Simple-SMS-Messenger vs android

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Simple-SMS-Messenger		android
	Project
21	Mentions	2
571	Stars	9
1.1%	Growth	-
9.1	Activity	0.0
about 1 month ago	Latest Commit	about 1 year ago
Kotlin	Language	Kotlin
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	Apache License 2.0

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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.

Simple-SMS-Messenger

Posts with mentions or reviews of Simple-SMS-Messenger. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-28.

Google is about to make life more difficult for custom ROM fans
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Jun 2023

Check out Simple SMS Messenger[1], been using it since Signal dropped SMS support.
[1]: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.simplemobiletools.smsmes...
[2]: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.simplemobiletools.thanky...
[3]: https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-SMS-Messenger
Recovering from saved sqlite database
1 project | /r/SimpleMobileTools | 12 Jun 2023

I accidentally my whole phone. I do have a Titanium Backup of Simple SMS Messenger, from which I can extract the conversations.db. However, when I launch the app, it replaces the conversations. I do not have an export. I would like a method of merging / importing the old conversations from the database. I'm techy and can write SQL, Python, etc. I've had a quick look at the exporter to see if I can replicate the JSON format of the exported conversations. But I thought I might ask in case anyone here has already solved this or has better advice. Cheers!
Finally ditched almost all proprietary apps and hosted my own home server for media streaming and files/photo sharing. (Still using WhatsApp, Classroom and some food ordering apps though)
4 projects | /r/selfhosted | 28 May 2023

For SMS -> https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-SMS-Messenger
All my Open Source App Alternatives
31 projects | /r/fdroid | 29 Mar 2023

SMS → Simple SMS
Signal Alternative
2 projects | /r/androidapps | 14 Mar 2023
⟳ 1 apps added, 30 updated at f-droid.org
10 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 28 Oct 2022

Simple SMS Messenger (version 5.16.1): SMS messaging and MMS messaging app for Android, send messages fast, nice UI
FOSS SMS app compatible with Material You
1 project | /r/fossdroid | 27 Oct 2022
[Summary] Looking for a FOSS SMS Android app with RCS support r/fdroid
2 projects | /r/SummaryLab | 26 Oct 2022

There is an open-source implementation of an RCS stack that these apps (QKSMS and Simple SMS) might be able to use.
Signal Replacement
6 projects | /r/PrivacyGuides | 15 Oct 2022

I wasn't impressed with Simple SMS, the devs are a bit slow to fix issues such as the one i reported.
Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon)
6 projects | /r/signal | 12 Oct 2022

I take about sms app...QKSMS (https://github.com/moezbhatti/qksms) seems dead...But there is an active fork, PartisanSMS (https://github.com/wrwrabbit/Partisan-SMS), cons : it's not on f-droid...Simple SMS (https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-SMS-Messenger/) not a huge fan of Simple apps... but on f-droid.Sad about all of this... It was a pro to migrate some people...

android

Posts with mentions or reviews of android. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-09-01.

⟳ 2 apps added, 64 updated at f-droid.org
38 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 1 Sep 2021

NoProvider2Push (version 1.2.1): UP-distributor without provider
WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with FB or stop using the app
10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Jan 2021

I either do not have this issue, or it doesn't show up for me on the battery usage page. Are you sure it is widespread?
With that said, there is some work being done towards a FLOSS replacement for firebase [1]. Gotify can be used as a backend [2], among others ([3] too, I think). Not ready for prime-time, but almost, and development started pretty recently (mid-December).
[1] #openpush:bubu1.eu (https://matrix.to/#/!ajsXAmvYUOjfmMJnGJ:bubu1.eu)
[1] https://github.com/UnifiedPush/UP-spec/blob/main/specificati...
[2] https://github.com/gotify/android/tree/unifiedpush
[3] https://github.com/NoProvider2Push/android

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Simple-SMS-Messenger and android you can also consider the following projects:

QKSMS - The most beautiful SMS messenger for Android

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matrix-sms-bridge - Matrix bridge, that allows you to bridge matrix rooms to SMS with one telephone number only.

ultrasonic - Free and open-source music streaming Android client for Subsonic API compatible servers

koler - Just a phone app.

apps-android-commons - The Wikimedia Commons Android app allows users to upload pictures from their Android phone/tablet to Wikimedia Commons

Partisan-SMS - Encrypted SMS messenger for Android

Smart-AutoClicker - An open-source auto clicker on images for Android

grocy-android - ERP beyond your fridge, now on your phone – An awesome companion app for grocy

LibreSignal - LibreSignal • The truly private and Google-Free messenger for Android.

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.

OSMDashboard - OpenStreetMaps Dashboard for OpenTracks