - Video Diary was updated to
1.0.8 - Voyager for Lemmy was updated to
2.24.3 - Wikipedia was updated to
r/2.7.50522-r-2025-02-20 - WikiReader was updated to
1.9.1 - Working Time Account was updated to
2.10.011 - Xed-Editor was updated to
2.9.6 - XiVPN was updated to
1.3.1 - Xray was updated to
10.2.0 - Xtra was updated to
2.42.0 - You Have Mail was updated to
0.19.1 - Youamp was updated to
2.0.0-beta05 - Zimly S3 Backup was updated to
2.1.1 - µLauncher was updated to
0.0.22 - 天使动漫 was updated to
1.2.0 - 聚在工大 was updated to
4.13.5.2
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