Simple-SMS-Messenger vs koler

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Simple-SMS-Messenger		koler
	Project
21	Mentions	37
571	Stars	901
1.1%	Growth	0.1%
9.1	Activity	5.4
about 1 month ago	Latest Commit	24 days ago
Kotlin	Language	Kotlin
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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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...

koler

Posts with mentions or reviews of koler. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-30.

replacing stock apps with FOSS alternatives..
5 projects | /r/fossdroid | 30 Oct 2023

Alternatives: Connect You, Koler, QKSMS
Google is about to make life more difficult for custom ROM fans
2 projects | /r/fossdroid | 28 Jun 2023
A list of apps that helped me through my "de-Googling" process
3 projects | /r/degoogle | 15 May 2023

Dialer: Simple Dialer (MD3) works fine. Koler (MD3) has a better UI, even than Google Dialer IMO, but it needs to have some bugs fixed and the notification runtime permission updated. Right Dialer (iOS-like/MD3) works fine too but I don't really like it; plus, I didn't compile the GitHub version, so, can't tell.
Dialer app Koler
1 project | /r/degoogle | 17 Apr 2023

Hier is the link if somebody is interested: https://github.com/Chooloo/koler
All my Open Source App Alternatives
31 projects | /r/fdroid | 29 Mar 2023

Phone → Koler
Koler dialer just received an update !
3 projects | /r/fossdroid | 7 Mar 2023

You can request that by using Issues tab or make a pull request and implement that...
Is there any Fork of Koler ?
2 projects | /r/fossdroid | 30 Jan 2023

See https://github.com/Chooloo/koler/network. I don't know if any are "good", or even published though, just pointing out a feature of GitHub.
All my Alternatives to Google Apps
27 projects | /r/degoogle | 20 Nov 2022

Google Phone → Koler
Koler buttons barely visible in both light and dark mode. Any way to fix this?
1 project | /r/fossdroid | 27 Aug 2022
Popular alternatives for stock apps in 2022
6 projects | /r/androidapps | 7 Aug 2022

Add the 'phone dialler' catagory , I think the best is Koler link - https://github.com/Chooloo/koler or https://f-droid.org/packages/com.chooloo.www.koler/

What are some alternatives?

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

QKSMS - The most beautiful SMS messenger for Android

Simple-Dialer - A handy phone call manager with phonebook, number blocking and multi-SIM support

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

linphone-android - Linphone.org mirror for linphone-android (https://gitlab.linphone.org/BC/public/linphone-android)

android - Android application to receive notifications

Neo-Launcher - Neo-Launcher

Partisan-SMS - Encrypted SMS messenger for Android

OpenScan - A privacy-friendly Document Scanner app

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

fdroid-firefox

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.

callrecorder-skvalex - callrecorder-skvalex