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Collection of Free and Open Source Android apps.
https://github.com/mvgorcum/awesome-FOSS-apps
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Collection of Free and Open Source Android apps.
Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/mvgorcum/awesome-FOSS-apps
Owner: mvgorcum
License: unlicense
Created: 2017-09-08T21:12:05.000Z (about 7 years ago)
Default Branch: master
Last Pushed: 2021-11-29T12:22:08.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
Last Synced: 2024-05-20T09:02:47.701Z (6 months ago)
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Stars: 23
Watchers: 4
Forks: 16
Open Issues: 1
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: LICENSE
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        # Collection of Free and Open Source Android apps

  - [App Stores](#app-stores)

  - [Communication](#communication)

    - [SMS](#sms)

    - [E-Mail](#e-mail)

    - [Instant Messaging](#instant-messaging)

  - [Files](#files)

      - [Backups](#backups)

      - [File manager](#file-manager)

      - [File Sync](#file-sync)

      - [Storage Tools](#storage-tools)

  - [Finance](#finance)

  - [Navigation](#navigation)

    - [Maps](#maps)

    - [Public transportation](#public-transportation)

  - [Media](#media)

    - [Audio-/Videoplayer](#audio-videoplayer)

    - [Audiobooks](#audiobooks)

    - [Camera](#camera)

    - [Games](#games)

    - [Podcasts](#podcasts)

    - [YouTube](#youtube)

  - [Networking](#networking)

    - [Torrenting](#torrenting)

    - [VPN](#vpn)

  - [News](#news)

    - [RSS](#rss)

  - [Notes](#notes)

  - [Organizing](#organizing)

    - [Calendar](#calendar)

      - [Offline](#offline)

      - [Online](#online)

    - [Notes](#notes)

    - [Tasks](#tasks)

  - [PDF](#pdf)

  - [Privacy](#privacy)

  - [Security](#security)

    - [Cryptography](#cryptography)

    - [Password management](#password-management)

    - [Two-Factor Auth.](#two-factor-auth)

  - [Social networks](#social-networks)

    - [Reddit](#reddit)

  - [Tools](#tools)

    - [Keyboard](#keyboard)

    - [Translation](#translation)

  - [Weather](#weather)

  - [Web Browsing](#web-browsing)

  - [Credits](#credits)

---

## App Stores

  * [F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/) - App store that only includes FOSS apps. Custom repositories can be added.

  * Yalp Store - Downloads .apk files directly from Google Play. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/com.github.yeriomin.yalpstore/), [Source Code](https://github.com/yeriomin/YalpStore))

## Communication

### SMS

  * QKSMS - SMS client with advanced features. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/com.moez.QKSMS/), [Source Code](https://github.com/qklabs/qksms)])

  * [Silence](https://silence.im/) - Fork of Signal, provides End-to-End encryption for SMS. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/org.smssecure.smssecure/), [Source Code](https://github.com/SilenceIM/Silence))

### E-Mail

  * [K-9 Mail](https://k9mail.github.io/) - Advanced E-Mail Client. Supports PGP with OpenKeychain. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/com.fsck.k9/), [Source Code](https://github.com/k9mail/k-9))

### Instant Messaging

  * [Conversations](https://conversations.im/) - XMPP client with built-in OMEMO, OTR and OpenPGP support. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/eu.siacs.conversations/), [Source Code](https://github.com/siacs/Conversations))

  * [Riot](https://riot.im/) - Messenger using the Matrix protocol. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/im.vector.alpha/), [Source Code](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-android))

  * [Signal](https://whispersystems.org/) - End-to-End encrypted messenger, needs phone number. ([non-free APK](https://signal.org/android/apk), [Source Code](https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Android))

  * [Telegram](https://telegram.org/) - Messenger, needs phone number. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/org.telegram.messenger/), [Source Code](https://github.com/Telegram-FOSS-Team/Telegram-FOSS))

  * [Wire](https://wire.com/) - End-to-End encrypted messenger, doesn't need a phone number. ([non-free APK](https://wire.com/en/download/), [Source Code](https://github.com/wireapp/wire-android))

## Files

### Backups

 * oandbackup - Can backup and restore apps. Backups can be encrypted with PGP. Needs root. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/dk.jens.backup/), [Source Code](https://github.com/jensstein/oandbackup))

### File manager

  * [Amaze](https://plus.google.com/communities/113997576965363268101) - Material design based file manager. - ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/com.amaze.filemanager/), [Source Code](https://github.com/arpitkh96/AmazeFileManager))

* [Ghost Commander](https://sites.google.com/site/ghostcommander1/) - Dual panel file manager, allows for plugins for SMB and FTP ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/com.ghostsq.commander/), [Source Code](https://sourceforge.net/p/ghostcommander/code/HEAD/tree/))

### File Sync

  * [Syncthing](https://syncthing.net/) - P2P file synchronization. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/com.nutomic.syncthingandroid/), [Source Code](https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing-android))

### Storage Tools

  * DiskUsage - Shows storage usage. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/com.google.android.diskusage/), [Source Code](https://github.com/IvanVolosyuk/diskusage))

  * SD Scanner - Rescan the storage for new media. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/com.gmail.jerickson314.sdscanner/), [Source Code](https://github.com/jerickson314/sdscanner))

## Finance

  * [Bitcoin Wallet](https://wallet.schildbach.de/) - Bitcoin Wallet. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/de.schildbach.wallet/), [Source Code](https://github.com/bitcoin-wallet/bitcoin-wallet))

  * [My Expenses](http://www.myexpenses.mobi/) - Finance manager. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/org.totschnig.myexpenses/), [Source Code](https://github.com/mtotschnig/MyExpenses))

## Media

  * [DroidShows](https://ltguillaume.github.io/DroidShows/) - Browse and track TV shows. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/nl.asymmetrics.droidshows/), [Source Code](https://github.com/ltGuillaume/DroidShows))

  * Metronome - Metronome app. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/tk.radioactivemineral.metronome/), [Source Code](https://github.com/waelk10/Metronome))

### Audio-/Videoplayer

  * [Vanilla Music](http://vanillamusic.io/) - Material Design music player, addons available. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/ch.blinkenlights.android.vanilla/), [Source Code](https://github.com/vanilla-music/vanilla))

  * [VLC](https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-android.html) - VLC media player. (Available in the F-Droid archive, [APK](https://get.videolan.org/vlc-android/2.0.6/),  [Source Code](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc-android))

### Audiobooks

  * Material Player - Material design based audio book player. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/de.ph1b.audiobook/), [Source Code](https://github.com/PaulWoitaschek/Voice))

### Camera

  * [Open Camera](http://opencamera.sourceforge.net/) - Camera app, provides a lot of settings. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/net.sourceforge.opencamera/), [Source Code](https://sourceforge.net/p/opencamera/code))

### Games

  * Anuto TD - Tower defense game. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/ch.logixisland.anuto/), [Source Code](https://github.com/reloZid/android-anuto))

  * [Minetest](https://www.minetest.net/) - Minecraft like game, supports mods and can connect to servers. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/net.minetest.minetest/), [Source Code](https://github.com/minetest/minetest))

  * Simple Solitaire Collection - Solitaire game collection with 14 games ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/de.tobiasbielefeld.solitaire/), [Source Code](https://github.com/TobiasBielefeld/Simple-Solitaire))

### Podcasts

   * [AntennaPod](http://antennapod.org/) - Advanced Podcast player. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/de.danoeh.antennapod/), [Source Code](https://github.com/antennapod/AntennaPod))

### YouTube

  * [NewPipe](https://newpipe.schabi.org/) - YouTube frontend. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/org.schabi.newpipe/), [Source Code](https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe))

  * Feeder - RSS reader - works good with NewPipe, can import .opml files. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/com.nononsenseapps.feeder/), [Source Code](https://gitlab.com/spacecowboy/Feeder))

## Navigation

### Maps

  * [OsmAnd~](http://osmand.net/) - OpenStreetMap client. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/net.osmand.plus/), [Source Code](https://github.com/osmandapp/Osmand))

### Public transportation

  * [Transportr](https://transportr.grobox.de/) - Public transport app. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/de.grobox.liberario/), [Source Code](https://github.com/grote/Transportr))

## Networking

  * [Net Monitor](https://secuso.org/pfa) - Shows what apps currently have an internet connection. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/org.secuso.privacyfriendlynetmonitor/), [Source Code](https://github.com/SecUSo/privacy-friendly-netmonitor))

### Torrenting

  * LibreTorrent - Torrent client. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/org.proninyaroslav.libretorrent/), [Source Code](https://github.com/proninyaroslav/libretorrent))

### VPN

  * [OpenVPN](http://ics-openvpn.blinkt.de/) - OpenVPN client for android. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/de.blinkt.openvpn/), [Source Code](https://github.com/schwabe/ics-openvpn))

## News

  * [LibreNews](https://librenews.io/) - Breaking news notification app. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/app.librenews.io.librenews/), [Source Code](https://github.com/milesmcc/LibreNews-Android))

### RSS

  * spaRSS - Feed reader. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/net.etuldan.sparss.floss/), [Source Code](https://github.com/Etuldan/spaRSS))

## Notes

## Organizing

### Calendar

#### Offline

  * [Offline Calendar](https://www.schuermann.eu/android/) - Calendar app, completely offline. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/org.sufficientlysecure.localcalendar/), [Source Code](https://github.com/PrivacyApps/offline-calendar))

#### Online

  * Etar - material design based calendar, uses Android Calendar sync. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/ws.xsoh.etar/), [Source Code](https://github.com/Etar-Group/Etar-Calendar))

### Notes

  * SealNote - Notepad that provides encryption. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/com.twistedplane.sealnote/), [Source Code](https://github.com/vishesh/sealnote))

  * Swiftnotes - Simple notepad. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/com.moonpi.swiftnotes/), [Source Code](https://github.com/adrianchifor/Swiftnotes))

### Tasks

  * OpenTasks - Tasks can be synchronized using DAVDroid. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/org.dmfs.tasks/), [Source Code](https://github.com/dmfs/opentasks))

## PDF

  * [Document Viewer](https://www.sufficientlysecure.org/android/) - Supports multiple document formats. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/org.sufficientlysecure.viewer/), [Source Code](https://github.com/SufficientlySecure/document-viewer))

  * [MuPDF](https://mupdf.com/) - Small PDF viewer. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/com.artifex.mupdfdemo/), [Source Code](https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf-android-viewer-old.git;a=summary))

  * [MuPDF mini](https://mupdf.com/) - Even smaller PDF viewer. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/com.artifex.mupdf.mini/), [Source Code](https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf-android-viewer-mini.git;a=summary))

  * PDF Creator - Create and edit PDF files. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/de.baumann.pdfcreator/), [Source Code](https://github.com/scoute-dich/PDFCreator))

## Privacy

  * [Wi-Fi Privacy Police](http://www.brambonne.com/) - Prevents sending of known Wi-Fi networks. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/be.uhasselt.privacypolice/), [Source Code](https://github.com/BramBonne/privacypolice))

## Security

### Cryptography

  * [OpenKeychain](https://www.openkeychain.org/) - Provides OpenPGP security. ([F-Droid](https://www.openkeychain.org/), [Source Code](https://github.com/openpgp-keychain/openpgp-keychain))

### Password management

  * KeePass2Android - Advanced implementation of the KeePass standard on Android. ([APK](https://keepass2android.codeplex.com/releases), [Source Code](https://keepass2android.codeplex.com/))

### Two-Factor Auth.

  * andOTP - Provides TOTP, can backup and restore keys encrypted (PGP or Password). ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/org.shadowice.flocke.andotp/), [Source Code](https://github.com/flocke/andOTP))

  * [FreeOTP](https://freeotp.github.io/) - Provides HOTP and TOTP. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/org.fedorahosted.freeotp/), [Source Code](https://github.com/freeotp/freeotp-android))

## Social networks

  * [AndStatus](http://andstatus.org/) - Low traffic social network client. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/org.andstatus.app/), [Source Code](https://github.com/andstatus/andstatus))

  * [dandelion*](https://diasp.org/people/48b78420923501341ef3782bcb452bd5) - Client for dandelion*. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/com.github.dfa.diaspora_android/), [Source Code](https://github.com/Diaspora-for-Android/dandelion))

  * Twidere - Microblogging / twitter.com client. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/org.mariotaku.twidere/), [Source Code](https://github.com/TwidereProject/Twidere-Android))

### Reddit

  * RedReader - Easy-to-use reddit frontend. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/org.quantumbadger.redreader/), [Source Code](https://github.com/QuantumBadger/RedReader))

  * Slide - Advanced app for reddit. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/me.ccrama.redditslide/), [Source Code](https://github.com/ccrama/Slide))

## Tools

  * [Termux](https://termux.com/) - Terminal emulator, addons available. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/com.termux/), [Source Code](https://github.com/termux/termux-app))

  * [SatStat](http://mvglasow.github.io/satstat/index.html) - Read device sensors. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/com.vonglasow.michael.satstat/), [Source Code](https://github.com/mvglasow/satstat))

### Keyboard

  * [AnySoftKeyboard](https://anysoftkeyboard.github.io/) - Keyboard with many customization options. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/com.menny.android.anysoftkeyboard/), [Source Code](https://github.com/AnySoftKeyboard/AnySoftKeyboard))

### Translation

  * QuickDic - Offline translation dictionary. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/de.reimardoeffinger.quickdic/), [Source Code](https://github.com/rdoeffinger/Dictionary))

## Weather

  * Weather - Provides interface for several weather websites. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/de.baumann.weather/), [Source Code](https://github.com/scoute-dich/Weather))

## Web Browsing

  * Fennec F-Droid - Rebranded version of Firefox for F-Droid. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/org.mozilla.fennec_fdroid/), [Source Code](http://hg.mozilla.org/))

  * Firefox Klar - Private Mode browser, clear browser data with one tap. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/org.mozilla.klar/), [Source Code](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus-android))

  * [GApps Browser](https://plus.google.com/u/0/118226948467140990198/posts/YVNFmADvAs4) - Provides WebView for Google Websites. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/com.tobykurien.google_news/), [Source Code](https://github.com/tobykurien/GoogleNews))

  * [Wikipedia](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps) - Official Wikipedia Android app. ([F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/org.wikipedia/), [Source Code](https://github.com/wikimedia/apps-android-wikipedia))

## Credits

Inspired by other [awesome lists](https://github.com/Kickball/awesome-selfhosted).