What Foss apps you can't live without.

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/fossdroid

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  1. markor

    Text editor - Notes & ToDo (for Android) - Markdown, todo.txt, plaintext, math, ..

    Infinity for Reddit: https://github.com/Docile-Alligator/Infinity-For-RedditAuthenticator Pro: https://github.com/jamie-mh/AuthenticatorProMarkor - Notes and To Do (I like the Quillnote as well): https://github.com/gsantner/markor / Quillnote: https://github.com/msoultanidis/quillnoteSnapdrop for Android - Based on Apple AirDrop, sharing files and text between Android and PC and vice-versa: https://github.com/fm-sys/snapdrop-android / Photon (only for file sharing): https://github.com/abhi16180/photon/Mull - Hardened Firefox: https://gitlab.com/divested-mobile/mull-fenixCatima - Loyalty cards manager: https://github.com/CatimaLoyalty/Android Bitwarden: https://github.com/bitwarden

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  3. Infinity-For-Reddit

    A Reddit client for Android

    Infinity for Reddit: https://github.com/Docile-Alligator/Infinity-For-RedditAuthenticator Pro: https://github.com/jamie-mh/AuthenticatorProMarkor - Notes and To Do (I like the Quillnote as well): https://github.com/gsantner/markor / Quillnote: https://github.com/msoultanidis/quillnoteSnapdrop for Android - Based on Apple AirDrop, sharing files and text between Android and PC and vice-versa: https://github.com/fm-sys/snapdrop-android / Photon (only for file sharing): https://github.com/abhi16180/photon/Mull - Hardened Firefox: https://gitlab.com/divested-mobile/mull-fenixCatima - Loyalty cards manager: https://github.com/CatimaLoyalty/Android Bitwarden: https://github.com/bitwarden

  4. FairEmail

    Fully featured, open source, privacy friendly email app for Android

    Tutanota looks interesting, but I like FairEmail combined with my own choice of email provider.

  5. app

    Think fearlessly with end-to-end encrypted notes and files. For issues, visit https://standardnotes.com/forum or https://standardnotes.com/help.

    I am now using Joplin for regular notes and Standard notes for private notes

  6. quillnote

    Discontinued Take beautiful markdown notes and stay organized with task lists.

    Infinity for Reddit: https://github.com/Docile-Alligator/Infinity-For-RedditAuthenticator Pro: https://github.com/jamie-mh/AuthenticatorProMarkor - Notes and To Do (I like the Quillnote as well): https://github.com/gsantner/markor / Quillnote: https://github.com/msoultanidis/quillnoteSnapdrop for Android - Based on Apple AirDrop, sharing files and text between Android and PC and vice-versa: https://github.com/fm-sys/snapdrop-android / Photon (only for file sharing): https://github.com/abhi16180/photon/Mull - Hardened Firefox: https://gitlab.com/divested-mobile/mull-fenixCatima - Loyalty cards manager: https://github.com/CatimaLoyalty/Android Bitwarden: https://github.com/bitwarden

  7. mull-fenix

    Infinity for Reddit: https://github.com/Docile-Alligator/Infinity-For-RedditAuthenticator Pro: https://github.com/jamie-mh/AuthenticatorProMarkor - Notes and To Do (I like the Quillnote as well): https://github.com/gsantner/markor / Quillnote: https://github.com/msoultanidis/quillnoteSnapdrop for Android - Based on Apple AirDrop, sharing files and text between Android and PC and vice-versa: https://github.com/fm-sys/snapdrop-android / Photon (only for file sharing): https://github.com/abhi16180/photon/Mull - Hardened Firefox: https://gitlab.com/divested-mobile/mull-fenixCatima - Loyalty cards manager: https://github.com/CatimaLoyalty/Android Bitwarden: https://github.com/bitwarden

  8. joplin-android

    Android releases for Joplin

    I am now using Joplin for regular notes and Standard notes for private notes

  9. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB high-performance time series database. Collect, organize, and act on massive volumes of high-resolution data to power real-time intelligent systems.

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  10. xManager-Spotify

    Discontinued Ad-Free, New Features & Freedom [Moved to: https://github.com/xManager-App/xManager]

    Xmanager

  11. Kodi Home Theater Software

    Kodi is an award-winning free and open source home theater/media center software and entertainment hub for digital media. With its beautiful interface and powerful skinning engine, it's available for Android, BSD, Linux, macOS, iOS, tvOS and Windows.

    Kodi + addon catchup tv(for live channels)

  12. SmartTube

    Advanced player for set-top boxes and tvs running Android OS

    SmarTubeNext (youtube for android tv)

  13. bromite

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

    Bromite

  14. Tutanota makes encryption easy

    Tuta is an email service with a strong focus on security and privacy that lets you encrypt emails, contacts and calendar entries on all your devices.

    Tutanota- switched to them for my personal email. https://github.com/tutao/tutanota

  15. KeePassDX

    Lightweight vault and password manager for Android, KeePassDX allows editing encrypted data in a single file in KeePass format and fill in the forms in a secure way.

    KeepassDX- https://github.com/Kunzisoft/KeePassDX

  16. Aegis

    A free, secure and open source app for Android to manage your 2-step verification tokens.

    Aegis Authenticator- https://github.com/beemdevelopment/Aegis

  17. Metro

    Best material design music player for Android (by MuntashirAkon)

    Metro : Best material design music player for Android.

  18. xBrowserSync

    xBrowserSync browser extensions / mobile app (by xbrowsersync)

    XBrowserSync : Completely open source tool for syncing your bookmarks and browser data between your desktop browsers.

  19. OpenBoard

    100% foss keyboard based on AOSP, with no dependency on Google binaries, that respects your privacy.

    OpenBoard : 100% FOSS keyboard, based on AOSP.

  20. mullvadvpn-app

    The Mullvad VPN client app for desktop and mobile

    Mullvad (android client) : The Mullvad VPN client app for desktop and mobile. (You can also use Wireguard app)

  21. app

    📱 Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) client for Android + Wear OS (by stratumauth)

    Infinity for Reddit: https://github.com/Docile-Alligator/Infinity-For-RedditAuthenticator Pro: https://github.com/jamie-mh/AuthenticatorProMarkor - Notes and To Do (I like the Quillnote as well): https://github.com/gsantner/markor / Quillnote: https://github.com/msoultanidis/quillnoteSnapdrop for Android - Based on Apple AirDrop, sharing files and text between Android and PC and vice-versa: https://github.com/fm-sys/snapdrop-android / Photon (only for file sharing): https://github.com/abhi16180/photon/Mull - Hardened Firefox: https://gitlab.com/divested-mobile/mull-fenixCatima - Loyalty cards manager: https://github.com/CatimaLoyalty/Android Bitwarden: https://github.com/bitwarden

  22. snapdrop-android

    Android client for local file sharing via https://pairdrop.net and self-hosted snapdrop

    Infinity for Reddit: https://github.com/Docile-Alligator/Infinity-For-RedditAuthenticator Pro: https://github.com/jamie-mh/AuthenticatorProMarkor - Notes and To Do (I like the Quillnote as well): https://github.com/gsantner/markor / Quillnote: https://github.com/msoultanidis/quillnoteSnapdrop for Android - Based on Apple AirDrop, sharing files and text between Android and PC and vice-versa: https://github.com/fm-sys/snapdrop-android / Photon (only for file sharing): https://github.com/abhi16180/photon/Mull - Hardened Firefox: https://gitlab.com/divested-mobile/mull-fenixCatima - Loyalty cards manager: https://github.com/CatimaLoyalty/Android Bitwarden: https://github.com/bitwarden

  23. photon

    Discontinued Photon is a cross-platform file-sharing application built using flutter. (by abhi16180)

    Infinity for Reddit: https://github.com/Docile-Alligator/Infinity-For-RedditAuthenticator Pro: https://github.com/jamie-mh/AuthenticatorProMarkor - Notes and To Do (I like the Quillnote as well): https://github.com/gsantner/markor / Quillnote: https://github.com/msoultanidis/quillnoteSnapdrop for Android - Based on Apple AirDrop, sharing files and text between Android and PC and vice-versa: https://github.com/fm-sys/snapdrop-android / Photon (only for file sharing): https://github.com/abhi16180/photon/Mull - Hardened Firefox: https://gitlab.com/divested-mobile/mull-fenixCatima - Loyalty cards manager: https://github.com/CatimaLoyalty/Android Bitwarden: https://github.com/bitwarden

  24. Android

    Catima, a Loyalty Card & Ticket Manager for Android (by CatimaLoyalty)

    Infinity for Reddit: https://github.com/Docile-Alligator/Infinity-For-RedditAuthenticator Pro: https://github.com/jamie-mh/AuthenticatorProMarkor - Notes and To Do (I like the Quillnote as well): https://github.com/gsantner/markor / Quillnote: https://github.com/msoultanidis/quillnoteSnapdrop for Android - Based on Apple AirDrop, sharing files and text between Android and PC and vice-versa: https://github.com/fm-sys/snapdrop-android / Photon (only for file sharing): https://github.com/abhi16180/photon/Mull - Hardened Firefox: https://gitlab.com/divested-mobile/mull-fenixCatima - Loyalty cards manager: https://github.com/CatimaLoyalty/Android Bitwarden: https://github.com/bitwarden

  25. syncthing-android-fdroid

    Syncthing-Fork - A Syncthing Wrapper for Android. F-Droid release channel. DO NOT USE except for builds. Refer to https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android if you'd like to issue PR.

    I may propose https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android-fdroid

  26. RetroArch

    Cross-platform, sophisticated frontend for the libretro API. Licensed GPLv3.

    RetroArch: https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/ Why would I want to play a close source Tetris clone with ads like candy crush when I can have the original with a whole arcade on my pocket?

  27. rethink-app

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

    Rethink DNS: https://github.com/celzero/rethink-app/ A firewall and a DNS on one app I have blocked all Facebook and most all of google domains with it.

  28. tachiyomi

    Discontinued Free and open source manga reader for Android.

    Tachiyomi: https://github.com/tachiyomiorg/tachiyomi/ Best way to read manga and comics, I'll never go back to PDF and CBR.

  29. NewPipe

    A libre lightweight streaming front-end for Android.

    Newpie: https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/ To replace YouTube and spotify

  30. ffupdater

    FFUpdater: Updater for privacy friendly browser

    FF Updater

  31. EteSync Server

    The Etebase server (so you can run your own) (by etesync)

    EteSync

  32. mobile

    Retired Bitwarden mobile app for iOS and Android (MAUI/Xamarin). (by bitwarden)

    Bitwarden - https://github.com/bitwarden/mobile

  33. Lawnchair

    Discontinued No clever tagline needed

    Lawnchair - https://github.com/LawnchairLauncher/lawnchair

  34. MyExpenses

    GPL licenced Android Expense Tracking App

    My expenses - https://github.com/mtotschnig/MyExpenses

  35. Neo-Backup

    backup manager for android

  36. Neo-Store

    An F-Droid client with modern UI and an arsenal of extra features.

  37. android

    Home Assistant Companion for Android (by home-assistant)

    Home Assistant https://github.com/home-assistant/android

  38. element-android

    A Matrix collaboration client for Android.

    Element https://github.com/vector-im/element-android

  39. Noto

    Minimal Note-Taking App

    Doesn't have the best UI, I agree. Have you tried Noto (https://github.com/alialbaali/Noto) or SilentNotes (https://github.com/martinstoeckli/SilentNotes)?

  40. SilentNotes

    SilentNotes is a simple note taking app which respects your privacy.

    Doesn't have the best UI, I agree. Have you tried Noto (https://github.com/alialbaali/Noto) or SilentNotes (https://github.com/martinstoeckli/SilentNotes)?

  41. tsacdop

    Enjoy podcasts with Tsacdop! A podcast player built with flutter.

    tsacdop is also good choice , better ui

  42. tasks

    Bringing Astrid Tasks back from the dead

    Tasks

  43. saikou

    Discontinued An Android Anilist client, which lets you stream & download Anime & Manga. [UnavailableForLegalReasons - Repository access blocked]

    Saikou is also great

  44. SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

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NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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