This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is live: - #SherpaTTS levels up the #TextToSpeech #FOSS game - #OrganicMaps is even more user focused - #Tubular is live, a #NewPipe fork that knows tricks Get the full story on more than 153 apps at
We are excited to announce that F-Droid has been awarded a grant from #OpenTechFund designed to support FOSS projects in addressing long-term sustainability challenges. More details: #FDroid #FOSS #Sustainability
This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is live: - F-Droid Client & Basic 1.22.0 are out (dare to update!) - #webxdc is spreading its tentacles - #dolphinemulator has a huge update - #newpipe brings one fix, one still missing - Catshare unifies device-to-device sharing All these and news about 154 more apps at
This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is all about Federation: - Element (Matrix) user? Important changes ahead, don't skip this post - Emacs on Android, soon Android on Emacs πŸ˜‰ - #FOSDEM apps are ready for next week - #Peertube app officially live - #Pixelix is on the wave - WriteOn key change - KDE Connect, Podcini, VPN Hotspot and more than 238 other apps Read more at
fdroidserver v2.3.5 was released to fix issues with `AllowedAPKSigningKeys` when used in specific configurations. More details in the changelog: #FDroid
This week in #FDroid (TWIF): - Fennec (our Firefox fork) was updated to version 134. Mull however won't get this update, so it's time to switch browsers - Katawa Shoujo: Re-Engineered was re-engineered - RetroArch is now easier to onboard - Syncthing was finally archived, but Syncthing-Fork got an update - WG Tunnel is now reproducible, which unfortunately means a re-installation on your side - Some more news about Wikipedia, Element and NClientV2 Read more at
This week in #FDroid (TWIF): - We will remove the "gentle update" from F-Droid 1.22.0-alpha, as it is not stable enough. Thank you for testing (and finding bugs)! - there is a new article on how to replace most common apps with open source versions - Fossify Paint was added - we recommend to switch from Mull to Fennec (as Mull has stopped development) - OpenTracks is now available as reproducible and non-reproducible variant - Exclave, a SagerNet fork was added
We want to re-establish our Community Council to enforce our Code of Conduct. For this, we call for nominations for these roles. Read more at: Note: the deadline for nominations was extended to 29.12. ()
We're starting a sprint to look at all the issues preventing #ReproducibleBuilds in all the apps we ship. Most of the issues are simple fixes in the upstream code, like unsorted outputs or timestamps included in the build. You can help make the #FreeSoftware #Android ecosystem be more reproducible! See the failures here and help us report them upstream:
After Black Friday and Cyber Monday, there is still Giving Tuesday left. But instead of shopping stuff you probably don't even need, please think about, if you want to give something instead. Let it be a donation [1] or a contribution [2], every bit brings us forward (all together). We wrote a bit about possible reasons to give: [1] [2]