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| android | findmydevice | |
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| 60 | 25 | |
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| 2.8% | - | |
| 9.7 | - | |
| 7 days ago | - | |
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| Eclipse Public License 1.0 | - |
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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.
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.
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 2023-12-15.
- OwnTracks allows you to keep track of your own location
- Google will no longer hold onto people's location data in Google Maps
- Replacement for Apple's FindMy?
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Any alternatives to Life360/FindMy?
The only private alternatives are going to be self hosted and will require some technical skill. See owntracks for details.
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Self-hosted Google timeline alternative
I use Owntracks.
- Ask HN: Small scripts, hacks and automations you're proud of?
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Trying to make a pair of compasses that always point to each other
On your side, you need some way to be tracked. Easy solution is an app on your phone, I like OwnTracks as a privacy-respecting option.
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I want more people to know about Obtainium.
It also allows me to keep Owntracks checked for updates while they sort out their current issue regarding being missing from F-Droid.
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Privacy-focused Vehicle Tracking Tool?
Sounds like owntracks with a android headunit https://owntracks.org/
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Updating location on Google maps
OwnTracks is app people can install on their phones that you can setup to send live gps coordinates back to your web server.
findmydevice
Posts with mentions or reviews of findmydevice.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-15.
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⟳ 4 apps added, 121 updated at f-droid.org
Find My Device (FMD) (version 0.3.2): Locate and control your device remotely
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Any TILE or any other tracker have an alternative foss app for tracking? (just like using gadgetbridge)
FindMyDevice is phenomenal for Androids https://gitlab.com/Nulide/findmydevice
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⟳ 1 apps added, 48 updated at f-droid.org
FindMyDevice (version 0.2.9): Locate your smartphone via SMS when it gets lost
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If your partner asks you to install a tracking app on your phone because they want to track your phone/location, would you do it and let them track you?
I use FindMyDevice on my phone in SMS only mode.
- Any good anti theft apps for android
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Name some underrated open source apps
FindMyDevice - an app that will let you locate your phone when lost, get images, and make it ring with SMS from any phone with a password. Possible to use a server but not mandatory
- Is FindMyDevice safe?
- Find My Device: open-source, E2EE app to find your phone/device
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“Find my Device” app on GOS
i use this https://gitlab.com/Nulide/findmydevice
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Phone finder
https://gitlab.com/Nulide/findmydevice with the server on https://gitlab.com/Nulide/findmydeviceserver
What are some alternatives?
When comparing android and findmydevice you can also consider the following projects:
gpslogger - :satellite: Lightweight GPS Logging Application For Android.
podverse-fdroid - Clone of the podverse-rn repo, with changes made for F-Droid compatibility
UnifiedNlp - Alternative network location provider for Android, with plugin interface to easily integrate third-party location providers.
LoudBang - RX/TX capable WSPR client for Android
Overland-iOS - 📌 GPS logger for iOS devices
news - Feed Reader and Podcast Player for Android
Orion - Robust web visualization tool for OwnTracks location data
Traccar - Traccar GPS Tracking System
OpenLocate - Android client for OpenLocate, Open Source, self hosted, privacy aware alternative to Android Device Manager
OwnTracks Recorder - Store and access data published by OwnTracks apps
prim-ftpd - FTP server app for android