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Open Source Apps for DeGoogled Phones

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Here is a list of tried and tested FOSS apps that you can use in place of OEM apps.

For this list you need to:

  1. To get sync working, self-host your own Nextcloud, and use apps listed below for syncing contacts, fileshare, calendar, notes, tasks, etc.

  2. Install these App Stores:

  1. Use the listed apps below to replace OEM Googled apps.

  2. Install DAVx5 and use it to sync Nextcloud contacts, calendar, etc. with you phone.

To reduce Google's data collection on non DeGoogled phone, remove or disable the currently installed apps that came with your phone, and then install, set up, and use a corresponding app from the list below.

App Stores

Barcode Scanners

Bitcoin Wallets (w/Lightning and/or Nostr Wallet Connect)

Bookmark Sync (btwn Android/Laptop)

Browsers

Calculator

Calendars

Calories & Weight Tracking

Camera

Camera Scanner (Copier App)

Contacts

Email

File Browsers (w/SFTP support)

File Compression

File Encryption/Decryption

Fileshare

Gallery

Hiking & Biking Trails

Home App Launcher

Keyboard

Keyboard - (Speech-to-Text)

Maps & Navigation Apps

Map Editing (OpenStreetMap)

Messaging

Monero Wallets

Music Player (mp3's)

Music Streaming

Nostr Apps

Notes (All can sync between phone and Linux using Nextcloud)

Office Suites

Password Managers:

PDF Viewers

Phone Dialer

Phone / Computer Link-N-Sync

Phone Tracker

Photo Editors

Podcasts & Radio

Security

Tasks

Texting

Text-to-Speech (TTS)

Video Player

Video Streaming

Voice Recorder

Wallpaper

Weather

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Adding some of my favourites: ## Browsers - #### [Fennec F-Droid]( https://gitlab.com/relan/fennecbuild) (supports extensions) - [F-Droid]( https://f-droid.org/packages/org.mozilla.fennec_fdroid/) ## File Browsers (CIFS support) - #### [CIFS Documents Provider]( https://github.com/wa2c/cifs-documents-provider/wiki) (enables CIFS/Samba for Files) - [F-Droid]( https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.wa2c.android.cifsdocumentsprovider/) ## Gallery - #### [Gallery]( https://github.com/IacobIonut01/Gallery) - [F-Droid]( https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.dot.gallery/) ## Messaging - #### [Conversations]( https://conversations.im/) (best XMPP android client) - [F-Droid]( https://f-droid.org/en/packages/eu.siacs.conversations/) ## Music Player (mp3's) - #### [Auxio]( https://github.com/OxygenCobalt/Auxio) - [F-Droid]( https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.oxycblt.auxio/) ## PDF Viewers - #### [Orion Viewer - Pdf & Djvu]( https://github.com/max-kammerer/orion-viewer) - [F-Droid]( https://f-droid.org/en/packages/universe.constellation.orion.viewer/) ## Weather - #### [Cirrus]( https://github.com/woheller69/omweather) - [F-Droid]( https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.woheller69.omweather/) ## CLN/LND interface (manage and monitor your lightning node) - #### [BitBanana]( https://github.com/michaelWuensch/BitBanana/) - [F-Droid]( https://f-droid.org/en/packages/app.michaelwuensch.bitbanana/) Lastly, does anybody know a good documenta scanner app? **Open Note Scanner** is not very good and not updated since 2020.