F-Droid always avoids tracking users as much as we can. We will never require an account, and we have put a lot of effort into making it hard for even the f-droid.org server to track users. We also recognize that usage data has value. It can be used to...

This Week In F-Droid 50, Week 14, 2019

In this edition: Twire is the first Twitch app to arrive in F-Droid. There are 4 new and 66 updated apps.

This Week In F-Droid 49, Week 13, 2019

In this edition: Miscellaneous F-Droid work, AnySoftKeyboard and Transdroid Torrent Search updated. There are 7 new and 76 updated apps.

In the F-Droid Android client, the Latest Tab is a place for F-Droid to showcase apps that pay extra attention to communicating to users. With the upcoming 1.6 release, the Latest Tab will now only show apps that meet certain criteria. The goal is to point users to apps where...

This Week In F-Droid 48, Week 12, 2019

In this edition: The guardianproject.info website migration effort is underway, and odds-and-ends. There are 6 new and 82 updated apps.

This Week In F-Droid 47, Week 11, 2019

In this edition: App summary translations, looking for maintainer, android SDK in Debian Buster accepted, more languages on the F-Droid website and odds and ends. There are 21 new and 151 updated apps.

This Week In F-Droid 45, Week 09, 2019

In this edition: Localization improvements in the F-Droid repository, F-Droid News section is splitting off, german article on how to have your own F-Droid repository, and Calendar Notifications Plus unpublished from Play Store. There are 2 new...

This Week In F-Droid 44, Week 08, 2019

In this edition: Mirror work in F-Droid 1.6 alpha 1, new blog on Planet F-Droid, submission queue maintenance, and part 4 of Izzy’s F-Droid series published in print. There are 7 new and 35 updated apps.

This Week In F-Droid 43, Week 07, 2019

In this edition: First alpha of android-rebuilds is up, F-Droid performance and Izzy triaging. There are 15 new and 69 updated apps.

This Week In F-Droid 42, Week 06, 2019

In this edition: Help needed with Debian Android Tools and Requests for Packaging marathon. There are 45 new and 98 updated apps.

This Week In F-Droid 41, Week 05, 2019

In this edition: Stringlate discontinued, part 2 of Izzy’s F-Droid series is now online in German and androDNS: Third reproducible app in F-Droid. There are 16 new and 107 updated apps.

This Week In F-Droid 40, Week 04, 2019

In this edition: NewPipe and broken builds, and more than 5000 followers on Mastodon. There are 20 new and 71 updated apps.

This Week In F-Droid 38, Week 02, 2019

In this edition: F-Droid 1.5.1 is the recommended version, firewall apps in the spotlight. There are 3 new and 77 updated apps.

The 35th Chaos Communications Congress (35c3) ended about two weeks ago, and F-Droid was well represented there. Indeed, tons of free software projects and communities were there. Starting with the F-Droid Meetup on the first day, there were frequent events and impromptu meetups between F-Droid core team, contributors, and...

This Week In F-Droid 37, Week 01, 2019

In this edition: Happy New Year, @Izzy’s third F-Droid article on-line and Europe to fund bug bounties for 15 open source programs. There are 11 new and 72 updated apps, with a major release for UserLAnd.

This Week In F-Droid 36, Week 52, 2018

In this edition: Second part of @Izzy’s article series is available, Privacy-focused article at ZDF, F-Droid does 35C3 and F-Droid 1.5 released. There are 3 new and 90 updated apps.

This Week In F-Droid 35, Week 51, 2018

In this edition: New automated mirror monitor, repomaker released to Flathub, unofficial F-Droid meeting at 35C3 and talk about Off-Grid Services by @_hc.

There are 11 new and 68 updated apps.

This Week In F-Droid 34, Week 50, 2018

In this edition: Planet F-Droid now exists, call for submissions for Planet F-Droid and first article of Izzy’s F-Droid series available in English. There are 3 new and 59 updated apps.

This Week In F-Droid 32, Week 48, 2018

In this edition: Building the Android SDKs as Free Software, F-Droid buildserver container, F-Droid article in c’t magazine, repomaker Flatpak and TWIF Call for Help. There are 8 new and 67 updated apps.

This Week In F-Droid 31, Week 47, 2018

In this edition: A look into app rankings and Briar arrives as reproducible build. There are 16 new and 58 updated apps.

This Week In F-Droid 30, Week 46, 2018

In this edition: Publishing applications through F-Droid, Private GitLab runners, Pluggable Transports and F-Droid Matrix server up and running. There are 7 new and 64 updated apps.

This Week In F-Droid 29, Week 45, 2018

In this edition: Lots of F-Droid news. We’re looking for Mirror testers, and help with developing an auditing proxy. We are also setting up our own Matrix server, and have some news about Fairphone as a Service....

This Week In F-Droid 28, Week 44, 2018

In this edition: Not too much occured this week but we do have a good number of updated apps including updates to the much loved NewPipe YouTube client and a streaming music app for YouTube too. All...

This Week In F-Droid 27, Week 43, 2018

In this edition: Two new heavy duty servers, first alpha release of F-Droid 1.5, metadata cleanup, automatic buildserver setup, Portuguese Courts rule against Google, and F-Droid confirmed malware-free. There are 4 new and 32 updated apps.

This Week In F-Droid 26, Week 42, 2018

In this edition: Tagesschau running an F-Droid repo, starting up translation improvements, finalizing buildserver automation, and 2 new and 79 updated apps.

This Week In F-Droid 25, Week 41, 2018

In this edition: Tor Browser in Guardian Project, Matrix room improved, F-Droid bottom bar improvement, beta mirror up for testing, and 11 new apps and a record-breaking 114 updates.

This Week In F-Droid 24, Week 40, 2018

A light edition this week, due to the update process being stuck since Monday. This week we learn of BotBot.me shutting down, 4 new apps and 25 updates, with a major update for SnoopSnitch.

This Week In F-Droid 23, Week 39, 2018

In this edition: Buildserver successfully upgraded to Stretch, SET Anti-Feature fixed, new F-Droid sweatshirts, and F-Droid 1.4 marked stable. There are 3 new apps and 66 updates, including Music Player GO, FOSS Browser, StreetComplete, and Bimba.

This Week In F-Droid 22, Week 38, 2018

In this edition: Buildserver ready to upgrade to Stretch, SET Anti-Feature bug, hosted basebox images, pretty fdroiddata graphs, Rocket.Chat finally lands, and 68 updated apps including Mastalab.

This Week In F-Droid 21, Week 37, 2018

In this edition: F-Droid project receives a donation of two VMs, Tor Browser coming to Android, 28 new apps including Emerald Dialer and MiniVector, and 61 app updates including NewPipe and Kwik EFIS & DMAP.

This Week In F-Droid 20, Week 36, 2018

In this edition: Second security audit completed, automating the buildserver setup with ansible, a light week with updates for Just Notes, Cow’s Revenge, Feeel, and others.

The second full security audit of F-Droid is complete. We are satisfied with the results, which confirmed again that the core security model and standard operations are solid. The audit pointed out issues in the core build process where we currently rely on manual review by trusted contributors to protect...

As mentioned in This Week In F-Droid 17, Tutanota is now on F-Droid.

In this special post Ivan from Tutanota, tells us the story.

Hi, I’m Ivan and I am developing Tutanota to help build the web of the future where our right to privacy is being respected....

This Week In F-Droid 19, Week 35, 2018

In this edition: 9 new apps, and 57 updates featuring Untis, Tusky, Rabbit Escape, and also Libretorrent, Orgzly, StreetComplete, Mastalab, Revolution IRC and more.

This Week in F-Droid 18, Week 34, 2018.

Highlights: 11 newly released apps, OsmAnd and Maps receive major updates, upcoming talks at F/LOSS conferences, and preliminary discussion on efforts to decentralise F-droid index creation.

This Week In F-Droid 17, Week 33, 2018

In this edition: Voting on Fennec icon, Mattermost advocacy, USB/SD card swap demonstrated, fixing OsmAnd~, Featured badge, using custom ROMs, and integrating F-Droid with the fediverse. In apps, Tutanota is in and the reproducible builds Öffi and Briar finally dropped.

This Week In F-Droid 16, Week 32, 2018

In this edition: Fixing nearby swap, download link broken and fixed again, a flaky build cycle, 3000 Mastodon followers, and Tutanota and Rocket Chat coming soon.

This Week In F-Droid 15, Week 31, 2018

In this edition: Releasing F-Droid 1.3, building Briar reproducibly and F-Droid shirts now available.

F-Droid is a repository of verified free and open source Android apps, a client to access it, as well as a whole “app store...

This Week In F-Droid 14, Week 30, 2018

In this edition: Improved app descriptions in the repository, testers for beta 5 welcome, and reproducible builds still stuck.

F-Droid is a repository of verified free and open source Android apps, a client to access it, as well...

This Week In F-Droid 13, Week 29, 2018

In this edition: Öffi released as open source, Transportr 2.0 released, better app descriptions and that annoying bug that causes updates to keep reappearing has been fixed in the latest alpha.

F-Droid is a repository of verified free and...

F-Droid is a repository of verified free and open source Android apps, a client to access it, as well as a whole “app store kit”, providing all the tools needed to set up and run an app store. It is a community-run free software project developed...

F-Droid is a repository of verified free and open source Android apps, a client to access it, as well as a whole “app store kit”, providing all the tools needed to set up and run an app store. It is a community-run free software project developed...

F-Droid is a repository of verified free and open source Android apps, a client to access it, as well as a whole “app store kit”, providing all the tools needed to set up and run an app store. It is a community-run free software project developed...

This week hastily compiled by Bubu. I probably missed things.

F-Droid is a repository of verified free and open source Android apps, a client to access it, as well as a whole “app store kit”, providing all the tools needed to set up and run an...

F-Droid is a repository of verified free and open source Android apps, a client to access it, as well as a whole “app store kit”, providing all the tools needed to set up and run an app store. It is a community-run free software project developed...

F-Droid is a repository of verified free and open source Android apps, a client to access it, as well as a whole “app store kit”, providing all the tools needed to set up and run an app store. It is a community-run free software project developed...

F-Droid is a repository of verified free and open source Android apps, a client to access it, as well as a whole “app store kit”, providing all the tools needed to set up and run an app store. It is a community-run free software project developed...

F-Droid is a repository of verified free and open source Android apps, a client to access it, as well as a whole “app store kit”, providing all the tools needed to set up and run an app store. It is a community-run free software project developed...

F-Droid is a repository of verified free and open source Android apps, a client to access it, as well as a whole “app store kit”, providing all the tools needed to set up and run an app store. It is a community-run free software project developed...

F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device. This post lists notable things that happened in and around F-Droid this past...

Hi everyone! You have been telling us you liked the first #twif, so have another!

F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates...

Hi everyone! This is a little experiment triggered by the Matrix Project starting their own TWIM (This Week In Matrix), who in turn stole the idea off TWIR (This Week In Rust). Therefore, we now give you the first trial TWIF!

F-Droid is an installable

Liberapay, a fully free Donation Platform

Posted on Mar 2, 2018 by Bubu

Website Updates

Posted on Mar 1, 2018 by F-Droid

F-Droid presentation at the Linux.conf.au 2018 conference

Posted on Feb 2, 2018 by Licaon_Kter

Fairphone Open ships F-Droid Privileged Extension!

Posted on Jan 24, 2018 by eighthave

Upcoming Security Audit

Posted on Jan 20, 2018 by eighthave

New Collaborations on Exposing Tracking

Posted on Dec 14, 2017 by eighthave

F-Droid and the Janus Vulnerability

Posted on Dec 13, 2017 by eighthave

Publishing a nightly builds repo with GitLab or Travis CI

Posted on Dec 11, 2017 by eighthave

F-Droid — 1.0!

Posted on Oct 10, 2017 by F-Droid

Как F-Droid обеспечивает Кубу приложениями

Posted on Jul 3, 2017 by grote

Announcing new libraries: F-Droid Update Channels

Posted on Jun 1, 2017 by eighthave

Шесть лет на создание нового опыт взаимодействия

Posted on Apr 4, 2017 by pserwylo

Переходя в новое десятилетие обсуждений

Posted on Feb 20, 2017 by NicoAlt

F-Droid поддерживает файлы расширения APK — OBB

Posted on Feb 20, 2017 by eighthave

Client 0.102 released

Posted on Dec 15, 2016 by mvdan

Client 0.101 released

Posted on Oct 3, 2016 by mvdan

The latest release of the F-Droid Repository Client, version 0.101 is now available. You can download it from the home page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

These are the changes since 0.100:

• Support for Android 2.2 is dropped, 2.3.3 or later...

Client 0.100 Released

Posted on Jun 14, 2016 by mvdan

The latest release of the F-Droid Repository Client, version 0.100 is now available. You can download it from the home page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

These are the changes since 0.99.2:

• Ability to download apps in the background
• Significant performance...

Get it on F-Droid badges

Posted on May 29, 2016 by mvdan

If your app is available on F-Droid, you can now add a “Get it on F-Droid” badge to your website or markdown README file following these instructions.

For more information, see the new F-Droid artwork repo on...

Client 0.99 Released

Posted on Mar 3, 2016 by CiaranG

The latest release of the F-Droid Repository Client, version 0.99 is now available. You can download it from the home page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

These are the changes since 0.98.1:

• Add simple “Use Tor” setting.
• Enable TLS v1.2 for...

Client 0.98.1 Released

Posted on Feb 15, 2016 by CiaranG

The latest release of the F-Droid Repository Client, version 0.98.1 is now available. You can download it from the home page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

This is a maintenance release, with the following fixes since 0.98:

• Fix crash when entering...

Client 0.98 Released

Posted on Feb 2, 2016 by CiaranG

The latest release of the F-Droid Repository Client, version 0.98 is now available. You can download it from the home page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

These are the changes since 0.97:

• Add opt-in crash reporting via ACRA
• Add support for...

Client 0.97 Released

Posted on Nov 17, 2015 by CiaranG

The latest release of the F-Droid Repository Client, version 0.97 is now available. You can download it from the home page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

This is a maintenance release, with the following changes from 0.96.1

• Add option to prompt...

Client 0.96.1 Released

Posted on Sep 26, 2015 by CiaranG

The latest release of the F-Droid Repository Client, version 0.96.1 is now available. You can download it from the home page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

This is a maintenance release, with the following changes from 0.96

• Fix crash when updating...

Client 0.96 Released

Posted on Sep 16, 2015 by CiaranG

The latest release of the F-Droid Repository Client, version 0.96 is now available. You can download it from the home page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

This is a maintenance release, with the following changes from 0.95.1

• Move the repo index...

Client 0.95.1 Released

Posted on Aug 13, 2015 by CiaranG

The latest release of the F-Droid Repository Client, version 0.95.1, is now available. You can download it from the home page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

This is a maintenance release, with the following changes from 0.95:

• Disable prompt to install...

Client 0.95 Released

Posted on Aug 6, 2015 by CiaranG

The latest release of the F-Droid Repository Client, version 0.95, is now available. You can download it from the home page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

Main changes since 0.92:

• Start porting UI to Material Design, including a new launcher icon
...

Client 0.92 Released

Posted on Jun 8, 2015 by CiaranG

The latest release of the F-Droid Repository Client, version 0.92, is now available. You can download it from the home page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

Main changes since 0.91:

• Make swap only in portrait mode to prevent crashes and issues...

Client 0.91 Released

Posted on May 29, 2015 by CiaranG

The latest release of the F-Droid Repository Client, version 0.91, is now available. You can download it from the home page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

Main changes since 0.88:

• Don’t request the “Write to external storage” permission on 4.4 and...

Client 0.88 Released

Posted on Apr 29, 2015 by CiaranG

The latest release of the F-Droid Repository Client, version 0.88, is now available. You can download it from the home page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

Main changes since 0.83:

• Show list of apps in the update notification (on devices with...

Client 0.83 Released

Posted on Mar 26, 2015 by CiaranG

The latest release of the F-Droid Repository Client, version 0.83, is now available. You can download it from the home page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

Main changes since 0.78:

• Fix possible crashes when installing or uninstalling apps.
• Fix issue that...

Client 0.78 Released

Posted on Jan 2, 2015 by CiaranG

The latest release of the F-Droid Repository Client, version 0.78, is now available. You can download it from the home page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

Main changes since 0.76:

• Compatibility with Android 5.0 has been implemented. In the previous release,...

Client 0.76 Released

Posted on Oct 14, 2014 by CiaranG

The latest release of the F-Droid Repository Client, version 0.76, is now available. You can download it from the home page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

Main changes since 0.66:

• Added “local repo” support to host an F-Droid repo on the...

F-Droid at RMLL

Posted on Jul 1, 2014 by CiaranG

The 15th Libre Software Meeting, RMLL Montpelier 2014 takes place in France from the 5th to the 11th of July and F-Droid will be there.

...

Client 0.66 Released

Posted on May 2, 2014 by CiaranG

The latest release of the F-Droid Repository Client, version 0.66, is now available. You can download it from the home page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

Main changes since 0.63:

• Fixed a crash on startup for devices with more than 500...

Client 0.63 Released

Posted on Apr 8, 2014 by CiaranG

The latest release of the F-Droid Repository Client, version 0.63, is now available. You can download it from the home page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

Main changes since 0.58:

• Support for Network Service Discovery of local FDroid repos on Android...

Client 0.58 Released

Posted on Jan 13, 2014 by CiaranG

The latest release of the F-Droid Repository Client, version 0.58, is now available. You can download it from the home page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

Main changes since 0.55:

• Icons are now downloaded with a resolution that matches the device’s...

F-Droid at FOSDEM

Posted on Jan 11, 2014 by CiaranG

FOSDEM 2014 is coming up on the 1st and 2nd of February, in Brussels.

F-Droid developer Daniel Martí will be giving a talk about the project on Sunday 2nd at 10am. See the talk details on the FOSEDEM site for more...

Client 0.55 Released

Posted on Nov 12, 2013 by CiaranG

The latest release of the F-Droid Repository Client, version 0.55, is now available. You can download it from the home page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

This is a minor update to the 0.54 release, with the following changes:

• Fixed problems...

Client 0.54 released

Posted on Nov 5, 2013 by CiaranG

The latest release of the F-Droid Repository Client, version 0.54, is now available. You can download it from the home page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

Main changes since 0.50:

• New options on the App Details screen to ignore all future...

F-Droid Talk – Catalonia

Posted on Oct 28, 2013 by CiaranG

On Saturday the 9th of November, F-Droid developer Daniel Martí will be giving a talk entitled “Distribution of Free Software applications on Android”. The talk will present F-Droid, the software the project produces, and the services it offers. It will be mainly aimed at the generic Android user, who...

Client 0.50 released

Posted on Aug 21, 2013 by CiaranG

The latest release of the F-Droid Repository Client, version 0.50, is now available. You can download it from the home page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

Main changes since 0.46:

• New basic app sharing functionality.
• Handle f-droid.org web repo as well...

Second F-Droid Workshop in Berlin

Posted on Aug 14, 2013 by CiaranG

Following the success of the first F-Droid Workshop in Berlin, there will be another this weekend.

• When? Saturday the 17th of August, 2PM – 6PM
• Where? Büro 2.0 (http://www.buero20.org/anfahrt)
• Who? Daniel Martí – F-Droid developer

The workshop is aimed at developers and advanced users – if...

F-Droid Workshop – Berlin

Posted on Jul 27, 2013 by CiaranG

F-Droid Workshop – learn how to include new apps into the repository.

• When? Saturday the 3rd of August, 2PM – 5PM
• Where? IN-Berlin (http://in-berlin.de/space)
• Who? Daniel Martí – F-Droid developer

The workshop is aimed at developers and advanced users – if you know how to...

Client 0.46 Released

Posted on May 31, 2013 by CiaranG

The latest release of the F-Droid Repository Client, version 0.46, is now available. You can download it from the home page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

Main changes since 0.45:

• Worked around a bad interaction with Google App Verification (relevant only...

Client 0.45 Released

Posted on May 29, 2013 by CiaranG

The latest release of the F-Droid Repository Client, version 0.45, is now available. You can download it from the home page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

Main changes since 0.42:

• Fixed a bug where repository update checks could happen more frequently...

Client 0.42 Released

Posted on Mar 24, 2013 by CiaranG

The latest release of the F-Droid Repository Client, version 0.42, is now available. You can download it from the home page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

Main changes since 0.38:

• New option to launch installed applications directly from the client.
• Improved...

Client 0.38 Released

Posted on Sep 19, 2012 by CiaranG

The latest release of the FDroid Repository Client, version 0.38, is now available. You can download it from the home page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

Changed since 0.33:

• Enhanced descriptions, including better formatting possibilities, external links, and direct links between...

Client 0.33 Released

Posted on Sep 13, 2012 by F-Droid

The latest release of the FDroid Repository Client, version 0.33, is now available. You can download it from the home page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

Changed since 0.31:

• Update notifications take you straight to the updates tab.
• Various performance improvements...

Client 0.31 Released

Posted on Sep 1, 2012 by CiaranG

The latest release of the FDroid Repository Client, version 0.31, is now available. You can get it from the repository page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

Changed since 0.28:

• Fixed a bug in the French translation that caused a crash if...

Client 0.28 Released

Posted on Aug 26, 2012 by F-Droid

The latest release of the FDroid Repository Client, version 0.28, is now available. You can get it from the repository page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

The main changes in this release are:

• New Categories within the client for What’s New...

Security Notice – TextSecure

Posted on Aug 23, 2012 by F-Droid

Unfortunately, the TextSecure application is now deleted from the repository.

Previous versions of this have a serious security flaw. One feature of the software is that all SMS messages sent and received are stored in an encrypted database. However, due to an apparent oversight by the developer, all...

Repository Client 0.25

Posted on Jan 12, 2012 by F-Droid

The latest release of the FDroid Repository Client, version 0.25, is now available. You can get it from the repository page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

This is a minor update release, with lots of translation updates and various small user interface...

Repository Client 0.24

Posted on Dec 5, 2011 by F-Droid

The latest release of the FDroid Repository Client, version 0.24, is now available. You can get it from the repository page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

This release fixes a problem that caused notifications of updates to your installed applications to not...

Andor’s Trail

Posted on Nov 30, 2011 by F-Droid

Andor’s Trail is a classic RPG. Your brother, the Andor of the title, has disappeared, and via a series of interlinked quests your job is to find...

Repository Client 0.23

Posted on Nov 14, 2011 by F-Droid

The latest release of the FDroid Repository Client, version 0.23, is now available. You can get it from the repository page or, if you already have...

Repository Client 0.22

Posted on May 20, 2011 by F-Droid

The latest release of the FDroid Repository Client, version 0.22, is now available. You can get it from the repository page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

This release contains numerous minor fixes and user interface improvements, but the main changes since...

Repository Client 0.21

Posted on Feb 24, 2011 by F-Droid

The latest release of the FDroid Repository Client, version 0.21, is now available. You can get it from the repository page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

The main changes since the previous release are:

• Donate option – for applications...

FOSDEM Schedules

Posted on Feb 4, 2011 by CiaranG

It seemed like a shame that although there are two choices of FOSS application to keep track of the busy FOSDEM schedule on your phone, you were...

Repository Client 0.20

Posted on Feb 1, 2011 by F-Droid

The latest release of the FDroid Repository Client, version 0.20, is now available. You can get it from the repository page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

The main changes since the previous official release are:

• Signed repository index. Although...

Repository Client 0.17

Posted on Jan 17, 2011 by F-Droid

The latest release of the FDroid Repository Client, version 0.17, is now available. You can get it from the repository page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

The main changes since the previous version are:

• Search – this has started to...

Sokoban

Posted on Jan 6, 2011 by F-Droid

No prizes for guessing that Sokoban is an implementation of the classic game Sokoban. Unless you’ve never heard of it of course. I’ll assume that’s the case,...

Repository Client 0.14

Posted on Nov 15, 2010 by F-Droid

The latest release of the FDroid Repository Client, version 0.14, is now available. You can get it from the repository page or, if you already have an earlier version installed, just update.

The main changes since the previous version are:

• Background updating of the repository index,...

ConnectBot

Posted on Nov 4, 2010 by F-Droid

ConnectBot is an essential tool for the sysadmin on the move, or the stationary sysadmin on the beach. It’s a fully functional SSH client packed with useful features,...

The Donate Pledge

Posted on Oct 22, 2010 by F-Droid

A while back I read about the Paid App Pledge over at Android Guys. I didn’t want to sign up to that – the last thing I want to do is encourage more hidden source code.

The intention is a good one though – encouraging more high...

Missile Intercept

Posted on Oct 22, 2010 by F-Droid

Missile Intercept is a game modelled on the classic Missile Command, complete with retro-style graphics. You’re defending three cities at the bottom of the screen from destruction...

F-Droid Repository Alpha

Posted on Oct 20, 2010 by F-Droid

Following on from the earlier post (read first if you don’t know what this is about), you can now try an alpha release of the software. There’s a lot of planned functionality still missing, but it’s fully functional and useful.

MathDoku

Posted on Oct 16, 2010 by F-Droid

I’ll start by saying that I hate Sudoku, it always struck me as very tedious, and I’ve never heard of KenKen, the variation on which this game is...

F-Droid Repository Vapourware

Posted on Oct 15, 2010 by F-Droid

The observant amongst you will have noticed the “and more” in this site’s tagline. I thought I’d write a little bit of an introduction to that side of things, since I’ve briefly mentioned it to various people already anyway.

The plan is to implement something that’s sorely missing...

StatusNet Mobile

Posted on Oct 14, 2010 by F-Droid

This is the official client for StatusNet microblogs, including the popular Identi.ca.

On one hand I expected great things from this, because it comes direct from StatusNet’s...

NetCounter

Posted on Oct 13, 2010 by F-Droid

NetCounter is a simple but effective application to keep track of your data usage. It counts cell and wi-fi data separately and displays a summary of both in...

gvSIG Mini

Posted on Oct 13, 2010 by F-Droid

There are plenty of options for mapping on Android, including the virtually ubiquitous Google Maps. However, none of them are even in the same league as gvSIG Mini.

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FBReader

Posted on Oct 7, 2010 by F-Droid

Yesterday we looked at real books so today it’s the turn of e-books. FBReader is an e-book reader based on the desktop application of the...

Book Catalogue

Posted on Oct 6, 2010 by F-Droid

It’s hard to know how to start a review of an application with a name so descriptive you know exactly what it is from the title. The standard...

Beem

Posted on Oct 5, 2010 by F-Droid

Beem is an XMPP client which, as yet, offers a fairly basic range of options but is under active development. There are a few quirks...

MythMote

Posted on Oct 4, 2010 by F-Droid

If you use MythTV (and if not, why not?) then you need MythMote. It’s a remote control that communicates with all your MythTV front ends over the...

LifeSaver 2

Posted on Oct 2, 2010 by F-Droid

LifeSaver 2 is a simple but very useful app that backs up your call log and SMS messages to your SD card, and allows you to restore them later. This is useful for general everyday backups, as a means of exporting this data in an easy format for...

Permissions

Posted on Oct 1, 2010 by F-Droid

Following on from yesterday’s article about app permissions, here’s some more practical help in the form of an app that lets you review the permissions you’ve granted to everything that’s currently installed.

Connect Your Charger

Posted on Oct 1, 2010 by F-Droid

I always think popping up a “Battery Low – Connect Your Charger” message is a very thoughtless thing to do, and with battery life being what it is it’s something I get to think about quite a lot.

For one thing, if I was able to connect my...

No such thing as a free beer?

Posted on Sep 30, 2010 by F-Droid

Ars technica is reporting on a study that reveals that, unbeknownst to the user, some Android apps are sending personal information such as telephone numbers and GPS coordinates off to unknown recipients. The only surprising thing here is that anyone is surprised.

When we talk about FOSS...

K-9 Mail

Posted on Sep 29, 2010 by F-Droid

Everyone needs an email client, and unfortunately the stock Android client is very poor indeed – presumably because most of the development focus was on the GMail app. Luckily for those that don’t use GMail, or use...

F-Droid Is Here

Posted on Sep 29, 2010 by F-Droid

F-Droid is dedicated to Free and Open Source (FOSS) software on the Android platform. Here you will find news, reviews and other features covering all things Android and software-freedom related.