Join our ranks of digital luddites
Posted on Mar 06, 2025 by
linsui
This Week in F-Droid
TWIF curated on Thursday, 06 Mar 2025, Week 10
Community News
“Digital Luddites are rising. They want to democratise tech, not destroy it” is a ten minute article about the “luddites” of old and of the present. Money quote: “Proprietary corporate systems have long been challenged by free, open-source alternatives. But digital Luddism isn’t just about using different tools. It’s about systemic change towards sustainable, transparent and user-controlled infrastructure”. That bit will sound all too familiar to everyone involved in FOSS and to fans of what the F-Droid ecosystem tries to achieve.
Good news for the Android ecosystem, “the first RISC-V vendor to support the open source Android app marketplace” (in Chinese) has been announced. The gist of it in English: “The Xuantie team has now completed the porting of about 1,500 applications in the F-Droid market, covering a wide range of categories such as system tools, graphics and images, audio and video software, transportation, office software, input methods, and development tools, improving the experience of end users of the RISC-V architecture Android system.”
If you are a Fediverse user, you might enjoy a “Large overview of Mastodon clients for Android” (in Polish), covering the F-Droid repo, IzzyOnDroid repo and even some apps from a certain silo app catalogue.
freeminer was updated to 5.10.0 after a nine year pause. This voxel-based multiplayer game platform is a fork of Minetest Luanti so everything should be familiar.
OpenConnect, Android UI for OpenConnect VPN client, was just included as a continuation and replacement for the old OpenConnect, SSL VPN client for Cisco AnyConnect, now archived.
QUIK SMS was updated to 4.1.0 after a long one year beta period, fixing a lot of bugs.
Shattered Pixel Dungeon was updated to 3.0.0 with a huge update. The developer posted about the changes early on, so you can read about the sixth hero which will be “The Cleric!”, take a review of the year 2024 and peruse all the changes in v3.0.0.
Shitter, Lightweight Mastodon client, was archived as the appID was changed to Smither.
Warsmash, A Warcraft III emulator made using LibGDX game engine, joins our ranks of game cult classics, so grab you old CDs.
Newly Added Apps
15 more apps were newly added
- Amadz - Calling App: Clean & intuitive Phone Dialer app following Material Design principles
- ArtNet Receiver: Listen for and analyze ArtNet data in the local network
- BLE Manager: Control your BLE devices easily. No libraries needed.
- Chinese Converter: Converts between Simplified and Traditional with regional variants support!
- fivethreeone_log: Track your workouts and progress with the 5/3/1 method
- FlickBoard: Type faster with flicking
- Mnemosyne: A memorization app designed for lists as opposed to traditional flashcards
- OpenDrummer - Drum Loops: Drum loops in different styles and tempos
- SocketChat: A simple app to chat with anyone you want on the same network
- T CrB Detector: T CrB Detector notifies the user when the star T CrB has exploded
- tiefprompt: A relatively simple teleprompter application
- Urn: A mobile, offline urn for majority judgement polls
- WA Adder: Add WhatsApp contacts without giving WhatsApp access to your contacts!
- Wispar: Stay up-to-date with article in your field of study!
- Zashi: Zcash Wallet: Zashi is a Zcash wallet that keeps your transaction and message history private
Updated Apps
193 more apps were updated
(expand for the full list)
- < polycule > was updated to
0.2.3 - AAAAXY was updated to
1.6.0+20250223.3618.0de18b79 - AAT Another Activity Tracker was updated to
v1.27 - Ad-silence was updated to
0.6.2-prod - Amber was updated to
3.2.5 - Anytime Podcast Player was updated to
1.3.11 - Apollo was updated to
1.6.2 - App Manager was updated to
4.0.1 - ArcaneChat was updated to
1.54.3 - Asteroid’s Revenge was updated to
0.12.3 - Audile was updated to
1.8.0 - Audio Share was updated to
0.3.3 - AVNC was updated to
2.8.0 - Bangle.js Gadgetbridge was updated to
0.84.0-banglejs - Better Schedule (Bakaláři) was updated to
2.0 - BitBanana was updated to
0.9.0 - Bitcoin Wallet was updated to
10.25 - Bitcoin Wallet [testnet3] was updated to
10.25 - Breakout 71 was updated to
29017278 - Breezy Weather was updated to
5.4.5_freenet - Canta was updated to
2.5.0 - Capy Reader was updated to
2025.02.1111 - Cartes IGN was updated to
3.2.3 - CatShare was updated to
1.4 - Celestia was updated to
1.7.12 - Chance was updated to
1.7.0 - Chooser was updated to
1.4-pre-2 - Ciyue was updated to
1.5.0 - Clauncher was updated to
v5.2.6 - Clock was updated to
2.14 - ColorBlendr was updated to
v1.11.4 - CPU Info was updated to
6.3.0 - CTU Menza was updated to
1.4.3 - Custom Uploader was updated to
1.4.2 - DankChat was updated to
3.10.4 - Dart Checker was updated to
0.8.1 - DeadHash was updated to
1.8.3 - Delta Chat was updated to
1.54.3 - Delta Icon Pack was updated to
2.1.0 - Diaguard: Diabetes Diary was updated to
3.13.2 - DNSNet was updated to
1.0.19 - Droid Pad was updated to
2.1.1 - e1547 - e621 browser was updated to
20.0.0 - E6B Flight Computer was updated to
1.4 - Eidetic was updated to
1.4.1 - Element X - Secure Chat & Call was updated to
25.03.0 - Emacs was updated to
30.1 - EnforceDoze was updated to
1.7.4 - EP Mobile was updated to
2.34.2 - Exclave was updated to
0.13.10 - FairEmail was updated to
1.2264 - FakeTraveler was updated to
2.0.0 - Fedilab was updated to
3.29.2 - Feeder was updated to
2.9.2 - FeedFlow - RSS Reader was updated to
0.0.72 - Fennec F-Droid was updated to
135.0.1 - FitBook was updated to
1.0.110 - Fitness Calendar was updated to
2025.02.2 - Flip 2 DND was updated to
3.0.4 - Forkyz was updated to
62 - Forkyz Scanner was updated to
8 - Fridgey was updated to
2.2.1 - Gadgetbridge was updated to
0.84.0 - Gallery for PhotoPrism was updated to
1.35.2 - Graded - Grade tracker was updated to
2.8.0-beta2 - Grocy: Self-hosted Grocery Management was updated to
3.8.1 - Habit-Maker was updated to
0.0.22 - Home Medkit was updated to
1.7.2 - idTech4A++ was updated to
1.1.0harmattan61caitlyn - Immich was updated to
1.128.0 - Infomaniak kDrive was updated to
5.4.1 - Infomaniak Mail was updated to
1.9.1 - J-K Bike - Mechanical Disaster Prevention was updated to
1.4.0 - Joplin was updated to
3.3.2 - jtx Board journals|notes|tasks was updated to
2.11.00.ose - Kanji Dojo was updated to
2.1.6 - Kazumi was updated to
1.6.0 - KDE Connect was updated to
1.33.0 - Keep Screen On was updated to
1.21.1 - Kepler-App was updated to
2.12.0 - kitshn (for Tandoor) was updated to
1.0.0-alpha.21 - Kitsune was updated to
2.0.5 - Kotatsu was updated to
7.7.11 - LibreTube was updated to
0.27.1 - Linkora was updated to
0.11.2 - Lissen: Audiobookshelf client was updated to
1.2.12 - Mattermost Beta was updated to
2.25.1 - MBCompass was updated to
1.1.3 - MedTimer was updated to
1.16.2 - mLauncher - Minimal and Clutter Free launcher was updated to
1.7.8 - Money Manager Ex was updated to
5.1.3 - Musical Notes was updated to
2.0.0 - Musify was updated to
9.2.0 - MyMood was updated to
2.0.1 - NeoStumbler was updated to
1.5.3 - neutriNote CE was updated to
4.5.5b - News Reader was updated to
1.0.10 - NewsBlur - News reader was updated to
13.4.1 - Nextcloud was updated to
3.31.0 - Nextcloud Dev was updated to
20250304 - Nextcloud Talk was updated to
21.0.0 - NextDNS Manager was updated to
5.5.11 - NextPush was updated to
2.1.5 - Notally | Minimalist Notes was updated to
6.1 - Nov Open Reader was updated to
1.1.3 - NowiPass was updated to
0.3.13 - Nunti was updated to
v2.7.0 - NymVPN: Secure VPN by Nym was updated to
v1.2.1 - Oinkoin was updated to
1.0.88 - Olauncher was updated to
v5.2.28 - OnePlus Flash Control was updated to
1.3.9 - OnionShare was updated to
0.2.1-beta - Open Sudoku was updated to
4.4.0 - OpenBible was updated to
1.6.0 - openHAB Beta was updated to
3.17.4-beta - OpenWrt Manager was updated to
1.38.0 - Organic Maps: Hike, Bike, Drive Offline was updated to
2025.03.02-7-FDroid - Orgro was updated to
1.54.5 - osm2gmaps was updated to
0.5.9 - OSMTracker was updated to
2025.02 - Outline was updated to
1.15.0 - P2Play - Peertube client was updated to
0.9.0 - Pachli for Mastodon was updated to
2.10.1 - Pagan was updated to
1.6.16 - Passy - cross-platform password manager was updated to
1.9.4 - Phocid was updated to
20250226 - PhotoChiotte was updated to
1.61 - Photok was updated to
1.9.2 - PipePipe was updated to
4.2.1 - Pixelix was updated to
4.0.1 - plees-tracker was updated to
25.2.1 - Pocket Broomball was updated to
6.1.1 - PocketTRacker was updated to
2.3.0 - Podcini.X - Podcast instrument was updated to
8.10.3 - Polaris was updated to
0.10.3 - Prayer Book was updated to
0.8.1 - pretixPRINT was updated to
2.19.5-foss - pretixSCAN was updated to
2.10.2 - ProtonVPN - Secure and Free VPN was updated to
5.9.45.0 - QR Scanner (PFA) was updated to
4.6.12 - QRAlarm was updated to
2.5.2 - Quote Unquote was updated to
4.49.0-fdroid - Raccoon was updated to
0.4.1 - Reader for Selfoss was updated to
125020581-github - Recurring Expense Tracker was updated to
0.13.1 - Robot36 - SSTV Image Decoder was updated to
2.15 - Roboyard was updated to
19 - Rush was updated to
2.6.0 - Safe Space was updated to
2.2.0 - Satunes was updated to
3.0.1 - Save Locally was updated to
1.4.3 - SCEE was updated to
60.1 - Schiffe versenken (Privacy Friendly) was updated to
1.2.3 - Screenshot Tile (NoRoot) was updated to
2.12.2 - Seafile was updated to
3.0.9 - Seers Lodge was updated to
1.1.4 - SherpaTTS was updated to
1.6 - Simple Crypto Widget was updated to
8.6.4 - SimpleMarkdown was updated to
2025.2.0-free - sing-box was updated to
1.11.4 - SiYuan was updated to
3.1.24 - strongSwan VPN Client was updated to
2.5.4 - Sunup was updated to
1.0.3 - Tella was updated to
2.11.0 - The One App was updated to
3.2.0 - Thumb-Key was updated to
4.0.23 - Tilde Friends was updated to
0.0.28 - Tiny Weather Forecast Germany was updated to
0.62.7 - traced it was updated to
1.1.0 - Traditional T9 was updated to
46.0 - Traintime PDA was updated to
1.4.3 - trale was updated to
0.9.3 - Trime was updated to
3.3.3 - Träwelldroid was updated to
2.18.1 - Tusky was updated to
28.0 beta 1 - Tuta Calendar was updated to
271.250224.0 - Tuta Mail was updated to
271.250224.0 - Unchained was updated to
1.3.6 - Unciv was updated to
4.15.14 - URLCheck was updated to
3.2 - Vacation Days was updated to
12.0 - Vernet - Network Analyzer was updated to
1.1.0 - Vespucci was updated to
20.2.4.0 - Weechat-Android was updated to
1.10.1 - WhatsApp Cleaner was updated to
v1.0.3 - Whisper was updated to
2.3 - WiVeWa was updated to
1.5.0 - words.hk 粵典 was updated to
3.5.0 - Write On: Simple Notepad was updated to
1.3 - Xed-Editor was updated to
2.9.9 - Youamp was updated to
2.0.0-beta06 - µLauncher was updated to
0.0.23 - 聚在工大 was updated to
4.13.7
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