Partisan-SMS
Best-FOSS-Apps-for-Android
| Partisan-SMS | Best-FOSS-Apps-for-Android | |
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| 35 | 28 | |
| 212 | 222 | |
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| 7.8 | 10.0 | |
| over 1 year ago | about 2 years ago | |
| Kotlin | ||
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | - |
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Partisan-SMS
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Silence alternative or updated versions (supporting arm64)
It has very bad broken encryption: https://github.com/wrwrabbit/Partisan-SMS/issues/47
- SMS Removal Megathread
- Signal is dropping SMS support and both QKSMS and Silence are no longer maintained. Is there a good, open source alternative? Preferably that encrypts your texts locally and allows for backups?
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Alternatives to Signal Messenger now that they are dropping SMS support?
The other person has to have the app aswell but https://github.com/wrwrabbit/Partisan-SMS/releases/download/v2.1.4/P-SMS-v2.1.4.apk
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My Obtainium JSON list
P-SMS instead of qksms
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Current FOSS list - let me know what you think!
Partisan-SMS
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SIM Registration = More government surveillance
Silence has not been updated in years and can't handle dual sims. Instead you can try: https://github.com/wrwrabbit/Partisan-SMS but you should get off of SMS.
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Is Qksms still actively maintained ?
Not secure: https://github.com/wrwrabbit/Partisan-SMS/issues/47
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Is there any other SMS app with similar or better UI to QKSMS?
P sms actively maintained fork of qksms....same ui with encryption feature...you have to deal with pop up of encryption key msg everytime you open the app though...dev. issue is already there is turn off encryption feature so hope they will impliment that....
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Matrial you (3) apps you use or know
Simple sms : you can use this as there is no other good app except qksms which is unmaintained and i use P sms deal with pop up of encryption key and waiting for fdroid release...
Best-FOSS-Apps-for-Android
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Email client for reliable notifications.
Btw,for more alternatives you can check out this list https://github.com/Finalboss77/Best-foss-apps-for-privacy-security-
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What are some alternatives?
QKSMS - The most beautiful SMS messenger for Android
pocket-casts-android - Pocket Casts Android 🎧
Simple-SMS-Messenger - An easy and quick way of managing SMS and MMS messages without ads.
bromite-userscripts - User scripts for Bromite (mostly enhanced Ad/Annoyance Blocking)
Silence - PROJECT MOVED: https://git.silence.dev/Silence/Silence-Android/ (GitHub is just a mirror.)
NextDNSManager - Manage your NextDNS settings easily with this Android app!
Signal-Android - Fork from a private messenger for Android with extra options added: full backup and (partial, ony text) xml backup of messages. Restore can happen at any time, not only after a fresh install. Import SMS database. Import of (unencrypted) WhatsApp databases. Removed apk expire. Choose between passphrase protection and the Android screenlock. Choice for the backup location (internal or removable storage on Android < 11 (on 11 and higher this is already possible)). Set the maptype in the place picker. Option to treat view-once media as normal media. Option to ignore remote deletion. Choose between FCM or websocket notification delivery.
bromite - Bromite is a Chromium fork with ad blocking and privacy enhancements; take back your browser!
TextSecure - A private messenger for Android.
awesome-privacy - Awesome Privacy - A curated list of services and alternatives that respect your privacy because PRIVACY MATTERS.
sms-ie - SMS Import / Export is a simple Android app that imports and exports SMS and MMS messages, call logs, and contacts from and to JSON / NDJSON files.
personal-security-checklist - 🔒 A compiled checklist of 300+ tips for protecting digital security and privacy in 2024