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• Hosting Your Own AI Chatbot on Android Devices

  Head over to the F-Droid website and follow the instructions to install the app. Once that's done, open F-Droid and search for Termux and install the latest version. Please don't use Google Play Store to install Termux, as the version there is very outdated. - Source: dev.to / about 1 month ago

• VLC can't update on Android without giving Google private signing keys

  The freedom, such as it is, comes from alternative app stores. I trust F-Droid (https://f-droid.org/) somewhat more than I trust apps on the Play Store so that's my first stop when I'm looking for something. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 month ago

• Decluttering your life with a smartphone

  You can find alternative apps for almost everything. Most of the opensource alternatives have no im built trackers. Use https://f-droid.org/ for free open source, adfree, tracker-free apps. Source: 5 months ago

• ⟳ 2 apps added, 35 updated at f-droid.org

  F-Droid Basic (version 1.18.0): The minimal client app for the app store that respects freedom and privacy. Source: 6 months ago

• Android App Devs now require 20 people to test before publishing to Play Store

  This lockdown of what used to be a relatively accessible app distribution system is sad. At least we have F-Droid :) https://f-droid.org. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• useful linux/android software sources

  f-droid, free and open source apps/games for android devices. Does not require any client app to use but the experience is better with one. Source: 7 months ago

• Uninstall the NightOwl macOS app now

  It's a problem with "free as in beer" apps but not with "free as in freedom" apps. When the packages are built from source code by a trusted distributor like Debian or F-Droid [1], this kind of change is likely going to be noticed by the packager and not let through to users. [1] https://f-droid.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

• New ReVanced Patches change-oauth-client-id fix

  Wouldn't it be easier just to have this patch as a pull request to the official app or at least a simple fork that will be made available to F-Droid? Source: 10 months ago

• How can I run this bot on my android phone

  Termux is available on the app store fdroid https://f-droid.org/ not the playstore from google. Source: 10 months ago

• LPT Request: What is an app that everyone should have on their phone?

  F-Droid. An alternate app store for Android. It's all open source apps. If you need an app for a specific task and you don't need a brand name app, you can trust these open source apps not to do any funny business like sell your data. Anything questionable they do is clearly labelled. Source: 11 months ago

• I discovered a new photography app on Google play store

  Could you surf fdroid https://f-droid.org/ and recommend some productive apps from there. Most if not all are open source,i.e; its entire code is in the public domain. I have limited bandwidth so not getting enough time to surf it. Thanks! Source: 11 months ago

• Reddit CEO goes full dictator defiant as moderator strike shutters thousands of forums

  Once you're signed up there, if you're on android, install the f-droid app (https://f-droid.org), then search for 'Jerboa'. In Jerboa, you can choose the instance you signed up for and login to it from there. Source: 11 months ago

• Basic functionality apps?

  Use F-droid repositories. https://f-droid.org/ It contain only free and open source apps without crap and bloatware. As basic apps you can use Simple apps set from Tibor Kaputa. Source: 11 months ago

• Cat S22 Flip report, the Philippines

  I disabled many of the pre-installed, and replaced them with open source apps from FDroid, or if from other sources, installed via ADB. Source: 11 months ago

• I've recently released an app to help vegans meet other vegans, whether in dating or friendship! I was hoping I can get feedback from the community about it and what you'd want to see. More details in the comments

  The main benefit is trust. If the source code is open to the public, anyone can audit it and see if it is not doing anything malicious. As a de-googled phone user, f-droid is my go-to app app store, which publishes only open-source applications. Even u/OldManSingsAtCloud agrees. Source: 11 months ago

• Incomplete and Growing List of Participating Subreddits

  r/FDroidUpdates (unofficial, automated reports of repository updates for F-Droid repositories, which include apps like Gadgetbridge above). Source: 11 months ago

• tried to install F Droid on Android phone got numerous danger warnings

  "Searching for F-Droid"? What's there to search? https://f-droid.org/ has a big button to download an admittedly outdated version, but, well, first thing you'll do is make it update itself. Otherwise... Just get the latest version from the F-Droid site? Source: 11 months ago

• Reddit Alternative for /r/flashlight

  F-Droid - open source app "store"; everything in it is open source, and has labels for anti-features. Source: 11 months ago

• Is there an open source app for android (and ios)?

  There are a lot of privacy-friendly apps for Android, you can find a lot on https://f-droid.org/ there are lists on r/fdroid. Source: 11 months ago

• Aurora Store Accounts Blocked by Google

  - You have to manually monitor your collection of apps on your device to see if there are updates and then go through the same process again to get the updated version. With Aurora Store I had to - Install F-Droid from https://f-droid.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 12 months ago

• Stockholm syndrome for Boost, the app is not working for the last week and it takes forever to show content, it's been 269 days since the last update, dev do something

  But then if not on the play store, where could it be distributed? If the app is open sourced (and then any proprietary dependencies are removed or replaced), it can be published on the F-droid store. One click install, notifications about updates, nearly the same as the google play experience. Source: 12 months ago