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what is your favorite f-droid app?

What is your must have open source application available on fdroid?

New pipe - the YouTube front end is absolutely critical for my lifestyle.

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  • TLDR:

    • NewPipe for YouTube playback
    • OsmAnd+ for great offline maps with lots of customisability
    • Termux for terminal emulation and ssh
    • StreetComplete to easily contribute map data to the OpenStreetMap project, which also powers OsmAnd+ without knowing anything about OSM
    • KeePassDX for convenient and secure password storage including autofill (combined with Syncthing for syncing your databases this is a fully fledged password manager across platforms)
    • AdAway as a reliable adblocker for all applications which doesn't require root, but can use the benefits of rooting your device to increase its usefulness even more

    +1 for all the NewPipe mentions, as it's extremely useful especially for background playback

    Also OsmAnd+ is incredibly useful if you don't want to give your location data to Google constantly. The maps are equally as good as those of the tech giants and it gets expanded regularly with actually useful features, like most recently, weather data. Its biggest strength however is the customisability in my opinion, because you can style everything according to your needs, starting at the overlay and the style of the map and going on at the specific level of detail and custom navigation modes. Additionally, you can download maps of the entire world for free and they get updated regularly. Only downside: There is no traffic data as of now, probably because it would be difficult to implement without processing user data. It's also on the Play Store, but there the "+" version costs money and because the project in itself is commited to being open source I think it's important to list

    Lastly, Termux really is the best terminal emulator for Android out there. It is extremely powerful, even allows sh hooks into system utilities like brightness and biometric login, and has great styling and widget support. You can even install full Linux-OS's in a sandbox via proot!

    edit: add even more great apps

  • Probably KeepassDX, Syncthing and Mull. Newpipe is also a good one, especially since it also supports PeerTube.

    Edit: Oh and I forgot about Jerboa.

  • I'm a LibreTube person myself, but only because I can't figure out how to access a YT channel's playlists in NewPipe. A couple of my subscriptions have unlisted videos that are in playlists (for example MLIG live streams). LibreTube isn't perfect though. I cannot fully disable the "Home" page.

    Also

    AntennaPod (Podcatcher), Imagepipe (Image manipulation esp exifdata), Tusky (mastodon client)

  • I used to make a lot of use of Newpipe, and probably should get back to using it more, but I've admittedly been preferring to use the mobile site with adblock for a while now, only switching to NewPipe for video downloads, due to how often NewPipe was having issues (presumably caused by frequent Youtube updates). Is that better these days? I sure hope so, it's a lovely app otherwise that I'd love to use more.

    As for my own favorite, it's hard for me to pick, because there's several I make use of daily. In no particular order:

    • Simple Keyboard - Has been my main mobile keyboard for years now.
    • Editor - Just a simple text editor, comes up surprisingly useful.
    • Diary - I personally use this as a dream journal, and it works well.
    • Simple Calculator - Does exactly what it says on the tin. For some reason, my new phone I got last year doesn't even come with a calculator, lol.
    • Simple Calendar; Simple Gallery - I prefer these to the default Android apps.
    • Simple Voice Recorder - I make music sometimes, so this is useful to hum a quick tune before it leaves my head.
    • TimeR Machine - I use this during daily exercise as a HIIT Timer.

    I'd also recommend RedReader, but I can't in good faith do that anymore because of what's going on with Reddit these days. Haven't used it or the site much since June.

    I'd say my favorite is probably Simple Keyboard just due to how often I use it (read: literally all the time, because it's a keyboard), but I've gotta give mad props to TimeR Machine. It's genuinely a really polished app, and even gives you a quick walkthrough on how to use it on first startup that's pretty helpful. It'd be neat to see more apps with those options.-

  • Hm, nextcloud and DavX5 are crucial for me (file, calendar and contact sync)

    Also Aegis as 2FA client and KeePassDX as PasswordManager (both synced via nextcloud)

    I wont list all the messengers ^^'

  • I like Termux (terminal emulator) and Xeonjia (fun little game)

  • I haven't been on fdroid in years but I and mostly my kid used use play this silly matching game called Doda the Explodad or something, themed after Doria the explorer

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