wire
:wavy_dash: Overview of the open source code for Wire (by wireapp)
foxy-droid
Yet another F-Droid client (by kitsunyan)
| wire | foxy-droid | |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | 13 | |
| 2,358 | 491 | |
| 0.3% | - | |
| 4.8 | 0.0 | |
| 4 months ago | over 1 year ago | |
| Kotlin | ||
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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.
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.
wire
Posts with mentions or reviews of wire.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-06.
- Give the contacts a local name!
- Signal LAN Version or Alternative?
- Private messenging and email
- Wire is now on F-Droid
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WhatsApp loses millions of users after terms update
I thought wire was fully open source, at least the free version? https://github.com/wireapp/wire - am I missing something?
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What else?
The table is wrong, wire collects heaps of metadata: https://github.com/wireapp/wire/issues/214
foxy-droid
Posts with mentions or reviews of foxy-droid.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-20.
- F-Droid: Android FOSS app store
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From where you download open source apps?
I use an app called Droid-ify
- How to DeGoogle 100% ?
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Why aren't official Firefox apps on F-Droid?
Fennec is different in other sites with different icons , https://www.apkmirror.com/?post_type=app_release&searchtype=apk&s=fennec , https://github.com/kitsunyan/foxy-droid. I do agree Mozilla is par slow in android browser development.
- Wire is now on F-Droid
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I'm mooving to FOSS... any sugestions??
FOSS Store (fork of Foxy Droid) for checking updates.
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Why does the search results on fdroid website is so different from the search results on the android app? Also, why does the search results on the android app are not the great?
I always feel a need to recommend the Foxy Droid client on posts complaining about the official client.
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Redmi Note 8 (Global) very slow after latest update and can't install 3rd party APKs
Also, when I was F-Droid or Foxy Droid to install APKs it doesn't open them up in package installer, I usually install and update APKs via Foxy Droid https://github.com/kitsunyan/foxy-droid
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Alternative front-end?
Yes, the app hasn't been updated in almost a year, but it works perfectly fine. Regarding the project, the dev hasn't abandoned it & you can check his response here.
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The problem with the F-Droid client(s)
Foxy Droid might not have received updates in almost a year but that doesn't mean it's abandoned.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing wire and foxy-droid you can also consider the following projects:
wickr-crypto-c - An implementation of the Wickr Secure Messaging Protocol in C
Neo-Store - An F-Droid client with modern UI and an arsenal of extra features.
brave-browser - Brave browser for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows.
App Manager - A full-featured package manager and viewer for Android
cinny - Yet another matrix client
SpotiFlyer - Kotlin Multiplatform Music Downloader, Supports Spotify / Gaana / Youtube Music / Jio Saavn / SoundCloud.
session-desktop - Session Desktop - Onion routing based messenger
fdroid-firefox
TextSecure - A private messenger for Android.
my.android.fossstore - Unofficial F-Droid client.
Element - A glossy Matrix collaboration client for the web.
client - F-Droid client with Material UI.