In this article, I’ll discuss the best 5 free and open-source software (FOSS) for Android devices that are useful for everyday life, and I use them all the time.
Hello, I’m Mehedi Hasan and I’ve been working on the Android open-source developer’s community for a long time. So based on my experience and use cases, I’ll introduce you to some of the best FOSS apps out there that you might not know are exist and very helpful for everyday life.
1. Seal
Let's be honest, we all fall into the situation where we need to download some video/audio from various websites. However, the site does not want us to do so. Here comes Seal to the rescue.
Seal offers:
- The best-recommended version for downloading the content.
- Freedom to download the right quality for your need, both video and audio.
- You can download video or audio separately if you want.
- “Material You” design, Which is the best UI for Android apps.
- No security risk.
However, there are some not-so-great things as well,
The app size is big, around 140MB, and Seal is not available in any store, you have to download From Github and Install the APK file manually to your device. Here’s the Github link,
Seal: https://github.com/JunkFood02/Seal
Go to the release section and download the latest APK file available. If you find this complicated, just comment it out, I’ll help you to download.
2. Groovy — Music Player
Groovy is the best local music player right now in my opinion based on how tiny the app size is and yet brings some of the best features that come with this tiny package.
Groovy offers.
- Beautiful Material You Design.
- Lots of Customization options.
- Full background playback even if you close the app completely.
- Sorting the music file whatever you want.
- Block unwanted folders.
- Oled Dark theme support.
- App size around 5 MB. (Which I also consider is a good feature.)
Groovy is available on GitHub and Google Play, here’s the link,
Github: https://github.com/BitMavrick/Groovy
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bitmavrick.groovy&hl=en
3. Next Player
Next Player is a simple open-source local video player app, the app looks very minimal and very functional as well.
Here are some of the key features Next Player offers,
- Video Streaming.
- Local Video Playback.
- Subtitle, Audio Track customization.
- Video zooming, fast/slow, swiple gestures for seeking, volume and brightness adjustment, and a lot more.
Next player is available on both Github and Google Play, here’s the link.
Github: https://github.com/anilbeesetti/nextplayer
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dev.anilbeesetti.nextplayer&hl=en
4. Buckwheat
If you can’t track your expenses, Buackwheat can help you. Now you can keep track of every expense that you make. Buckwheat is very well known and has around 20k+ total users currently using Buckwheat.
I’m not going you to the full features lists because there’s a lot, If you want an ultimate expense tracker app. Buckwheat is the app you need.
Buckwheat is available in various platform, Here’s Gihub and Playstore link,
Github: https://github.com/danilkinkin/buckwheat
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.danilkinkin.buckwheat&hl=en
5. Lumolight
I know its 2024, No one needs flashlight app anymore, but here me out, Lumolight offers something more that your phone doesn't.
Here’s some of the key point that lumolight offere’s,
- Screen flash with color, brightness and duration adjustment.
- Flashlight with diming feature, you can dim you flashlight.
- Tile support for screen flash and you can adjust the brightness using the volume buttons.
- Emergency SOS in one tap.
- Material You design.
Lumolight is available Both Github and Google play, here’s the link,
Github: https://github.com/BitMavrick/Lumolight
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bitmavrick.lumolight&hl=en
So there you have it, there’s the best 5 free and open-source android apps in my opinion. If you know any apps that are open source and you find it useful, let me know. Have a good rest of your day.
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