TWIF generated on Thursday, 26 Oct 2023 ,Week 43

F-Droid core

F-Droid and F-Droid Basic were updated from 1.18.0 to 1.19.0-alpha0, now with support for automatic background updates on Android 12+ as announced last week. Note that this is still in beta so brave users need to install this manually (enable Beta updates for the app or from Client expert settings).

Community News

@Licaon_Kter comments:

Aurora Store was updated from 4.3.3 to 4.3.5 fixing an important installation issue so users are advised to update.

Conversations was updated from 2.12.11+free to 2.12.12-beta.2+free adding experimental support for Private DNS (DNS over TLS), themed icon on Android 13+ and many other fixes. Note that this is still in beta so brave users need to install this manually (enable Beta updates for the app or from Client expert settings). The missing website description will be fixed in the next few days.

Linphone - open source SIP client was updated from 5.1.3 to 5.1.4 and now supports the narrow-band vocoder-based audio data compression algorithm G.729.

Prav is live in F-Droid! It’s a fork of Quicksy keeping the same easy onboarding for new XMPP users and phone number based automatic contact discovery. Prav is based in India and is backed by a cooperative society. Being an XMPP client it means it can communicate with XMPP users on servers all around the world.

@linsui comments:

I want to highlight some updates of this week:

Image Toolbox is finally updated again. Since 2.1.3 we can’t build the APK reproducibly. Then some prebuilt libs are added which introduces more problems. Thanks to the effort of @Licaon_Kter and @T8RIN those binaries are cleaned up and the APK is reproducible again after 4 months.

Kubenav is rewriten in Flutter and Go since 4.0.0. This broke the update checker and we only noticed that recently. @linsui added v4.2.3 and patched out some new non-free deps. It should be updated automatically in the future.

Sayboard, a voice IME, is in F-Droid now. We have many open source IME but none of them have voice input support. Now we have an open source voice IME based on Vosk.Yay!!!

Standard Notes is back! The license of Standard Notes was changed from AGPL3 to BY-NC-SA 4.0 which is not an FOSS license. After it was reported, we disabled affected versions and don’t update it anymore. Recently, the change was reverted so Standard Notes is FOSS again! More details can be found here. @proletarius101 re-enabled with an update.

TIDY Text-to-Image Discovery, a local image search tool, is in F-Droid now. It brings the power of AI to your phone, running totally offline!

Removed Apps

5 apps were removed

Carfoin’s API no longer works so the developer asked for it to be removed.

Infinity for Reddit can no longer connect to the website (#3098)

RadioBeacon and Radiocells.org UnifiedNlp Backend used a backend database that is no longer accessible (#3102)

WireGuard’s in-app updater makes it no longer eligible for inclusion in F-Droid. WireGuard users can get updates directly from upstream or switch to one of the alternatives.

Newly Added Apps

17 more apps were newly added

• 8-Bit Wonders
• Ansible Sempahore Client
• Audile
• Candle
• Friend Alert
• JS-Dict
• LibreRandonaut
• NanoLedger
• Oinkoin
• OpenAthena™ for Android
• Quran 16 Line - Quran Revision Helper
• SerialPipe
• SilverDict
• SpMp
• TimePlanner
• Voyager for Lemmy
• huggingAssist

Downgraded Apps

2 apps were downgraded

Podverse was downgraded from 4.14.0 to 4.13.9 as the new version was crashing.

Shattered Pixel Dungeon was updated to 2.2.0 then downgraded to 2.1.4 as the new version is crashing, please wait for a fixed version 2.2.1.

Updated Apps

~163 more apps were updated

• 8Vim Keyboard was updated from 0.14.0 to 0.16.2
• Acode editor - Android code editor was updated, but uses the same 1.8.7 version naming
• AF Weather Widget was updated from 2.2 to 2.3
• AirGuard - AirTag protection was updated from 2.0 to 2.1
• Amethyst was updated from 0.79.3 to 0.79.12
• Androidacy Module Manager was updated from 2.3.3-fdroid to 2.3.4-fdroid
• Arcticons Dark was updated from 7.3.7 to 7.5.4
• Arcticons Light was updated from 7.3.7 to 7.5.4
• Arcticons You was updated from 7.3.7 to 7.5.4
• Audio Share was updated from 0.0.9 to 0.0.11
• Auto Auto-Rotate was updated from 0.12.2 to 0.12.3
• Aves Libre was updated from 1.9.6 to 1.9.7
• Baby Phone was updated from 1.1.3 to 1.2.0
• Ball2Box was updated from 4.0.0 to 4.0.1
• baresip+ was updated from 45.0.0 to 46.1.0
• baresip was updated from 58.0.0 to 59.0.3
• Beat Feet was updated from 0.15.0 to 0.16.0
• Binary Eye was updated from 1.60.3 to 1.61.0
• Blitzortung Lightning Monitor was updated from 2.1.14 to 2.2.1
• blocker was updated from 2.0.2485 to 2.0.2914-fdroid
• BOINC was updated from 7.22.2 to 7.24.1
• Box, Box! was updated from 0.6.3 to 0.6.4
• Briar was updated from 1.5.7 to 1.5.8
• Canta was updated from 1.1.2 to 1.2.0
• CatBox was updated from 1.2.6 to 1.2.7
• Chaldea was updated from 2.4.17 to 2.4.19
• Cheogram was updated from 2.12.8-2+free to 2.12.8-3+free
• Chip Defense was updated from 1.21 to 1.22
• ClashMetaForAndroid was updated from 2.8.8.Meta-Alpha to 2.8.10.Meta-Alpha
• Clipious was updated from 1.16.4 to 1.17.0
• Coffee was updated from 2.19 to 2.20
• Commons was updated from 4.1.0 to 4.2.0
• Conversations was updated from 2.12.11+free to 2.12.12-beta.2+free
• Coordinate Joker was updated from 1.3.32 to 1.4.34
• Copy SMS Code - OTP Helper was updated from 1.3.0 to 1.4.0
• croc was updated from 1.10.11 to 1.10.12
• Dark Mode Live Wallpaper was updated from 1.6.3 to 1.6.4
• Diaguard: Diabetes Diary was updated from 3.11.1 to 3.12.1
• Drinkable was updated from 1.39.0 to 1.41.0
• Droid-ify was updated from 0.5.9 Patch 1 to 0.5.9 Patch 4
• DroidRec was updated from 3.5 to 3.6
• droidVNC-NG was updated from 2.1.3 to 2.1.5
• DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser was updated from 5.172.2 to 5.174.0
• Easy Diary was updated from 1.4.302.202309180 to 1.4.303.202310160
• EinkBro was updated from 10.14.0 to 10.15.0
• Endless Sky was updated from 0.10.3-38 to 0.10.4-39
• ente Authenticator was updated from 2.0.8 to 2.0.12
• ente - encrypted photo storage was updated from 0.7.100 to 0.7.102
• Escapepod - Podcast Player was updated from 1.1.1 to 1.1.2
• FairEmail was updated from 1.2108 to 1.2113
• Fast Draw was updated from 1.6 to 1.7
• FediPhoto-Lineage was updated from 7.1 to 7.2
• Feeder was updated from 2.6.6 to 2.6.7-1
• Fennec F-Droid was updated from 118.1.0 to 118.2.0
• FFUpdater was updated from 78.2.4 to 78.3.0
• Flipper Mobile App was updated from 1.6.4 to 1.6.5
• Gallery for PhotoPrism was updated from 1.20.0 to 1.20.1
• Godot Editor 4 was updated from 4.0.1.stable.0 to 4.1.2.stable
• Graded - Grade tracker was updated from 2.4.1 to 2.4.2
• GreenStash was updated from 2.7.0 to 2.8.0
• Gurgle was updated from 1.25 to 1.26
• Hacki for Hacker News was updated from 1.9.3 to 2.0.1
• Hail was updated from 1.5.0 to 1.6.0
• HexViewer was updated from 1.46 to 1.48
• IITC-CE Mobile was updated from 0.36.1 to 0.37.0
• Immich was updated from 1.81.0 to 1.82.0
• Infomaniak kDrive was updated from 4.2.30 to 4.2.31
• Infomaniak Mail was updated from 1.0.15 to 1.0.17
• Insigno was updated from 1.4.0 to 1.4.2
• Jami was updated from 20231006-01 to 20231019-01
• jtx Board journals & notes & tasks was updated from 2.06.00.ose to 2.06.01.ose
• JustChess was updated from 2.4 to 2.5
• Keep Screen On was updated from 1.11.0 to 1.12.0
• KitchenOwl was updated from 0.4.12 to 0.4.13
• Kotatsu was updated from 6.1.6 to 6.2.2
• kubenav was updated from 3.9.0 to 4.2.3
• Kvaesitso was updated from 1.27.1-fdroid to 1.28.0-fdroid
• Kwik EFIS was updated from 6.14 to 6.15
• LavSeeker was updated from 2.1 to 2.2
• LibrePass was updated from 1.0.0-alpha04 to 1.0.0-alpha06
• LibreTube was updated from 0.18.1 to 0.19.0
• Linwood Butterfly was updated from 2.0.0-beta.9 to 2.0.0-beta.11
• Locus was updated from 0.15.1 to 0.15.2
• LogFox was updated from 1.4.4 to 1.4.6
• Massive was updated from 1.157 to 1.164
• Mattermost Beta was updated from 2.8.2 to 2.9.0
• MinCal Widget was updated from 2.12.7 to 2.13.0
• Minesweeper - Antimine was updated from 17.5.0 F to 17.5.1 F
• Miru was updated from 1.7.1 to 1.7.2
• Moonlight Game Streaming was updated from 11.0 to 12.0.1
• MOROway App was updated from 8.1.8 to 9.0.0
• MultiVNC was updated from 2.1.3 to 2.1.4
• MuPDF mini was updated from 1.23.3a to 1.23.4a
• MuPDF viewer was updated from 1.23.3a to 1.23.4a
• Muzei was updated from 3.5.0-alpha05 to 3.5.0-rc01
• My Leaf was updated from 2.3.0 to 2.3.1
• Myne: Ebook Downloader was updated from 1.5.0 to 2.6.0
• Nekome was updated from 2.0.5 to 2.1.1
• Nextcloud Cookbook was updated from 0.13.0 to 0.14.3
• Nextcloud Dev was updated from 20231012 to 20231022
• Nextcloud Talk was updated from 17.1.0 to 17.1.2
• Noice: Natural calming noise was updated from 2.5.3 to 2.5.4
• openHAB Beta was updated from 3.7.6-beta to 3.7.7-beta
• Open Stable Diffusion was updated from 1.7 to 1.8
• OpenTracks was updated from v4.9.1 to v4.9.3
• ownCloud was updated from 4.1.0 to 4.1.1
• Periodical was updated from 1.74 to 1.75
• Permission Manager X was updated from v1.21-fd to v1.23-fd
• Phonograph Plus was updated from 1.3.1 to 1.3.2
• PianOli was updated from 1.22 to 1.24
• Pineapple Lock Screen (OSS) was updated from 1.2.3-oss to 1.3.0-oss
• PipePipe was updated from 3.1.4 to 3.1.5
• Pocket Broomball was updated from 5.0.4 to 5.0.5
• pretixPRINT was updated from 2.16.1-foss to 2.16.2-foss
• QRAlarm was updated from 1.5.5 to 1.5.6
• QuickDic was updated from 5.6.3 to 5.7.1
• QuickWeather was updated from 2.5.4 to 2.5.5
• Quote Unquote was updated from 4.36.0-fdroid to 4.36.1-fdroid
• Radar App was updated from 0.6 to 0.7
• Reader for Selfoss was updated from 123102852-github to 123102961-github
• Saber was updated from 0.16.1 to 0.17.0
• Safe Space was updated from 1.1.5 to 1.2.0
• SCEE was updated from 53.32 to 54.12
• SchildiChat was updated from 1.6.5.sc72 to 1.6.6.sc73
• Screenshot Tile (NoRoot) was updated from 2.3.7 to 2.5.2
• Session F-Droid was updated from 1.17.3 to 1.17.4
• Shitter was updated from 3.4.3 to 3.4.4
• Signal Generator was updated from 1.33 to 1.34
• Simple Bitcoin Wallet was updated from 2.5.4 to 2.5.7
• Simple Keyboard was updated from 5.4.8 to 5.4.9
• Simple Music Player was updated from 5.18.1 to 5.18.3
• Sithakuru was updated from 1.0.9 to 1.1.0
• Spotube was updated from 3.1.2 to 3.2.0
• Squawker was updated from 3.4.4 to 3.5.0
• Standard Notes was updated from 3.167.25 to 3.178.5
• Stingle Photos was updated from 2.10.2 to 2.11.0
• SUD💜KU was updated from 1.1.3 to 2.0.0
• Super Retro Mega Wars was updated from 0.31.11 to 0.31.12
• Table Habit was updated from 1.9.0 to 1.9.1
• Tarnhelm was updated from 1.5.4 to 1.5.5
• Tasks.org: Open-source To-Do Lists & Reminders was updated from 13.5.1 to 13.6
• Telegram FOSS was updated from 10.0.9 to 10.1.1
• Termux:Styling was updated from 0.30 to 0.31
• Tiny Weather Forecast Germany was updated from 0.61.1 to 0.61.2
• TorrServe was updated from MatriX.125.2.F-Droid to MatriX.126.1.F-Droid
• Transistor - Simple Radio App was updated from 4.1.6 to 4.1.7
• TRIfA was updated from 1.0.219 to 1.0.220
• TU Darmstadt Moodle Wrapper was updated from 1.1 to 1.2
• Unciv was updated from 4.8.12 to 4.8.14
• UnicodePad was updated from 2.13.1-fdroid to 2.13.3-fdroid
• Unpopular Music Player was updated from 2.80.5 to 2.80.6
• Unstoppable Wallet was updated from 0.35.1 to 0.36.0
• VES - Image and Photo Compare was updated from 2.2.0 to 2.2.1
• Vespucci was updated from 19.2.1.0 to 19.2.3.0
• Vinyl Music Player was updated from 1.5.3 to 1.5.5
• Voyager for Lemmy was updated from 1.15.6 to 1.16.0
• WallmeWallpaper:Wallpaper app was updated from 2.9 to 3.0
• WallpaperExport was updated from 1.0.3 to 1.1.0
• WebCall was updated from 1.2.7 to 1.4.11
• Website Monitor was updated from 2.0.0 to 3.0.0
• WG Tunnel was updated from 3.1.0 to 3.1.4
• Wikipedia was updated from r/2.7.50454-r-2023-10-10 to r/2.7.50455-r-2023-10-10
• WordleSolver was updated from 1.07 to 1.08
• wX was updated from 55835 to 55836
• Xtra was updated from 2.25.2 to 2.25.3
• Yivi was updated from 7.5.0 to 7.5.1
• ZipXtract was updated from 2.1 to 2.2
• 拷贝漫画 was updated from 2.0.beta20 to 2.0.beta21

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