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aSQLiteManager. Use ot to keep track of dart scoring and use views for reports / stats
fcitx5 for android, basically gboard without Google service
https://f-droid.org/packages/org.fcitx.fcitx5.android/
A lot of bangers in the comments, but I didn’t see my favorite!
container (kinda) for your apps https://f-droid.org/packages/com.oasisfeng.island.fdroid/
And its sibling Shelter. Don’t know which one is more up-to-date lately.
Looks like Insular has a more recent release: may 2024, and Shelter has the last in december 2023.
Here is my list :
What’s your favourite free Android app?
All of these
Is there an apk for the dialer?
Yes. You can install droid-ify and add calyx os repo named "The calyx Institute Fdroid repo (testing) . And search for Dialer and directly install it from there
Breezy Weather - https://github.com/breezy-weather/breezy-weather
LibreTube - https://github.com/libre-tube/LibreTube
NewPipe - https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe
Secure Camera - Play Store / Github
FUTO Keyboard - Play Store / https://keyboard.futo.org/
Organic Maps - Play Store / https://organicmaps.app/
Tubular is feels better with some ui changes
This? https://github.com/polymorphicshade/Tubular
Yep
Anytype - open source note taking app, similar to Obsidian.
Vampire Survivors - addictive game without intrusive ads
Termux, a terminal emulator
https://github.com/termux/termux-app
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.termux/
Indispensable.
What do you use it for?
Running useful CLI programs. A non exhaustive list:
Bitwarden. There’s no excuse not to use a password manager.
Single point of failure for all my usernames and passwords? No thanks
I used to think like that and only used
pass
. Then I stopped worrying and decided to trust the crypto.You can keep your 2FA tokens in a separate app.
That’s why you use 2-factor-authentication
Signal
Quillpad https://www.f-droid.org/en/packages/io.github.quillpad/
It’s a nice simple Google keep replacement.
English Dictionary Offline: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=livio.pack.lang.en_US . Still unbloated after all these years.
Librera (ebook reader): https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.foobnix.pro.pdf.reader/ . The pro version is free on f-droid, or you can buy it on Google Play if you want to support the dev.
Fossify Gallery: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.fossify.gallery/ . This is a fork of the old Simple Gallery from before it got bought out. Same deal with Fossify File Manager and the other Fossify apps. Just no-nonsense functional apps.
Does it do OPDS for Calibre integration? I don’t see that in the features.
I don’t use this feature much so I can’t speak to the details, but yes, it does support OPDS.
Screenshot:
I might give it a try then, Calibre library support builtin is a dealbreaker for me and it wasn’t obvious in the description.
Thanks.
FDroid itself
OsmAnd~: https://f-droid.org/packages/net.osmand.plus/
KOReader: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.koreader.launcher.fdroid/
Firefox with ublock Origin: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browsers/mobile/android/
uBlock Origin https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/android/addon/ublock-origin/
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