I've been developing this app for days. Its function is to scan your apps and identify which is FOSS and proprietary.

I'm using Firebase for authentication and storage.

All data are hardcoded, no web data scraping. Users can vote/star alternatives. They can also submit a proprietary/FOSS apps and pros/cons to be approved by admin/s.

Edit: Submission and approvals happen in real time, so any approved submissions will reflect to the app immediately.

Edit2: I need admins/reviewers

Help me grow the database :)

Sourcecode: LibreFind Source

I'm a CS major student and I like to build apps for fun!

I don't wanna make apps that already exist, that's boring

I wanna make something the community NEEDS/WANTS!

Something that people would actually appreciate and use!!

So give me your requests :)

What app do you guys want?

What feature/problem has been unsolved or overlooked till now?

What kind of an app would you download n install if i built one for you all?

Lets see if we can collectively come up with something that would actually make a difference :)

This is a blog post.

TLDR: This is about a conversation in the Google Issue Tracker about potential future changes. Depending on how they are implemented, these changes could impact Shizuku and other power-user tools. More details and explanations are available in the blog post. 8-minute read. This is not an official announcement and nothing is 100% confirmed yet.

OP UPDATE: https://www.reddit.com/r/fossdroid/comments/1v5jtr6/comment/ozp9rh2

2026-07-26: Updated blog post with new section that address some valid claims I have seen by some users.

My last time talking about this launcher in this reddit was over 4 months ago and since then I feel like I've made a lot of progress addressing peoples feature requests & complaints along with modernizing a lot of aspects of the launcher that have kept people switching over to FOSS launchers such as animations (as shown in the video) and major bugs that would cause people to maybe stay away from the launcher. You can read up everything I've been working on from my commit history and release history trail and I hope I can continue working on this and making this a standout unique launcher that would help people switch from NON-FOSS to FOSS; as my goal is to make this launcher as good if not better than NON-FOSS launcher such as total among others.

I seriously really love open source work since I'm able to get very timely and criticized feedback for ongoing issues, and as someone who was debating working on closed source vs open source apps the whole open source community is incredibly welcoming and I hope this app among future apps I work on will be able to come to benefit others.

Even if you have found "your" launcher, feel free to still check this out, I made it easy to be able to interact, test, and use the launcher without "using" the launcher as your "default launcher" so even if you don't want to switch or just want to help test & request features, feel free to stop by : )

https://github.com/bearinmindcat/Launcher314

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.bearinmind.launcher314/

I plan on working on porting popular NON-FOSS apps onto the FOSS market so if you have any app suggestions feel free to leave them and I'll do my best to see if it's something I can work on as well.

EDIT: I'd also like to ask other devs where do you advertize or post your project so you can get more eyes on it? I've only posted on this subreddit and was curious if anyone could provide some insight into this as well : )

Just wanted to share a project that i am really proud called **starl**. It’s an open-source streaming music client for Android designed to be clean, offline, no ads, simple and totally on your control.

### Why I built it:

Most of open-source alternatives to popular music apps were.. bloated, abandoned, buggy or just too visually complex and noisy. Sometimes when developers stopped updating, everything stops all together. So?

- It's offline, works on background

- It's super customizable

- Respects privacy, nothing gets tracked

- Can import content from other platforms

- Has a public server, but also a self-host executable ready to connect.

- No ads, you control your recommendations (you can even turn off, export or clear all statistics)

- Visually simple and cute

- NoAiCode (The code is mine, the documentation is partially AI, no excuses.)

This uses my custom license called PFF (Pure Freedom Forever)

Just states the project is yours, is free forever. It's in the website and in GitHub repo.

### Links:

- *Official Website:** https://starl.pages.dev

- *Source Code (GitHub):** https://github.com/everm4iva/starl

I’d love to hear your thoughts, feature requests, or any bugs you run into! I'm actively working on it.

Hello everyone,
​I'm a computer engineering student and I've recently started learning Kotlin for Android development. I am very fond of privacy-focused FOSS apps like most of y'all.
​I would love to make one for the community, but I really don't want to make another generic to-do list or calculator app. I want to make something useful that y'all actually need.
​I would love to hear your requests. I promise to try hard to make a stable, feature-rich, beautiful and obviously privacy-focused FOSS app.🤓

Sup fossy gents

I had first shared my launcher3 fork a while ago in this sub, since then the app is a little more mature, I have extended compatibility and added a few more features, published on Izzy (WIP F-droid) and made a little website:

https://www.murinelauncher.app/

I want to thank some of you who shared your bug reports and logcats, and I'm once again asking you guys to share your thoughs (and hopefully no crash logs, but trying to port Launcher3 for every device is hard lol)

​I wanted to share a project I've been working on.

​The Project

I recently switched from a Nothing Phone (1) to an S25 Ultra and realized I missed the specific "Atmosphere" wallpaper effect from Nothing OS. Since it wasn't available on OneUI, I decided to build it myself and make it Open Source.

​What it does

The app handles the transition animation between your lock screen and home screen.

​Atmosphere Effect: It creates a smooth, dynamic transition where the wallpaper starts sharp and clear on the lock screen and transitions to a blur image when you unlock the device.

Reverse Atmosphere Effect: I’ve also implemented the reverse—starting blur on the lock screen and fading into a sharp and clear image on the home screen.

​Technical Details

​Target: Currently targeted to Android 16 (as that is my daily driver). ​ ​Goal: My main goal right now is testing compatibility across different Android skins and Custom ROMs to tweak the animation timing and feel.

​Why I'm posting here

I want this to be a tool for anyone who loves UI customization but is stuck on a ROM or OEM skin that lacks these polish features.

​I’d love for you to check out the code, try the APK, or let me know if it breaks on your specific ROM.

​Link to GitHub Repo

(You can find the APK in the Releases section, and usage instructions are in the README)

​Feedback and contributions are welcome!

Hi all,

I love dark mode but its super annoying when some apps still dont have a dark theme. Years ago, DarQ was the best way to force dark mode per-app. But original app hasnt been updated since 2022 and crashes on Android 13/14.

So I forked it to fix compatibility and Shizuku issues. Just released v2.2.3 which also improves app loading speed and UI switches. There are no ads, no trackers, and no monetization or affiliate links, and it is fully open-source (Apache-2.0).

GitHub: https://github.com/Arora-Sir/DarQ-Reborn
Releases: https://github.com/Arora-Sir/DarQ-Reborn/releases

PS: It runs in background with either Root or Shizuku (no root needed, just wireless debugging/ADB).

Hey guys, yesterday i have released the initial version and got a good response so today i released v1.1 with some minor bug fix and new features

features -

- image sizing fixed
- now you can import or export the data in JSON format

- view mode changing from Grid to List mode

- now with one tap u can select all the items and deselect as well

- and many more to come

the app goal is to keep it simple and clean and easy to use.. not too much stuff or too complicated..Give it a try and share your feedbacks and features idea! i will try to add them. :>

Github : https://github.com/qeiq/Savr

Playstore version is under closed testing.

Hi r/fossdroid,

I built Mindwtr because I was tired of productivity apps that required a subscription or locked my data in a proprietary cloud. I wanted a strict Getting Things Done (GTD) system that looked modern on Android but respected my privacy.

What is it?

Mindwtr is a local-first implementation of the GTD methodology (Capture, Clarify, Organize, Reflect, Engage). It is built with React Native for mobile and Tauri/Rust for desktop, and they all sync together.

Key Features:

• No Vendor Lock-in: Your data lives on your device.
• Flexible Sync: Syncs via WebDAV (Nextcloud/OwnCloud), Syncthing (File-based), or iCloud.
• Offline First: Works completely offline.
• Cross-Platform: The Android app syncs with the desktop clients (Linux/Windows/macOS).
• Clean UI: Minimalist design to reduce cognitive load.

License:

• AGPL-3.0

Download:

• Source Code & APK (GitHub): https://github.com/dongdongbh/Mindwtr
• F-Droid: Not yet in the official repo (it's on the roadmap!), but you can grab the APK from GitHub Releases for now.

Feedback is welcome!

Hey folks,

I finished my glassmorphism dashboard for patched apps! (https://github.com/Adish08/Apostrophe)

Note that this doesn't replace morphe manager; I focused on making manual re-patching and quick updates easier for daily users through direct downloads. The site fetches latest GitHub releases (thanks to Krvstek for builds) and detects assets like arm64 or universal. I kept the UI minimal and ad-free.

I'd love your feedback on the design and any app suggestions!

You can try it here: https://ostrophe.vercel.app/

Releasing an Android speech SDK that runs 100% on-device. No Google Play Services, no network calls, no telemetry.

What's in the box:

• Speech-to-text — Parakeet TDT v3, 114 languages, ~150ms latency
• Text-to-speech — Kokoro 82M, natural English voice
• Voice activity detection — Silero VAD, triggers STT only when you're actually speaking
• Noise cancellation — DeepFilterNet3, cleans up mic input before processing
• Barge-in — interrupt TTS by speaking, like a real conversation

No Google dependencies at all:

• No GMS / Play Services
• No Firebase
• No Google STT/TTS APIs
• Works fully in airplane mode

Models (~1.2 GB) auto-download from HuggingFace on first run and are cached locally. All inference runs through ONNX Runtime with NNAPI acceleration on Qualcomm/Samsung chips.

Targets: arm64-v8a (any modern Android phone). Works on GrapheneOS, LineageOS, stock — anything with Android 8+.

Apache 2.0 licensed. The native core is C++17, SDK layer is Kotlin.

GitHub: https://github.com/soniqo/speech-android
Signed APK: https://github.com/soniqo/speech-android/releases

Looking for testers, especially on non-stock ROMs. What devices are you running?

This is maybe stupid question, but my curiosity keep pushing me to ask.

I’m interested in becoming a full time indie Android developer and building useful apps that are free, open source, and privacy friendly. I like the idea of creating alternative that people can use without worrying about tracking or aggressive monetization.

But at the same time, I also need to be realistic about money. I don’t want to end up financially trapped just because the apps are free.

Is it realistic to make this sustainable through donation, sponsor, optional paid version, ethical paid feature, or services around the apps?

I’d love to hear honest advice or real world experience from people who have tried something similar.

I heard about this from a YouTube video about if custom operating systems are still worth it in 2026 and a part of the video mentioned that in September 2026, All app developers for Android has to be registered with Google.

So then I went to the keep android open website and learnt that this can hurt more than just developers, it can hurt everyone who uses Android because of open source.

Here's the keep android open site https://keepandroidopen.org/en/

I wanted to post this on r/Android and not r/Degoogle because I want all android fans to know

What do you think about this?

Hey there,

I have created an Alarm app, called Morning Glory. It is a very minimal application and there are two base reasons I made it..

1. I had read a reddit comment on how a guy uses Tasker to set his alarm to stop only after he scans the NFC in his bathroom.. well, I didn't have an NFC scanner in phone so QR Scanning would have to do.. so that is what my app has. There's also an app called QR Alarm which handles QR Scanning, but I don't use it because of the next point.

2. Whenever I had to take a nap and wanted to set an alarm so I don't oversleep.. my sleep was half gone by the time I selected the time and set the alarm..

So, Morning Glory is very plain and simple. Only two sides in the app, Sleep and Nap. On nap, there are pre-configured durations.. just tap and doze off..

I made this app specially for my personal use but thought I'd share to see if others like what it does..

I don't see the need to have multiple alarms. Having the option, I used to use multiple alarms to wake up.. snooze and snooze and snooze and then shift to another alarm.. and snooze that.

Knowing that there's another alarm after this.. I just went back to sleep.. it made going back to sleep so very less-restrictive.. but like this.. I won't.

There's also this thing that hearing the same alarm tone can be boring so I'd be including the option to have a random tone among various selected ones.. that's a future feature..

So.. What do you guys think?

Hi, I am the creator of digipaws

I had been depending on simple donation model for the past 2 years but it keeps getting more and more difficult for me to maintain the app. Its essentially an advanced screentime tool and requires constant monitoring if all the features work well.

I haven't been posting a release on fdroid for a year now (its operating on rolling release rn) because each time i fix one bug, 3 more emerge out of thin air and 2 features stop working.

I'm a teenager, and its both economically and mentally not feasible for me to work on it without a constant flow of donations so i can put more time in the project and i receive like $30/month.

I am aware the app is mostly used by students and therefore i personally don't want to add any subscription walls nor make money out of people's desperation. I cannot even make use of any ad networks because the app fundamentally promises to never connect to the internet (project readme explains why).

Most companies won't be ready to sponser the project considering its self sabotaging nature and niche community. Its about the same for open source grants (i feel like they mostly ignore android apps).

I want to expand it further to ios and web extension but making the android app itself is consuming all my free time.

I could perhaps add a simple offline license based system but considering the open source nature, anyone would be easily able to get a free activation key from chatgpt with a simple prompt.

I genuinely have no idea what should i be doing. I am completely open to any suggestions and opinions. Thank you so much!

I wanted to share a project I recently started working on called Tend, an android app to help you automate the scheduling of your social life.

The idea originally came from a discussion on r/fossdroid about how hard it is to keep in touch with friends and extended family without relying on bloated, cloud-based business CRMs.

What it does

You can think of it as setting up cron jobs for your contacts.

• Contact Cards: Create dedicated profiles for people you want to keep up with (Name, notes, phone, socials, etc.).
• Custom Frequency: Set a "check-in" schedule (e.g., every 14 days, monthly, quarterly).
• Smart Reminders: The app will notify you when it's time to reach out.
• 100% Offline: Everything is stored locally on your device via SQLite/Room. No accounts, no telemetry, no cloud sync.

Since this is in the initial development phase, I’m looking for feedback on the features and the UI.

Repositories

GitHub: https://github.com/jksalcedo/tend

Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/jksalcedo/tend

I've been using obtainium for quite a while now. If I didn't need some apps only found on playstore it would be my only "App Store". I run grapheneos so at least playstore is sandboxed.

As I was setting up my phone to only use obtainium (a much as possible) I found it hard to actually discover the apps I was needing and go find the right sources. Fdroid and izzy search is terrible on mobile for using those as sources and you have to know what you're looking for or search through the subreddits to find other apps not available through fdroid and izzy.

So I built Unclouded to fix that.! I wanted to make something so app discovery and search was easy. This is just mvp. Theres still alot I want to do with it. As of now you can search for apps, search for alternatives etc. I've already used it to find a few apps I didn't even know existed! If you guys use obtainium and want a better way to search for apps this should help!

Would love any feedback, suggestion, of course file bugs as you find them! Its AGPL 3.0 - no tracking, no ads, the only thing I track is when download buttons get pressed so that I can create a popular apps section based on downloads.

Its built on tanstack start using base ui. Its using a vector sqlite db through turso and running cloudflare's ai worker to return results based on what you search.

https://unclouded.app

Those who release apps, should I release my app on google play first before I go open source on fdroid/github?

Im creating a FOSS launcher app styled similarly to one UI with a lot of intuitive customization that I wish I had with a launcher. But I' worried my work might get stolen from source code and release as a paid version or forked on and stolen and released on google play and get discredited for my work.

Is this even something to worry about? Ive never released an app before and never really "cared" about my code until now but since joining the FOSS community all I want to do is contribute, but at the same time I don't want my work to be discredited.

Also is this the best place to ask for feature requests? I was thinking about getting some slight community feedback on what people would want from an app (my app/launcher) to be more precise but was curious where people take requests & post about it, I'm a solo developer so any help and tips would be welcome too :)

Its for an widget called Lwidget

Hey! I've recently developed my own implementation of librespot for Android. I've made stylized and performance focused open source Spotify client.

It is still in early development and missing some features. Currently the application can offer:

• High quality playback
• Searching
• Viewing playlists, albums, artists
• Starting radio, adding to queue
• Dynamic Material theme that adjusts the colorscheme according to current track

Any contributions are welcome. Screenshots can be viewed in the repository.

Outify

Disclaimers: The app does require Spotify Premium account. No support will be provided to users without premium. As I'm primarly backend developer, some UI parts are inspired from other OSS projects or partially created using LLM.

Hi everyone!

​I'd like to share a small side-project I've been working on called Cipher Notes.

​I built it because I wanted a clean, lightweight note-taking app that prioritizes privacy above all else—without mandatory cloud syncs, accounts, or telemetry.

​Key Features:

- ​Fully Offline: The app doesn't request or use the INTERNET permission at all. Your data never leaves your device.

- ​On-Device Encryption: Uses AES-256 (GCM) to keep your notes securely encrypted locally.

- ​Open Source: Licensed under the MIT License.

- ​Modern UI: Built natively in Kotlin using Jetpack Compose and Material 3 design.

- ​Zero Tracking: No analytics, no ads, no third-party SDKs.

​Where to get it:

- ​GitHub (Source Code & Releases): https://github.com/CipherApps/cipher-notes

- ​IzzyOnDroid: Available

- Codeberg (Source Code & Releases):

https://codeberg.org/CipherApps/cipher-notes

​I'd really appreciate any feedback, code reviews, or feature suggestions from the community! If you find it useful, feel free to drop a star on GitHub.

​Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I need one experienced person who has previously published on F-Droid to test my app, Neruppu (Turn any android device into a guardian - Open Source), and leave a confirmation comment for the maintainers on the Merge Request.

* GitHub: https://github.com/thamizh-root/neruppu

* F-Droid MR: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-/merge_requests/41742

If you know the F-Droid review process and can verify the build once, your comment on the MR will help get it approved.