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This Week in F-Droid

TWIF curated on Friday, 24 Jul 2026, Week 30

Community News

Fennec F-Droid was updated to 153.0.0 adding tab groups, another annoying instance of the privacy dashboard (So, Mozilla, your telemetry showed everybody disabling that from the Start page so you’ve added it to the Tab page because…? Pfft), downloads improvements and bug fixes as usual. One noteworthy announced feature was “Bookmark import: Import your bookmarks from a CSV file.” which I’ve run to use right away… to no avail, because I have no idea how to actually use, or where. (Ping us if you discover it, please!)

Mattermost Beta was updated to 2.42.2 with the usual bug fixes and rather minimal new features (those come from the server usually). Oh, about the server, 2.41.3 was the last version that was compatible with older server versions down to 9.0 or maybe even lower. If you still run that make sure to update to latest ESR v10.11.xx, it will work even on older Linux distros, just make sure you have Postgresql 13+.

Organic Maps・Offline Map & GPS was updated to 2026.07.15-11-FDroid with a bunch of improvements, public transport, alternate routes, bookmarks colors, more grids, newer map and Wikipedia files and more. For years, the point of disagreement between the F-Droid team and the OM developers was the flagging of their file server as an anti-feature, “TetheredNet”, and this is fixed now. In the app you can typepaste ?map-download-server:https://your-server.com/ in the search window to override the Organic Maps map download servers. TypePaste ?no-map-download-server to remove the override. We welcome this change but we’d like the addition of a proper Setting instead of this contrived trick, just like their fork CoMaps - Hike, Bike, Drive Offline with Privacy, updated to 2026.07.16-10-FDroid this week, has.

Talking about maps and navigation, OSMAnd~ had a series of posts we’ve missed about some of their features you might not have yet explored. Get bold and read on astronomy, 3D buildings, nautical maps and measuring tools.

Speaking of Fennec, WebLibre: The Privacy-Focused Browser was updated to 0.20.0 with a huge changelog. Will not even try to summarize that, just read it while it installs (or updates)!

@shuvashish76 disconnect their desktop:

Offline Translator was updated to 0.8.2. You might miss the simplicity and the power of the app on your desktop, but stay chill, the developer got you covered as they just released the Qt port of offline translator for Linux.

Removed Apps

2 apps were removed
  • sub rosa by naiveHA: Program the static password and/or OpenPGP keys to your YubiKey or Nitrokey 3 (Get a replacement from the Password & 2FA category)
  • Tubular: A fork of NewPipe, a free lightweight YouTube frontend for Android. (Source repository archived, switch to NewPipe or some other fork)

Newly Added Apps

35 apps were newly added
  • 1Key Password Manager: Offline password manager. 2FA + notes. No account, no network, no telemetry.
  • AIPOS Password Manager: Premium, fully offline, and secure password and 2FA TOTP manager.
  • Arcade: A minimal game launcher with a twist
  • Baluchon: Easily manage shared expenses with friends on your trip
  • Bondwidth: Private, offline phone & contacts app that helps you keep up your bonds
  • Bruno’s Meditation Timer: Meditation and pranayama timer with streak tracking and other statistics.
  • CBG -- Clavierhaus BackGammon: Play, train and analyse -- powered by the GNU Backgammon engine
  • ClaviRom: Customizable keyboard with a flavour of Swiss-Romansh
  • crocson: Easily and securely send things from one computer to another
  • Defang: Launcher that puts speed bumps between you and the apps engineered against you
  • Device Watch: System monitor widget with per-app usage insights and a charging screensaver
  • DNS Toggle: Easily toggle and automate Private DNS through the Quick Settings panel.
  • Do The Thing: A local-first personal coach that surfaces the right tasks each day.
  • Drill Press Assistant: Spindle speed calculator and belt position advisor for drill presses
  • FediSuite: Schedule, manage and analyze Fediverse accounts on any FediSuite instance
  • Goregram: A Telegram fork with minimal extra features
  • LaBLEr: Design labels and print them on a P15/P12/L13 Bluetooth thermal printer
  • Little Painter: Fullscreen toddler painting app that locks the phone to the canvas
  • LocalMathy: Solve math problems fully offline with an on-device AI reasoning model
  • Milki Launcher: Launcher with multi-source search
  • MorphCook: Offline recipes that morph to your diet — one cookbook for every body.
  • NovaDial: Unlock a secure, calling experience with NovaDialer
  • OTG Master: Mount VeraCrypt-encrypted USB drives on non-rooted devices
  • QSO Again: Record and playback amateur radio QSOs with Audioloop and quick rewind.
  • Quiet Rebellion: Control your Bose QC Ultra 2 directly — no Bose app, no cloud, no account.
  • Randomly/Die: Random number generator with fast UI, dice, hex, binary and secrets
  • Skylight Wallet: A Monero light-wallet
  • Snowdrop: Multiplatform Mastodon API client using Compose
  • StudFinder - Stud Finder for Android: Find wall studs with your device’s built-in magnetometer. Free, no ads.
  • Tempus: A privacy focused music client for Subsonic
  • UPI Expense Tracker: Offline UPI expense tracker: auto-captures payments, no cloud or tracking
  • WageBit: Convert Bitcoin to work hours
  • XPENC: Offline expense tracker — accounts, budgets, dues and insights, all on-device
  • Zaragoza Tarjeta Bus: Your Zaragoza public transport card: balance and recent activity
  • Épione: Offline directory of French health facilities (FINESS open data).

Updated Apps

320 more apps were updated

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