OpenPods vs Telegram-FOSS

OpenPods

The Free and Open Source app for monitoring your AirPods on Android (by adolfintel)

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Telegram-FOSS

Unofficial, FOSS-friendly fork of the original Telegram client for Android (by Telegram-FOSS-Team)

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OpenPods		Telegram-FOSS
	Project
6	Mentions	39
899	Stars	2,637
-	Growth	2.5%
5.7	Activity	7.5
25 days ago	Latest Commit	8 days ago
Java	Language	Java
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

OpenPods

Posts with mentions or reviews of OpenPods. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-16.

Which APP would you guys recommend to show battery level for Airpod pro on Android phone, specifically Pixel 6?
1 project | /r/androidapps | 1 Nov 2022

Try OpenPod it ain't on playstore but it's open source and on F-Droid so you know it respects your privacy Get it on F-Droid https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.dosse.airpods Or GitHub https://github.com/adolfintel/OpenPods
⟳ 3 apps added, 79 updated at f-droid.org
14 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 16 Sep 2022

OpenPods (version 1.8): The Free and Open Source app for monitoring your AirPods on Android
Android app?
1 project | /r/airpods | 28 Jun 2022

haven't tried this as i don't own airpods, but it's free and open source and looks to do what you want it to https://github.com/adolfintel/OpenPods
I want to write a program to interface with my earbuds, where do I start? Is it even possible?
2 projects | /r/cpp_questions | 28 Jun 2021

For instance, I looked up airpods on GitHub and found OpenPods, which is apparently an open source project for that particular brand of earphones.
OpenPods. Ad-free, open source Airpods control app with proper battery indicator, available on F-Droid
1 project | /r/androidapps | 15 Jun 2021

Github Releases
Battery usage graph only goes back <1hr
1 project | /r/LineageOS | 10 Apr 2021

So, after seeing that the logcat was being spammed by messages a la D/BtGatt.ScanManager: awakened up at time 472024 I came across this OpenPods issue.

Telegram-FOSS

Posts with mentions or reviews of Telegram-FOSS. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-06.

Governments spying on Apple, Google users through push notifications -US senator
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Dec 2023

I use Telegram FOSS. They refuse to use firebase for notifications, so I forever have a message in my drawer that leads to this link:
https://github.com/Telegram-FOSS-Team/Telegram-FOSS/blob/mas...
I doubt it solves much but I like to think of it as a little poke in the eye.
Telegram Alternative?
4 projects | /r/moddedandroidapps | 8 May 2023

Telegram FOSS https://github.com/Telegram-FOSS-Team/Telegram-FOSS
UnifiedPush: A decentralized, open-source push notification protocol
8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Dec 2022

[2] https://github.com/Telegram-FOSS-Team/Telegram-FOSS/issues/5...
Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon)
5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 12 Oct 2022
Some FOSS Alternative Apps for You
22 projects | /r/fossdroid | 22 Sep 2022

https://github.com/Telegram-FOSS-Team/Telegram-FOSS https://github.com/Forkgram/TelegramAndroid https://github.com/NekogramX/NekoX/
⟳ 3 apps added, 79 updated at f-droid.org
14 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 16 Sep 2022

Telegram FOSS (version 8.9.2a): Telegram is a messaging app with a focus on speed and security.
Telegram FOSS calls to Telegram on iPhone not working
1 project | /r/fossdroid | 15 Sep 2022
Telegram FOSS, Nekogram X or Forkgram? And privacy concerns!
3 projects | /r/privacy | 21 Jul 2022

You also have Telegram-FOSS, which is almost a 1:1 with the official client but with some, minimal, changes.
about telegram foss
1 project | /r/PrivacyGuides | 19 Jul 2022

It's not an official client, it's just a fork. you can know more here : https://github.com/Telegram-FOSS-Team/Telegram-FOSS
Telegram FOSS out of date
2 projects | /r/fdroid | 16 Jul 2022

Last update from Telegram-FOSS was in May. There are other clients in F-Droid, maybe you can try them?

What are some alternatives?

When comparing OpenPods and Telegram-FOSS you can also consider the following projects:

XPrivacyLua - Really simple to use privacy manager for Android 6.0 Marshmallow and later

Telegram - Telegram for Android source

markor - Text editor - Notes & ToDo (for Android) - Markdown, todo.txt, plaintext, math, ..

NekoX - A third-party Telegram android app.

app - Think fearlessly with end-to-end encrypted notes and files. For issues, visit https://standardnotes.com/forum or https://standardnotes.com/help.

TelegramAndroid - Fork client of Telegram app for Android.

Shuttle - Shuttle Music Player

Netguard - A simple way to block access to the internet per app

android-developer-roadmap - Android Developer Roadmap - A complete roadmap to learn Android App Development

Joplin - Joplin - the secure note taking and to-do app with synchronisation capabilities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

jabra-node-sdk - Jabra Node.Js SDK based on N-API

libQuotient - A Qt library to write cross-platform clients for Matrix