FOSS Browser vs wx

FOSS Browser

"FOSS Browser" is a fully free (as in freedom) open source Android browser: privacy-friendly with a modern user interface. (by scoute-dich)

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FOSS Browser		wx
	Project
7	Mentions	4
1,061	Stars	-
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	-
9 months ago	Latest Commit	-
Java	Language
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	-

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
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.

FOSS Browser

Posts with mentions or reviews of FOSS Browser. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-15.

Fast & light browsers for 2GB ram phones.
4 projects | /r/androidapps | 15 Aug 2022
Fulguris VS FOSS Browser - a user suggested alternative
2 projects | 25 Jul 2022
brave-browser VS browser - a user suggested alternative
2 projects | 24 Jul 2022

"FOSS Browser" is a fully free (as in freedom) open source Android browser: privacy-friendly with a modern user interface. - Your privacy - your data.
⟳ 0 apps added, 45 updated at f-droid.org
11 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 5 Jan 2022

FOSS Browser (version 8.8): "FOSS Browser" is a fully free (as in freedom) open source Android browser: priv
Bromite vs Kiwi
4 projects | /r/androidapps | 5 Nov 2021
⟳ 1 apps added, 53 updated at f-droid.org
21 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 24 Sep 2021

FOSS Browser (version 8.3): Small webbrowser using Android webView. Designed to respect your privacy.
FOSS BROWSER (ANDROID)
1 project | /r/OpenSourceApps | 28 Apr 2021

Source: https://github.com/scoute-dich/browser

wx

Posts with mentions or reviews of wx. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-12.

FLOSSing for Lent 34/40 - wX
1 project | /r/opensource | 1 Apr 2023

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Dark Sky iOS app ends December 31, 2022
7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 12 Sep 2022

On android, I switched to the open source "wX" app, which uses NWS data under the hood. It's incredibly detailed.
Play store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=joshuatee.wx
F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/joshuatee.wx/
Source: https://gitlab.com/joshua.tee/wx
⟳ 1 apps added, 53 updated at f-droid.org
21 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 24 Sep 2021

wX (version 55557): Weather app geared towards storm chasers, meteorologists and weather enthusiasts
WX (ANDROID)
1 project | /r/OpenSourceApps | 13 Jul 2021

Source: https://gitlab.com/joshua.tee/wx

What are some alternatives?

When comparing FOSS Browser and wx you can also consider the following projects:

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rethink-app - DNS over HTTPS / DNS over Tor / DNSCrypt client, WireGuard proxifier, firewall, and connection tracker for Android.

termux-api - Termux add-on app which exposes device functionality as API to command line programs.

PlainUPnP - PlainUPnP is an upnp control point application for android.

bromite - Bromite is a Chromium fork with ad blocking and privacy enhancements; take back your browser!

green_android - Blockstream Green Wallet for Android

koreader - An ebook reader application supporting PDF, DjVu, EPUB, FB2 and many more formats, running on Cervantes, Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook and Android devices

ToxAndroidRefImpl - Tox Reference implementation for Android

brave-browser - Brave browser for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows.

Look4Sat - Open-source satellite tracker and pass predictor for Android, inspired by Gpredict

AusweisApp - Der offizielle eID-Client des Bundes.

CampFahrplan - An Android app to enjoy event schedules powered by Frab, Pretalx or Wafer. Main repository and issues: