opentrail vs einkbro

opentrail

By nickw1

einkbro

A small, fast web browser based on Android WebView. It's tailored for E-Ink devices but also works great on normal android devices. (by plateaukao)

Android Browser Webview webview-app Eink Kotlin kotlin-android

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opentrail		einkbro
	Project
1	Mentions	35
-	Stars	929
-	Growth	-
-	Activity	9.2
-	Latest Commit	5 days ago
	Language	Kotlin
-	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.

opentrail

Posts with mentions or reviews of opentrail. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-08-05.

⟳ 6 apps added, 85 updated at f-droid.org
67 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 5 Aug 2021

OpenTrail 0.6.0: OSM-based England and Wales walking app

einkbro

Posts with mentions or reviews of einkbro. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-26.

EinkBro: Small Browser made for eInk devices
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Dec 2023
E-Ink Bro loosing tabs when opening links from other applications.
2 projects | /r/eink | 26 Jun 2023

Should have been fixed in latest codes. If anyone wanna try it, you can download snapshot_zip on (https://github.com/plateaukao/einkbro) , unzip the zip file, and install the apk.
⟳ 1 apps added, 53 updated at f-droid.org
7 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 10 May 2023

EinkBro (version 10.5.0): lightweight, fast, but powerful browser designed for Eink devices.
why this huge app size difference???
2 projects | /r/androidapps | 7 May 2023

Use another browser: https://github.com/plateaukao/einkbro, https://github.com/Divested-Mobile/Mull-Fenix
Best Android apps for eInk screens
2 projects | /r/eink | 28 Apr 2023
Quick update on EinkBro v10.3.0
1 project | /r/ereader | 20 Apr 2023

EinkBro v10.3.0 on Github
Things render too big after waking the device.
1 project | /r/Onyx_Boox | 21 Mar 2023

With einkbro, text renders bigger and new tabs render incorrectly, making the browser difficult to use. Here's an issue talking about it. Sometimes text rendered offscreen, lately text is just bigger.
Some new features of EinkBro App (v9.22.0)
1 project | /r/Onyx_Boox | 2 Mar 2023

You could try this feature after upgrading to v9.22.0 and add this feature from toolbar configuration. (https://github.com/plateaukao/einkbro/releases/tag/v9.22.0)
⟳ 7 apps added, 66 updated at f-droid.org
23 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 10 Feb 2023

EinkBro (version 9.20.0): lightweight, fast, but powerful browser designed for Eink devices.
Hisense Hi Reader Pro: Android smartphone with a 6.1 inch E Ink display
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Jan 2023

EinkBro is a browser which by default uses pagination.
https://github.com/plateaukao/einkbro

What are some alternatives?

When comparing opentrail and einkbro you can also consider the following projects:

NClientV2 - An unofficial NHentai android client

Hendroid - Doujinshi Android App

thunderbird-android - K-9 Mail – Open Source Email App for Android

plato - Document reader

tailscale - The easiest, most secure way to use WireGuard and 2FA.

nextcloud-deck - 📋 Android client for nextcloud deck app

BlueWallet - Bitcoin wallet for iOS & Android. Built with React Native

baresip-studio - baresip library based SIP client for Android

Nextcloud - ☁️ Nextcloud server, a safe home for all your data

tranquility-reader-webextensions - Tranquility Reader rewritten using Webextensions API

Vigilante - 🛡️ Android security (camera/microphone dots indicators) app using Hilt, Animations, Coroutines, Material, StateFlow, Jetpack (Room, ViewModel, Paging, Security, Biometrics, Start-up) based on MVVM architecture.

hyperfiler - HyperFiler: Bundle web pages into hyper minified single HTML files.