We use third-party applications on our mobile devices, be it Android/iOS. Some are closed-source and others are open-source and are provided to us for use under free, paid and freemium models.
Similar to Play Store which comes pre-installed on an Android device, F-droid is an app store for Android that features only free and open-source software (FOSS). Within F-droid, you can often discover unique and privacy-focused alternatives.
Here is the website to download F-droid: https://f-droid.org/
And here are 10 of my favorite FOSS Android apps that I use on a daily basis:
- Loop Habit Tracker: (Habit tracking) F-droid | GitHub
- LibreTorrent: (Torrent client) F-droid | GitLab
- Feeder: (RSS/Atom reader) F-droid | GitHub
- AntennaPod: (Podcast player) F-droid | GitHub
- Glider: (Hacker News client) F-droid | GitHub
- Openreads: (Book tracker) F-droid | GitHub
- Primitive FTPd: (FTP server) F-droid | GitHub
- Tasks.org: (To-do list) F-droid | GitHub
- LocalSend: (File sharing) F-droid | GitHub
- Olauncher: (App launcher) F-droid | GitHub
Found this list helpful? If you have a GitHub account, please consider starring ⭐ the project repositories. Donations, even small ones, can help incentivize developers to continue their work.
If you come across something cool, please share it in the comments below, and I'll definitely check it out! 🍻
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