TWIF generated on Thursday, 25 Apr 2024, Week 17

Community News

@linsui is forced to tap the sign:

We are sad to read articles like the latest one from The Citizen Lab, “The not-so-silent type: Vulnerabilities across keyboard apps reveal keystrokes to network eavesdroppers”, and rather baffled to see that “cloud-based keyboards” are even a thing. While the F-Droid repo does not hold millions of apps we are users ourselves and we include and maintain apps that, while being FOSS, are also user-centric, from like-minded developers.

A keyboard is the way we talk with our computing devices, telling them our fears, hopes and greatest secrets, it can basically read our minds, hence having all that sent to some server, and allowed to be spied upon in transit or at destination, is a great betrayal of our trust.

While Latin based keyboards abound, like the latest HeliBoard which was updated to 1.3, we have something for IME users too, Trime and Fcitx5 (and its plugins) can cover everyone’s needs to type in their own locale. And, if being FOSS is not enough, these don’t even have the permission to connect to the Internet, nor a need for that. Eg. Trime can even sync user data without Internet, via self hosted apps like Syncthing.

Breezy Weather was updated to 5.2.1_freenet, bringing Fused location support for all flavors, available natively since Android 12.

The YouApps Suite already had six apps in F-Droid, and this week CalcYou, Privacy Focused Calculator app built with MD3, joins too.

Many Gitlab users were waiting for a LabCoat update, and while the newly 2.7.9 is from an year old codebase, it took three and a half years to drop (wow!). The new icon might be fancy, but the date bug fix (posts from one second ago were dated 19 hours in the past) is sweet.

maid, Interact with artificial intelligence models (llama.cpp models locally, and with Ollama, Mistral, Google Gemini and OpenAI models remotely), was just added. Now you can run LLMs on your smartphone with a nice UI (no more messing with Termux and command lines!). But if you don’t have a powerful device, the LLM is very slow: it may take tens of seconds to spell out one word. Maid also supports remote models so you can still enjoy its results no matter the device used.

@Licaon_kter doesn’t split the atom, but gives us protons:

After being mentioned in the news two weeks ago, Proton Pass: Password Manager, created by the scientists who met at CERN behind Proton Mail, is finally live for everyone to enjoy. The Proton team has a blog post about it too, that you can read here. The app description is missing, and upstream is aware.

Standard Notes was update to 3.193.9, but did you know that its developers were acquired by Proton? You can read more on their blog.

And since we are deep in Proton news, SimpleLogin - Anti-spam, also acquired back in 2022, will be moving its legal domicile to Switzerland.

Newly Added Apps

13 more apps were newly added

• Accelerrace - Simple HTML5 racing game made just for fun
• Aria for Misskey - Dive into the interplanetary microblogging platform
• Asteroid’s Revenge - Endless survival bulletHell (highscore based)
• Flexify - Track gym progress, visualize graphs, enjoy offline support & timers
• Fossify Notes - To do list widget with a notebook organizer, checklist, simple shopping list
• GPS Locker - Keep the GPS locked at all times
• Mat-O-Id - Pay beverages with RFID-Tag
• Metadata Remover - Protect your privacy by removing metadata from your photos!
• OpenDefault - Help opening URLs with your default App
• Shiori - Client for Shiori, the bookmarks manager
• SpamBlocker (Call & SMS) - Silences unwanted calls/SMS messages without replacing your default apps
• Stream Player - A simple HTTP stream player
• eQuran - An enriching way to connect with the Holy Quran

Updated Apps

153 more apps were updated

• AgoraDesk: buy BTC anonymously was updated from 1.1.32 to 1.1.34
• Alovoa was updated from 1.10.0 to 1.10.1
• Apollo was updated from 1.4.4 to 1.4.5
• App Manager - Android package manager was updated from 3.1.5 to 3.1.6
• Arcticons Black was updated from 9.0.0 to 9.2.4
• Arcticons Day & Night was updated from 9.0.0 to 9.2.4
• Arcticons was updated from 9.0.0 to 9.2.4
• Arcticons Material You was updated from 9.0.0 to 9.2.4
• Aves Libre was updated from 1.10.8 to 1.10.9
• baresip+ was updated from 47.1.0 to 47.3.0
• BetterCounter was updated from 4.6.1 to 4.6.3
• Binary Eye was updated from 1.63.6 to 1.63.7
• Bitcoin Wallet was updated from 10.11 to 10.14
• Bitcoin Wallet [testnet3] was updated from 10.11 to 10.14
• Blitz: Fischer Chess Clock was updated from 1.8.1 to 1.8.2
• Blue Square Speedometer was updated from 0.1.3 to 0.1.4
• Box, Box! was updated from 0.7.2 to 0.7.3
• Boxcars was updated from 1.3.2 to 1.3.3
• Bubble was updated from 2.7 to 2.8
• Carrion was updated from 1.17 to 1.18
• Catima - Loyalty Card Wallet was updated from 2.28.0 to 2.29.0
• Ceno Browser: Share the Web was updated from 2.1.0 to 2.1.1
• Chip Defense was updated from 1.33 to 1.35
• Chrono was updated from 0.4.0 to 0.4.1
• CIFS Documents Provider was updated from 2.2.0 to 2.2.1
• ColorBlendr was updated from v1.3 to v1.4
• Conversations was updated from 2.15.0+free to 2.15.2+free
• Copy SMS Code - OTP Helper was updated from 1.14.0 to 1.14.1
• Cuscon was updated from 4.0.1.9 to 4.0.2.0
• DAVx⁵ was updated from 4.3.15-ose to 4.3.16.1-ose
• Eat Poop You Cat was updated from 1.4.0 to 1.4.5
• ente Photos was updated from 0.8.79 to 0.8.82
• ESBDirect was updated from 3.4.1 to 3.4.2
• Etar - OpenSource Calendar was updated from 1.0.42 to 1.0.45
• Exodus was updated from 3.2.2 to 3.2.3
• Extirpater was updated from 1.5 to 1.6
• FairEmail was updated from 1.2172 to 1.2176
• Feeder was updated from 2.6.22 to 2.6.23
• Fossify Gallery was updated from 1.1.2 to 1.1.3
• Freebloks was updated from 1.5.2 to 1.5.5
• Gallery for PhotoPrism was updated from 1.25.0 to 1.26.0
• GMaps WV was updated from 1.8 to 1.9
• GM Dice was updated from 1.0 to 1.1
• Godot Editor 4 was updated from 4.1.2.stable to 4.2.1.stable
• Harmony Music was updated from 1.9.1 to 1.9.2
• Hypatia was updated from 3.07 to 3.09
• ICSx⁵ was updated from 2.2 to 2.2.1
• idTech4A++ was updated from 1.1.0harmattan38natasha to 1.1.0harmattan39natasha
• ImapNotes3 was updated from v1.3-05 to v1.3-06
• Immich was updated from 1.101.0 to 1.102.3
• Inure App Manager (Trial) was updated from Build100.4.0 (Final) to Build100.4.1
• InviZible Pro: increase your security, protect you was updated from 6.5.0 to 6.6.0
• Invoice Ninja was updated from 5.0.156 to 5.0.157
• IR Remote was updated from 1.7.0 to 1.7.1
• JMP SIM Manager was updated from jmp-v0.9.11 to jmp-v1.0.0
• Joplin was updated from 3.0.1 to 3.0.2
• jtx Board journals&notes&tasks was updated from 2.07.03.ose to 2.07.04.ose
• Katawa Shoujo: Re-Engineered was updated from 1.4.6 to 1.4.7
• Keep it up was updated from 1.3.0 to 1.3.1
• KeyPass was updated from 1.4.26 to 1.4.27
• Linphone - open source SIP client was updated from 5.2.3 to 5.2.4
• LocalMonero: buy XMR privately was updated from 1.1.32 to 1.1.34
• M3U was updated from 1.14.0-beta07 to 1.14.0-beta10
• Mattermost Beta was updated from 2.14.0 to 2.15.0
• MedTimer was updated from 1.7.0 to 1.7.2
• MergedWiFiNLP was updated from 2.0 to 2.0
• Meshtastic was updated from 2.3.3 to 2.3.4
• mLauncher - Minimal and Clutter Free launcher was updated from 1.5.2 to 1.5.4
• Money Manager Ex was updated from 2024.04.15 to 2024.04.21
• monocles chat was updated from 1.7.9.5.2 to 1.7.9.5.3
• MOROway App was updated from 9.1.4 to 9.1.5
• MotionLock was updated from 1.1 to 1.1
• MRepo was updated from 2.4.6 to 2.4.7
• mTUO was updated from 4.4.1-r9 to 6.5.1-r0
• My Expenses was updated from 3.8.1 to 3.8.2
• Myne: Download & Read eBooks was updated from 3.4.0 to 3.5.1
• neutriNote CE was updated from 4.5.1b to 4.5.1c
• Nextcloud Dev was updated from 20240414 to 20240421
• Nextcloud was updated from 3.28.2 to 3.29.0 RC1
• Nextcloud Notes was updated from 4.2.0 to 4.2.1
• NextDNS Manager was updated from 5.1 to 5.2.0
• NLWeer was updated from 1.10.1 to 1.10.2
• Obtainium was updated from 1.1.3 to 1.1.5
• Ojo RTSP IP Camera viewer was updated from 0.1.3 to 0.1.4
• OpenAthena™ for Android was updated from 0.20.2 to 0.20.3
• openHAB Beta was updated from 3.12.2-beta to 3.12.3-beta
• OpenTopoMap Viewer was updated from 1.15 to 1.16
• OpenTracks was updated from v4.12.1 to v4.12.2.
• OpenVK Legacy was updated from 1.2.239-f to 1.2.240-f
• Orion Viewer - Pdf & Djvu was updated from 0.90.3 to 0.91.3
• OsmAnd~ was updated from 4.6.14 to 4.7.10
• P2Play - Peertube client was updated from 0.6.0 to 0.7.0
• PCAPdroid was updated from 1.7.1 to 1.7.2
• Peercoin Wallet was updated from 1.2.5 to 1.2.6
• Peristyle was updated from 1.40_beta to 1.42_beta
• Petals was updated from 3.21.1 to 3.21.2
• Phonograph Plus was updated from 1.6.0 to 1.6.1
• Podcini - Podcast instrument was updated from 4.8.0 to 4.9.0
• Podverse was updated from 4.16.0 to 4.16.1
• pretixSCAN was updated from 2.7.1 to 2.8.0
• primitive ftpd was updated from 7.0 to 7.1
• Quacker was updated from 3.3.1 to 3.4.1
• Quicksy was updated from 2.15.0+free to 2.15.2+free
• Quillpad was updated from 1.4.14 to 1.4.15
• Quote Unquote was updated from 4.37.0-fdroid to 4.38.0-fdroid
• Reader for Selfoss was updated from 124030731-github to 124041081-github
• Revengate was updated from 0.12.3 to 0.12.4
• RiMusic was updated from 0.6.30 to 0.6.31
• Roboyard was updated from 13.2 to 14
• Saber was updated from 0.21.3 to 0.21.4
• Sapio was updated from 1.3.1 to 1.3.2
• SCEE was updated from 57.0 to 57.2
• Seal was updated from 1.12.0-(F-Droid) to 1.12.1-(F-Droid)
• Sensorkraken was updated from 1.0.1 to 1.1.0
• ServeIt was updated from 1.2.0 to 2.0.0
• Simple Sudoku Game was updated from 0.1.17 to 0.1.18
• SiYuan was updated from 3.0.9 to 3.0.10
• SlimSocial for Facebook was updated from 10.0.9 to 10.0.11
• Souvenirs was updated from 2.8.7 to 2.8.8
• Spotube was updated from 3.5.0 to 3.6.0
• Status Bar Speedometer was updated from 3.6.0 to 3.7.0
• Street­Complete was updated from 57.1 to 57.2
• Suntimes was updated from 0.15.13 to 0.15.14
• Table Habit was updated from 1.11.1 to 1.12.0
• Taler Wallet was updated from 0.10.1 to 0.10.2
• Terminal Emulator was updated from 4.7.1/X to 5.0.0/X
• Termux:Boot was updated from 0.7 to 0.8.0
• Termux:Styling was updated from 0.31 to 0.32.0
• Text Tools was updated from 1.0.6 to 1.0.7.1
• The Light was updated from 3.81 to 3.82
• Thud was updated from 1.2.1 to 1.3.0
• Timed Silence - Don’t let your phone rattle you! was updated from 3.0.2 to 3.1.1
• TimeLimit.io was updated from 6.20.0 to 6.20.1
• timeto.me - Personal Productivity Tools was updated from 2024.04.08 to 2024.04.18
• TorrServe was updated from MatriX.132.F-Droid to MatriX.132.2.F-Droid
• Traditional T9 was updated from 29.0 to 30.0
• Trail Sense was updated from 5.9.0 to 5.10.0
• Transistor - Simple Radio App was updated from 4.1.7 to 4.1.8
• Tusky was updated from 24.1 to 25.0 beta 1
• Unciv was updated from 4.11.4 to 4.11.6
• uNote - microNote was updated from 1.7.1 to 1.7.2
• Unstoppable Wallet was updated from 0.37.6 to 0.38.1
• Valetudo Companion was updated from 2023.08.0 to 2024.04.0
• VolumeLockr was updated from 1.4.3 to 1.5.0
• Voyager for Lemmy was updated from 2.4.0 to 2.5.0
• WG Tunnel was updated from 3.4.1 to 3.4.2
• whoBIRD was updated from 2.9 to 3.0
• WiFi Widget was updated from 1.4.11 to 1.4.13
• Wulkanowy was updated from 2.5.5 to 2.5.6
• Xtra was updated from 2.31.0 to 2.31.1
• Zade’s wallpaper was updated from 15.8 to 15.9
• Zapp was updated from 8.5.1 to 8.5.2
• 拷贝漫画 was updated from 2.2.9 to 2.3.2

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