What is your must have open source application available on fdroid?

New pipe - the YouTube front end is absolutely critical for my lifestyle.

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    • Newpipe (adfree YouTube client)
    • Thunder (responsive Lemmy client)
    • Geometric Weather (great weather app)
    • FBreader (low resource eBook reader)
    • KDE connect (sync between phone and laptop)
    • Glider (HackerNews app)
    • Orgzly (needlessly complex org-mode renderer)
    • Skymap (Position-aware constellation viewer)
    • Open Camera (impressive photo app)
    • PianOli (fun piano app)
    • Moonlight (game streaming client)
    • WLANScanner (find hidden WiFi camera/devices/networks in hotels)
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    OsmAnd~

    Makes navigating around easier especially as someone who likes walking.

    Edit because somebody mentioned about the lack of description and link of apps:

    OsmAnd~ is a FOSS alternative to Google Maps and uses OpenStreetMap for its data. You can download it here.

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      I keep trying OpenStreetMaps based mapping apps, but giving up on them because they can never seem to find locations I search for by address.

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        Yeah I don’t think they’re as accurate and I’m trying to fix it for my local area. For some reason, updates to the map are a bit slow to update.

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      This is the überapp, 10 yearsinddevelopmenrt and I’m still fascinated reading the changelog on major releases. Use it almost daily.

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    Termux (Linux terminal) is super cool, and you can install a lot of cools programs through it as well. Add in the plugins for tasker integration/etc and it can be used for some pretty cool things (ie, use wol to wake up your computer when you get close to your house, etc).

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      That’s really interesting. Are you using a keyboard and mouse? Or is this like on a Android desktop setup?

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        By default the app is just a terminal with an on-screen keyboard. Packages installed and run through it are normally terminal only, although there is some amount of support for connecting to a separate app that runs an x server.

        There are several other projects that download arm Linux distributions, and install them inside termux to get a full desktop going though. Normally for these you actually interact with the desktop through a VNC client connected to a localhost VNC running on the Linux distro. A VNC client is a good way to handle accessing the desktop since most of them come with a lot of UI design/polish for controlling a desktop computer via a phone screen.

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    There’s so many I could list, I’ll just mention 2 underrated ones I don’t see mentioned as much:

    • LibreTube - Best YouTube client imo, has a very nice and modern interface, proxies videos through Piped for maximum privacy (No direct connections to Google are made), No ads/tracking, SponsorBlock + Return YouTube Dislikes, support for downloading videos, etc. It’s everything I’d want and more out of a YouTube client.

    • URLCheck - Excellent app that allows you to preview what a URL is before you click it, includes tons of features such as scanning for malware, removing any tracking parameters, upgrading links from HTTP to HTTPS, etc. I can’t recommend this app enough for the security, privacy, and general peace of mind it gives you.

    • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.one
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      URLCheck is extremely underrated!

      It also prevents other apps from knowing what app the URL originated from (by acting as a proxy), and lets you customize the activity flags too

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    Syncthing, which syncs my files between my phone and computer. I can rip a music CD on my computer and it’s instantly sent to my phone so I can listen to it on the bus or wherever.

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    • AdAway – system-wide ad-blocker, works with and without root, but Adguard DNS work well enough so don’t bother if you can’t root.
    • Aegis – clean OTP app
    • AntennaPod – best podcast player with lots of customisation
    • Breezy Weather (requires IzzyOnDroid repo; fork of the abandoned Geometric Weather) – brilliant, beautiful, ad-free weather app with Accuweather data
    • CloudStream (IzzyOnDroid) – 🏴‍☠️ video streaming from all over the web
    • Doodle Live Wallpaper – FOSS recreation of Google’s Pixel wallpapers with some extra customisation
    • Frost for Facebook – pretty web wrapper for browsing Facebook
    • LibreTorrent – FOSS, ad-free torrenting app
    • OsmAnd+ – OpenStreetMap client with navigation, offline maps and loads and loads of customisation
    • Antimine – infinite minesweeper game
    • Neo Backup – root-based app data backup
    • SimpleAppDowngrader – root-based, allows downgrading apps without uninstalling and retains data files
    • Tasks.org – best tasklist available, self-hosted but also works with Google Tasks
    • ViMusic – free YouTube Music client, works flawlessly and is very pretty
    • Wave Lines Live Wallpaper – customisable wave lines live wallpaper
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    KISS launcher is the easiest way to avoid Google search.

    TrackerControl is the easiest way to just disconnect an app from the internet.

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      +1 for TrackerControl. Love blocking/allowing specific categories/domains for an app. If the app doesn’t need it to do what I want it to do, I block it (looking at you, ads).

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        AdAway for rooted devices allows you to modify you hosts file directly. This means that AdAway doesn’t have to be constantly running in the background to block ads. It modifies the file then closes.

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      I recently switched to AdAway from AdGuard. More ads seem to get through in apps, but combined with unlock in Firefox websites are completely clean.

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        Were you using the Adguard app or the DNS’s?

        I usually use AdAway with root and with my pihole at home (and outside home with VPN) and I barely see any ads, although I haven’t tested with Android apps.

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      Looks cool! Can anyone weigh in on how similar this is to DDG’s tracking blocker feature? Is it the same but open source?

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        Its basically just a host file. It pulls in a huge file with all the ad domains and whenever your phone tries to connect to one it gets ignored. Therefore it also works for ads in apps.

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        Does DDG allow you to import lists? Does it have a VPN-less mode? Can it work system wide?

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    TLDR:

    • NewPipe for YouTube playback

    • OsmAnd+ for great offline maps with lots of customisability

    • Termux for terminal emulation and ssh

    • StreetComplete to easily contribute map data to the OpenStreetMap project, which also powers OsmAnd+ without knowing anything about OSM

    • KeePassDX for convenient and secure password storage including autofill (combined with Syncthing for syncing your databases this is a fully fledged password manager across platforms)

    • AdAway as a reliable adblocker for all applications which doesn’t require root, but can use the benefits of rooting your device to increase its usefulness even more

    +1 for all the NewPipe mentions, as it’s extremely useful especially for background playback

    Also OsmAnd+ is incredibly useful if you don’t want to give your location data to Google constantly. The maps are equally as good as those of the tech giants and it gets expanded regularly with actually useful features, like most recently, weather data. Its biggest strength however is the customisability in my opinion, because you can style everything according to your needs, starting at the overlay and the style of the map and going on at the specific level of detail and custom navigation modes. Additionally, you can download maps of the entire world for free and they get updated regularly. Only downside: There is no traffic data as of now, probably because it would be difficult to implement without processing user data. It’s also on the Play Store, but there the “+” version costs money and because the project in itself is commited to being open source I think it’s important to list

    Lastly, Termux really is the best terminal emulator for Android out there. It is extremely powerful, even allows sh hooks into system utilities like brightness and biometric login, and has great styling and widget support. You can even install full Linux-OS’s in a sandbox via proot!

    edit: add even more great apps

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    I use Libretube, newpipe x sponsorblock, Liftoff, Aegis, all the Simple apps (Gallery, Draw, File Manager, etc) I use too many

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    Termux: It makes Android closer to a real computer. I can SSH into machines, rsync files to my NAS, and build and compile applications.

    It’s usually the first thing I install.

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    Probably KeepassDX, Syncthing and Mull. Newpipe is also a good one, especially since it also supports PeerTube.

    Edit: Oh and I forgot about Jerboa.