Signal-Android
Patches to Signal for Android removing dependencies on closed-source Google Mobile Services and Firebase libraries. In branches whose names include "-FOSS". Uses new "foss" or "gms" flavor dimension: build with "./gradlew assemblePlayFossProdRelease". (by tw-hx)
Frost-for-Facebook
An extensive and functional third party app for Facebook (by AllanWang)
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| Signal-Android | Frost-for-Facebook | |
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| 43 | 56 | |
| 139 | 1,073 | |
| - | - | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 10 days ago | 5 months ago | |
| Java | Kotlin | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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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.
Signal-Android
Posts with mentions or reviews of Signal-Android.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-20.
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Signal - FOSS - Issues / Questions When Sharing Location with OpenStreetMap
Haven't used Signal FOSS, but as it happens Molly bas just implemented OSM support, perhaps when it lands you might have better luck with it. Anyway, is there no issue tracker for that fork? I tried looking in their repo and found it disabled
- Signal messenger not receiving messages on Qin F21 Pro
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Signal doesn't run in background on Qin 21 Pro
Try using the Signal FOSS version from https://www.twinhelix.com/apps/signal-foss/
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Signal discontinuing SMS support.
Yeah I followed that whole story. Since then some forks have been created that do not care what Signal Foundation thinks about using their servers. Molly and Signal-FOSS for example, both compatible to regular Signal. Those two forks will not keep SMS support, Molly never had it, and Signal-FOSS will most likely drop it because they think it's too much work to keep it while staying compatible and up to date. I hope there is going to be another fork specifically dedicated to keeping SMS support. We'll see.
- L'Europe se dirige vers une fermeture de Facebook après que l'Irlande a déclaré qu'elle envisage d'empêcher Meta d'envoyer les données des utilisateurs européens vers les États-Unis
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Is Signal %100 open source?
You can get a completely open source version without the Google stuff here: https://www.twinhelix.com/apps/signal-foss/
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What is the best fork for Telegram and Signal
Signal FOSS removes proprietary google blobs https://www.twinhelix.com/apps/signal-foss/
- Some user recommends Sinal-FOSS (F-Droid) from TwinHelix? I see only some random Reddit users mentioning it.
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Top rated alternative FOSS apps to access social media with privacy in mind (05/2022)
Signal - Molly , Foss-Signal
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SMS app supporting Google RCS
Maybe they had outdated info from when the server software was not updated for a long time. Or, it's regarding the dependencies on closed-source Google Mobile Services and Firebase libraries, though those can be removed... and have been in this fork.
Frost-for-Facebook
Posts with mentions or reviews of Frost-for-Facebook.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-10.
- Are there any open source projects that need contributors?
- What's a good third party Facebook?
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Any modded Facebook Lite or alternative with working notifications?
It's not EXACTLY what you're looking for, but might do. Frost for Facebook is a pretty good alternate app and still works. https://github.com/AllanWang/Frost-for-Facebook
- Don't have access to notification
- Why is the Facebook app so gigantic?
- Facebook app replacement?
- Alternatives to YouTube, Reddit, and twitter?
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What are some alternative apps to Facebook and Instagram? (e.g. YouTube Vanced to YouTube)
I also use Frost, love the glass theme.
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Wrapper for social media
Facebook: Try "Frost for Facebook". Just updated, even the messenger works. https://github.com/AllanWang/Frost-for-Facebook
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It says Frost was updated recently, I have got this only on neo store, not in F-droid or Droidify. Thus it means , Frost is alive again and safe to use now?
Check its Github
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Signal-Android and Frost-for-Facebook you can also consider the following projects:
TextSecure - A private messenger for Android.
SlimSocial-for-Facebook - Light version of Facebook. Light both in the weight and in the use.
Signal-Desktop - A private messenger for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
ProxiTok - Open source alternative frontend for TikTok made using PHP
LibreSignal - LibreSignal • The truly private and Google-Free messenger for Android.
barinsta - Open-source alternative Instagram client on Android. More maintainers needed!
axolotl - A Signal compatible cross plattform client written in Go, Rust and Vuejs
Nitter-Android
nheko - Desktop client for Matrix using Qt and C++20.
vanced-website-v2 - Source Code of the Vanced Website
Shitter - Lightweight Android app for Mastodon
caprine - Elegant Facebook Messenger desktop app
Signal-Android vs TextSecure
Frost-for-Facebook vs SlimSocial-for-Facebook
Signal-Android vs Signal-Desktop
Frost-for-Facebook vs ProxiTok
Signal-Android vs LibreSignal
Frost-for-Facebook vs barinsta
Signal-Android vs axolotl
Frost-for-Facebook vs Nitter-Android
Signal-Android vs nheko
Frost-for-Facebook vs vanced-website-v2
Signal-Android vs Shitter
Frost-for-Facebook vs caprine