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This Week in F-Droid

TWIF curated on Thursday, 09 Jul 2026, Week 28

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Last week we skipped our weekly post as we got busy with more pressing tasks around F-Droid, hence the lists below grew a bit more. What did we do instead?

On the client side, we are polishing version 2.0 as we come close to a stable release to be offered to everyone. This means we get more eyes on changes, weight decisions and their impact, visit and close old issue, ping users that reported bugs to get one last feedback loop going and more. If you’ve been reading past TWIFs you’re mostly up to date, but we’ll include more fixes and improvements over alpha10 when ready.

We also had our own board member Marc Prud’hommeaux analyze the latest Google announcement and the timeline pertaining to the Android lock-down. Since we’ve been writing about this for the last 10 months we hope everyone understands already how their actions and plans are affecting F-Droid and the whole FLOSS Android ecosystem by now. In “What We Talk About When We Talk About Malware” (already translated in 4 more languages) he explains how the developers are asked to give Google a carte blanche when agreeing to their vague terms. Cui bono?

A fresh category was added, Volume, Manage volume setting and two new apps: Dhwani - Volume Control, Restore system volume controls on devices with broken volume buttons and Granular Volume: Quiet Dial, Make any app quieter than your phone’s minimum. A floating fine volume dial.

The website Category listing is a huge long page now, luckily contributors started porting the meta categories design from the 2.0 client update, so this will be improved soon.

Community News

The Bryant Review serves us two new interviews. First with DocWolle, that you already know as the prolific woheller69 (how many apps? wow), in “F-Droid and the Future of Open-Source Android; An Interview with DocWolle” they cover the human behind the nickname, app development, the AI rise and the Android changes to come. Second with PranshulGG, creator of WeatherMaster (not yet in F-Droid, but in the IzzyOnDroid repo), in “WeatherMaster, Open Source, and the Future of Android; An Interview with Pranshul” they talk about the ease to build for Android, open-source, privacy and the future of app stores.

The second intro is particularly interesting:

When I recently interviewed DocWolle about his work on open-source Android, one thing became immediately clear: some of the most interesting developers aren’t working inside giant companies or chasing millions of downloads. They’re building software because they genuinely want to solve problems, share their work with others, and make Android a better place for everyone

We hear Google repeating that the Android lock-down is appreciated by everyone, while (you) our users and the FLOSS apps developers fought for a free Android, against the Google changes, since day one.

Google pushed its own app verification app to 4 billion devices, but we already have app verification at home, AppVerifier BG was updated to 0.6.1, and it fulfills our needs: FLOSS, decentralized and driven by the community. No gate-keepers needed nor wanted!

Bangle.js Gadgetbridge and Gadgetbridge were updated to 0.92.1 adding more supported devices, per device features and fixes.

evcc - solar charging was updated to 1.3.3 with a key change. The nature of the tools used to build the app makes it hard, for now, to successfully build reproducible apps. Hence, the developer, after many tries, decided to switch the app to the F-Droid signature. If you’ve installed the app before June 26, please uninstall and reinstall it.

Featherline: HRT Tracker, Private medication tracker for HRT routines — plans, reminders, personal logs, was just added, a first in F-Droid. It’s local, encrypted, lockable and easy to visualize.

Fennec F-Droid was updated to 152.0.4. Major version 152 has brought a lot of UI fixes, security fixes, PDF sharing and page zoom performance improvements, but it’s not trouble free. Some users, with a diverse mix of devices and Android versions, seem to not be able to even start the app. If you encountered as such you can try this one weird trick: open a URL by sharing it from another app. When the app starts, go to Settings, Home Page, and toggle off all the items (shortcuts, privacy report, etc) and test. Some testers were able to enable them back and fix Fennec, but results can vary. We are tracking this issue here.

ObtainX, A supercharged Obtainium: get app updates straight from the source, was just added. A fork of Obtainium, also updated to 1.5.2 last week, it adds a lot of nice things on top, too many to list here. An interesting one concerning F-Droid and IzzyOnDroid, is App Verification support straight from our repos, you can get the details here. Fun fact: Obtainium will get a refresh to Material Design 3 in the next version.

pyLoad was updated to 0.4.2 modernizing the app after a 5 year pause with better themes, exceptions handling, latest Android support and more.

Saracroche was updated to 5.0.0 with many changes under the nice interface. Les Numeriques magazine has an interview (in French) with the developer here.

ShizuCallRecorder just got switched from the F-Droid signer to the upstream developer one. If you’ve installed it before July 6 you’ll need to uninstall and reinstall the new version.

Tor VPN Beta was updated to 1.8.0Beta polishing the experience. We’ve skipped 1.7.0Beta and the x86 and x86_64 architecture builds for now as reproducibility verification was failing.

@shuvashish76 brings a bag of goodies:

App Manager was updated to 4.1.0 after one year. Now we have ADB data backup, filter-based profiles, app usage barchart, more installer options, better performance, nicer UI & accessibility and more.

Rocinante was updated to 1.1.0 with fixes. Last week the developer talked about the experience of adding the app in F-Droid, this week, in line with Marc’s post mentioned in the opening, the developer is pondering (in Spanish) the future of app distribution.

Traffic Light was updated to 3.0.1 adding data plans enhancements, persistent notifications and more.

FLOSS developers are doing a great job, but they need help to be able to work, fix and enhance. Apps that depend on hosted services, like wallabag, need people to administer servers, incurring a cost. The wallabag.it, paid services, will directly fund development work contributed back to the project, helping to keep the ecosystem healthy.

Archived Apps

Contributor @Maxwell.s-demon got a shiver to ponder the future of apps whose code was archived, took time to visit many of them and report which should be marked as “archived”. As usual we encourage you to (expand the list and) see if you need to replace any app with one that’s still developed. NOTE: If you are using the latest client version 2.0-alpha10, you will be informed about these in the MyApps -> Issues section.

58 apps were moved to the Archive repo

(expand for the full list)

  • 10,000 sentences: Learn new words in foreign languages
  • aTox: aTox, a beautiful and modern Tox client
  • Aurora: Non-official Library Genesis mobile client
  • AutoDark: Utility to schedule system dark mode
  • Avare: Aviation map
  • BBS: Monitor battery behaviour with Better Battery Stats
  • BikeComputer: BikeComputer
  • Bookland: Track all of your book readings
  • Calculator-inator: Calculator & Converter
  • Chip8: Chip8 emulator
  • Chiver: Minimalistic theCHIVE galleries browser
  • Cooky: Recipe manager: import or create your favorite recipes
  • Cyrillic to Latin: Transliterator for Latin to Cyrillic and vice versa
  • DigiPaws - Digital Wellbeing and App Blocker: Monitor and Cut Down Your Screen Time Effectively
  • Disable Battery Warnings: Disable the annoying low battery warning popup and sound
  • Dogecoin Wallet: Store digital currency
  • EasyRSS: RSS reader compatible with Google Reader API
  • FairSpeed: A lightweight, privacy-focused network performance monitor
  • Foreground: Task manager app, supporting syncing with Taskwarrior
  • GApps Browser: Sandbox for web apps
  • Gelli: Native music player for Jellyfin
  • GrowTracker: Help record data about growing plants
  • Ionic Notes: A simple notepad app
  • Mealient: Unofficial client for the self-hosted recipe manager Mealie
  • Mindful Notifier: A mindfulness bell with configurable text notifications, scheduling, and sound
  • Minimalistic Price Converter: Minimalistic app converting prices of fiat shitcoins and Bitcoin
  • Mint Calculator: A simple calculator and converter app with Material Design 3
  • mpvKt: MPV based media player: A media player based on the popular commandline media player mpv
  • mTPMS: Read tire pressure sensor
  • NeuroLab: App for the Neurolab Open Hardware platform
  • Nex Notes: Taking quick notes
  • NowiPass: A password manager where you are the only one who has access to your passwords
  • Olauncher Clutter Free: Forked from Olauncher, -clutter, +features
  • OpenLynx: Public transport companion providing real-time data
  • OpenTapasReader: Read Tapas.io comics (with offline support)
  • Pazzword - Password Evaluator: The most intelligent password evaluator app
  • PhotoSphereGallery: Gallery and viewer for spherical photos (360°)
  • Pjuu: Access the Pjuu social network
  • Play Music Exporter: Export music from Play Music
  • PSIAndroid: Monitor phpSysInfo
  • Public IP: App and Widget allowing user to find its current public IP address
  • RadarWeather: Lets you watch the weather for cities and locations you are interested in
  • Scoop: Catches a stack trace when an app crashes unexpectedly
  • Seasonal Foods Calendar: Your practical helpling for seasonal/regional foods!
  • Secure File Manager Beta: File manager for keeping your files in safe
  • Sensors2Pd: Use sensor data in Puredata patches
  • Share to Pinboard: An app with a single purpose: to send URLs to Pinboard without a fuss
  • SubHub: Subtitles downloader
  • SUSI.AI: Susi AI is an intelligent personal assistant
  • SyncPlayer: Unofficial syncplay client
  • TermBot: SSH client for use with smart cards
  • Tinte Webcoms: Reader for selected webcomics
  • Trekarta: Simple, responsive map for your trek
  • Vectorify da home!: Minimal app to apply wallpapers from vector images :)
  • Voxtral: Live voice input based on Mistral Voxtral
  • WhatSave: Save WhatsApp statuses in the easiest way
  • WhereYouGo: Whereigo client
  • Wirebug: Enables or disables debugging over Wi-Fi

Newly Added Apps

72 more apps were newly added, maintaining the balance
  • Activity Trace: Search notifications, accessibility and files on-device
  • Anywherelan: Peer-to-peer mesh VPN to connect your devices directly, no central servers
  • AuraOrbit: Interactive 3D sphere live wallpaper with Fibonacci app distribution
  • Brick Blast: Turn-based brick breaker: aim, shoot, bounce and clear the bricks
  • BuzzKill: Powers off your phone after inactivity, only inside a nightly kill zone
  • Camera Silencer: Reduce camera audio only while a camera is active
  • ChemSearch: Search compounds, structures, references, and chemistry tools
  • Clench Wallet: Bitcoin-only non-custodial on-chain wallet
  • Coppelia: Beautiful, native Jellyfin music player
  • Cosmovisor: Spot satellites overhead in augmented reality
  • CryptoSafe: Offline AES-256-GCM text encryption with Argon2id
  • Crystalpad: A simple notepad, no tracking or ads, just your notes
  • Daily Wallpapers: Daily Bing wallpapers for your home and lock screen
  • Debug Mode Widget: Home screen widget showing USB and wireless ADB debug status at a glance
  • EbookConverter: Ebook converter — 20+ input, 18 output formats. No Calibre needed.
  • FairSpeed - Speed Tester: A lightweight, privacy-focused network performance monitor
  • FinTrack - Count Every Penny: Keep track of your daily expenses
  • FitForge: Offline fitness & nutrition tracker with optional AI coaching
  • Gem Wallet: Bitcoin, USDT, BNB: Secure crypto wallet for 100+ blockchains: Bitcoin, USDT, ETH, Solana, and more
  • Ghost Rain: Digital-rain live wallpaper with a configurable system HUD
  • GPXIT: Find train connections home during your bike ride
  • Hackover 2026 Schedule: Programm App für das Hackover.
  • Health Connect Shortcut: A shortcut to Health Connect
  • Inkcast: The companion app for Xteink X4 CrossPoint Reader
  • IPTV Mine Pro: Watch live TV channels, movies, and shows from M3U playlists
  • Lembra: Reminders for recurring alerts: insurance, inspections, vaccines and more
  • Libellus Potionis: Privacy-friendly alcohol tracker: limits, BAC estimate, PDF reports
  • Mapple: Redirect Apple Maps: Open Apple Maps links in your default maps app
  • MarkReader - Markdown Reader: Offline markdown and code reader with syntax highlighting
  • MoldQueen: Drive Mould King building-block RC toys over Bluetooth
  • Mushotoku: A private, fully-offline productivity app for focusing on what matters
  • My Sensor: Air quality monitoring from public sensor.community data
  • MyFastingApp: Fully offline fasting tracker with a widget
  • MyFinanceMate: Privacy-first expense tracker via SMS parsing
  • NCarousel: Nextcloud wallpaper carousel (WebDAV)
  • Notification Vault: A private, secure, open-source notification logger and history manager
  • Offline Web Search: Search curated websites, blogs, and RSS feeds completely offline and privately
  • OmegaPlayer: Better and easier video playback Music player Private Vault with biometric
  • OpenArcade: An open-source game arcade
  • Openshelf: Personal library manager and book tracker
  • OpenWOL: A simple, private and efficient Wake-on-LAN app
  • Paper Loop: Grow your turf and slice rival sneks’ tails — an offline territory game
  • Paper Loop 2: Grow your turf and slice other sneks’ tails — a free-movement territory game
  • Password Store (Passkey Edition): Manage your passwords
  • PGPony: OpenPGP encryption with hardware security keys and password-store support
  • Picocrypt-NG: Paranoid, offline file encryption with XChaCha20 and Argon2id
  • Pipes: A numberlink-style game
  • PitchVis: Real-time visualization of musical pitches from live audio
  • PlayTube: Feature-rich YouTube client, fast and secure with Material 3 design
  • Pocket2FA: Secure 2FA code client of 2FAuth server that works offline
  • Queens: Challenging crown-placement logic puzzle. Infinite levels. No tracking & ads.
  • Remail: A clean, high-fidelity Gmail-inspired client for Resend.com
  • Remember: Notes & Reminders: Persistent recurring reminders that return if accidentally dismissed
  • rsend: Push phone folders to a home SSH host with rsync over SSH
  • Rufid: Write and recover bootable USB media
  • Secluso: Private home security for Raspberry Pi and Secluso hardware
  • ShelfDroid: Audiobookshelf client with playback, downloads, and server management
  • Six Shooter: Western revolver drum spinner — pick a winner among up to six players
  • Socks5 Proxy: Socks5 client based on VPN
  • SuperShopaholic: An infinite shopping cart in an infinite mall: a satire on consumerism
  • SwiftSlate: System-wide AI text assistant — type a trigger, get instant text transformation
  • Tabata Xtreme: Tabata-style workout timer with a sneaky little twist - a variable time base!
  • Teyin: Lightweight, privacy-first file manager designed for speed and simplicity
  • Turtle: A Platform with Pythonic language to practice CPU/GPU programming on mobile
  • Vetro: Minimal local-first media manager
  • Video Screensaver: Displays any of your own videos as a screensaver
  • WebInspector: Inspect web pages as in desktop browser Developer Tools
  • Whisper Noise: A calming white noise generator for better sleep and focus
  • Wolf Gallery: Encrypted, offline photo & video vault with a comfortable gallery
  • YAPL — Yet Another Pilot Log: Private, offline flight logbook with EASA/BCAA paper-logbook PDF export
  • Zazen Meditation Timer: Zazen meditation timer with multi-section sessions and bell sounds
  • Zham: Offline world clock with a home-screen widget and time-zone converter

Updated Apps

401 more apps were updated

(expand for the full list, if you dare)

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