TWIF generated on Thursday, 16 May 2024, Week 20

F-Droid core

F-Droid and F-Droid Basic were updated to 1.20.0, and our own @grote speaks at length about the repository management overhaul in a separate post here.

Community News

Thore Göbel has some slides to share:

I gave a talk “Introduction to F-Droid” at “The Alternative”, a student FOSS interest group in Zürich. The slides are available on Gitlab. Feel free to reuse them if you want to give a similar talk at your local FOSS meetup!

I also created a list of known talks. Some even have video recordings for you to watch!

And some graphs:

F-Droid has collected anonymous metrics a while (see this blog post). The raw data is available here, aggregated week-by-week. For my talk, I wanted to have some pretty graphs, so I wrote some code to create graphs from the raw data.

The DivestOS developer kindly picked this up and generated app download graphs for the top 1000 apps (click on the gray box to view the graph).

@linsui keeps apps in check:

AgoraDesk: buy BTC anonymously and LocalMonero: buy XMR privately were updated to 1.1.38, but this might be the last update as they will be winding down their operations after 7 years. Trades have been stopped since May 14th, so users should be reclaiming any funds as fast as possible before the website goes away by Nov 7th.

Unstoppable Wallet was updated from 0.38.3 to 0.38.4 but users notified the team that 0.38.4 silently collects and sends various data from the app. We’ve disabled the affected version for now (albeit it will be removed from the repository in the next index so try to avoid updating if you find this problematic), and we’ll monitor future updates.

wallabag was downgraded from 2.5.1 to 1.11.0 as a dependency was proprietary. Another app is coming in a few days, that will pickup where wallabag left off, so keep an eye on new apps.

@Licaon_Kter gamifies updates:

We’ve been mentioning newer Android requirements for a while now, and many older apps that kept running just fine need to be rebuilt to support them, be it about target SDK or the arm64 architecture. Freedoom, Doom engine source port bundled with Freedoom 1 & 2, was rebuilt this week so you can install it on your arm64-only device too, maybe even resolve the mystery of MyHouse.wad as a first try? 🤷

And since we mentioned one of the first games from id Software, a company known not only for their very successful games but also for open sourcing their game engines, the more modern iterations in idTech4A++ were updated to 1.1.0harmattan50natasha. This app covers DOOM3, Quake4, Prey (2006), Quake2, Quake III Arena/Quake III Team Arena, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, The Dark Mod and their numerous mods.

OsmAnd~ was updated to 4.7.17, bug fixes and features aside, do note that it raises minimum needed version from Android 6 to 7.

Newly Added Apps

12 apps were newly added

• AlexGames - Play simple Lua games, host web games server
• BT Remote - Bluetooth remote control for Android TV
• Graph 89 - A TI Graphing Calculator Emulator
• Kepler-App - App for the JKG Chemnitz with all important info
• Movie DB - A Movie Database Android Application
• NeoStumbler - Collecting wireless networks to Mozilla Location Services
• NewPass - Securely store and manage passwords of your digital realm with NewPass
• Open Surge: retro game engine - A 2D retro game engine with a fun platformer inspired by 16-bit Sonic games
• Paintball Notificator - …so that you no longer have to shout across the pitch before a match
• Roc Droid - Implementing Roc sender and receiver. Work in progress!
• Text Tools - Useful text related functions that can be done on the selected text (a variant of Text Tools - multiple)
• kardi notes - privacy matters - Cross-platform app to take notes. Encrypted, open-source, sync across devices

Updated Apps

177 more apps were updated

• 8-Bit Wonders was updated from 0.8.2 to 0.8.3a
• AAAAXY was updated from 1.5.54+20240407.3373.3f58f518 to 1.5.129+20240501.3448.7f89a0d3
• Accelerrace was updated from 0.7 to 0.8
• Acode editor - Android code editor was updated from 1.10.1 to 1.10.2
• Alexandria was updated from 0.3.2 to 0.3.3
• Apollo was updated from 1.4.6 to 1.4.8
• ArityCalc was updated from 1.54 to 1.55
• Asteroid’s Revenge was updated from 0.10.5 to 0.10.5
• Audio Share was updated from 0.0.17 to 0.1.0
• Automation was updated from 1.7.19 to 1.8
• Aves Libre was updated from 1.10.9 to 1.11.1
• BLE Radar was updated from 0.25.1-beta to 0.25.3-beta
• BTC Map was updated from 0.7.2 to 0.7.3
• BetterCounter was updated from 4.6.3 to 4.8.0
• Blitz: Fischer Chess Clock was updated from 1.8.2 to 1.8.6
• Block’Buster was updated from 1.3 to 1.5
• Blood pressure monitor was updated from 1.6.3 to 1.6.4
• Broccoli: The Green Recipe App was updated from 1.2.8 to 1.2.9
• Brume Wallet was updated from 0.5.12 to 0.5.16
• Bubble was updated from 2.8 to 2.9
• BusTO was updated from 2.2.0 to 2.2.2
• Chooser was updated from 1.3 to 1.3.1
• Clock was updated from 1.2 to 2.1
• Closet-Archive was updated from 1.0.5 to 1.0.7
• Coffee was updated from 2.21 to 2.22
• Compass was updated from 1.14.0 to 1.14.1
• Cuscon was updated from 4.0.2.1 to 4.0.2.5
• Delta Icon Pack was updated from 1.9.0 to 1.9.1
• Disroot app was updated from 2.0.9 to 2.1.1
• EVMap - EV chargers was updated from 1.8.1 to 1.8.2
• EinkBro was updated from 11.6.1 to 11.7.0
• Every Door was updated from 4.1.0 to 5.0.0
• Exif Thumbnail Adder was updated from 0.9.19 to 1.0.0
• Exodus was updated from 3.2.3 to 3.3.0
• FairEmail was updated from 1.2178 to 1.2179
• Fennec F-Droid was updated from 124.2.0 to 125.3.0
• Flexify was updated from 1.0.69 to 1.0.76
• Forkgram was updated from 10.9.2.0 to 10.9.3.0
• Fossify Phone was updated from 1.1.1 to 1.2.0
• Gauguin was updated from 0.24.2 to 0.25.0
• Geto was updated from 1.15.5 to 1.15.6
• Green Pass PDF Wallet was updated from 4.1.0 to 4.1.1
• GreenStash was updated from 3.4.0 to 3.6.0
• HTTP Request Shortcuts was updated from 3.11.1 to 3.12.1
• Het Saldo was updated from 1.1.1 to 1.2.0
• ICSx⁵ was updated from 2.2.1 to 2.2.2
• Ichaival was updated from 1.7.3 to 1.7.4
• Infomaniak Mail was updated from 1.2.4 to 1.3.0
• Infomaniak kDrive was updated from 4.4.7 to 4.4.8
• Jami was updated from 20240426-01 to 20240507-02
• K-9 Mail was updated from 6.802 to 6.803
• KOReader was updated from v2024.03.1 to v2024.04
• Kakugo was updated from 1.36.5 to 1.37.1
• Kanji Dojo was updated from 2.0.3 to 2.0.4
• KeePassDX was updated from 4.0.5 to 4.0.6
• KeePassVault was updated from 1.4.0 to 1.5.0
• Keyoxide was updated from 2.1.1 to 2.2.1
• Kodi was updated from 20.5 to 21.0
• Kvaesitso was updated from 1.29.1 to 1.30.3
• LeMondeRssReader was updated from 3.0.1 to 3.0.2
• LibreOffice Viewer was updated from 7.6.6.3 to 7.6.7.2
• LibreTube was updated from 0.22.2 to 0.23.1
• Linphone - open source SIP client was updated from 5.2.4 to 5.2.5
• Linwood Butterfly Nightly was updated from 2.1.0-rc.0 to 2.1.0
• Massive was updated from 2.33 to 2.34
• MedTimer was updated from 1.7.5 to 1.8.1
• MediLog was updated from 2.7.2 to 2.7.3
• Memories: Photo Management for Nextcloud was updated from 1.10 to 1.11
• Meshenger was updated from 4.2.7 to 4.2.8
• Meshtastic was updated from 2.3.4 to 2.3.7
• Metronome was updated from 1.5.0 to 1.6.0
• Mill was updated from 4.2.0 to 4.7.0
• Minetest was updated from 5.8.0 to 5.8.1
• Money Manager Ex was updated from 2024.04.29 to 2024.05.09
• Monly was updated from 2.6 to 2.8
• Moshidon was updated from 2.1.4+fork.104.moshinda to 2.3.0+fork.105.moshinda
• Mull was updated from 124.2.0 to 125.3.0
• Mullvad VPN: privacy is a universal right was updated from 2024.2-beta1 to 2024.2-beta2
• Musify was updated from 7.6.3 to 8.0.0
• My Brain was updated from 1.0.6 to 1.0.7
• My Expenses was updated from 3.8.2.1 to 3.8.3
• Myne: Download & Read eBooks was updated from 3.6.0 to 3.7.0
• Neo Store was updated from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1
• Next Player was updated from 0.11.0 to 0.11.1
• Nextcloud Dev was updated from 20240430 to 20240510
• Nextcloud Passwords was updated from 1.0.8 to 1.0.9
• NoNonsense Notes was updated from 7.1.7 to 7.1.8
• Obtainium was updated from 1.1.6 to 1.1.7
• Odin was updated from 3.2.9 to 3.3.2
• Offi was updated from 12.1.19-aosp to 12.1.20-aosp
• Oinkoin was updated from 1.0.57 to 1.0.60
• Open Biking was updated from 1.0.0 to 1.1.0
• Open TimeLimit was updated from 6.19.0 to 7.0.0
• OpenPaperView was updated from 1.1.7 to 1.1.8
• Orion Viewer - Pdf & Djvu was updated from 0.92.0 to 0.92.1
• PasseGares was updated from 1.4.8 to 1.4.11
• PiliPala was updated from 1.0.21 to 1.0.23
• PlainApp: File & Web Access was updated from 1.2.49 to 1.2.50
• Podcini - Podcast instrument was updated from 4.9.6 to 4.10.1
• Podverse was updated from 4.16.2 to 4.16.3
• Prayer Book was updated from 0.1.0 to 0.2.0
• Prepaid Balance was updated from 2.5 to 2.6
• Proton Pass: Password Manager was updated from 1.20.4 to 1.21.3
• Pulsar was updated from 1.3 to 1.5
• Rethink: DNS + Firewall + VPN was updated from v0.5.5h to v0.5.5i
• Revengate was updated from 0.12.4 to 0.12.6
• RiMusic was updated from 0.6.32 to 0.6.33
• Ricochlime was updated from 1.3.1 to 1.4.0
• Robot36 - SSTV Image Decoder was updated from 2.3 to 2.7
• SCEE was updated from 57.3 to 57.4
• Saber was updated from 0.21.4 to 0.23.0
• Save Locally: Share2Storage was updated from 1.2.1 to 1.2.2
• Seafile was updated from 2.3.6 to 3.0.0
• Self Attendance Tracker was updated from 1.0.0 to 1.1.0
• Session F-Droid was updated from 1.18.1 to 1.18.2
• Shader Editor was updated from 2.33.2 to 2.33.3
• Shiori was updated from 1.21.1 to 1.30
• Simple Keyboard was updated from 5.16 to 5.17
• Simple Sudoku Game was updated from 0.1.18 to 0.1.22
• SimpleX Chat was updated from 5.6.1 to 5.7.1
• Sky Map was updated from 1.10.1 - RC1 to 1.10.3 - RC0
• SkyTube was updated from 2.987 to 2.988
• SkyTube Legacy was updated from 2.987 to 2.988
• SpMp was updated from 0.3.1 to 0.3.2
• SpamBlocker (Call & SMS) was updated from 1.4 to 1.5
• Squawker was updated from 3.8.1 to 3.8.2
• Standard Notes was updated from 3.194.0 to 3.194.4
• Status Bar Speedometer was updated from 3.8.0 to 3.10.1
• Street­Complete was updated from 57.3 to 57.4
• TTL Changer was updated from 1.2.0 to 1.2.1
• Tempus Romanum was updated from 2.5.0 to 2.5.1
• Text Tools was updated from 1.0.7.1 to 1.1.0.1
• The Life was updated from 1.25.0 to 1.26.0
• Thor was updated from 1.5.4 to 1.6.0
• Thud was updated from 1.3.0 to 1.3.1
• Thumb-Key was updated from 2.7.6 to 3.1.5
• Timed Shutdown [No Root] was updated from v2.51 to v2.55
• TinyBit Launcher was updated from 7.4 to 7.5
• Tournant was updated from 2.5.1 to 2.7.0
• Traditional T9 was updated from 30.0 to 31.0
• Transistor - Simple Radio App was updated from 4.1.8 to 4.1.9
• Tremotesf was updated from 2.10.2 to 2.11.0
• Trime was updated from 3.2.17 to 3.2.18
• Tusky was updated from 25.0 beta 1 to 25.1
• Tuta Mail was updated from 227.240429.0 to 227.240502.0
• Unciv was updated from 4.11.8 to 4.11.10
• Valv was updated from 1.8.2 to 1.9.0
• Vinyl Music Player was updated from 1.10.2 to 1.10.3
• Voyager for Lemmy was updated from 2.6.0 to 2.9.1
• Waistline was updated from 3.7.3 to 3.8.0
• Wall You was updated from 7.0 to 8.1
• Welefon was updated from 1.3.3 to 1.4.0
• WiFi Widget was updated from 1.4.14 to 1.5.01
• Wulkanowy was updated from 2.5.8 to 2.6.4
• Xournal++ viewer was updated from 1.3 to 1.4
• Yatoo was updated from 0.7.0 to 0.8.0
• Your local weather was updated from 5.8.24 to 6.0.0
• Zulip was updated from 27.227 to 27.228
• aTalk was updated from 4.0.1 to 4.0.2
• auth was updated from 2.0.55 to 2.0.56
• baresip was updated from 60.2.0 to 60.3.0
• baresip+ was updated from 47.3.0 to 47.4.0
• blocker was updated from 2.0.3961-fdroid to 2.0.4044-fdroid
• droidVNC-NG was updated from 2.3.0 to 2.3.1
• eQuran was updated from 1.2.0 to 1.3.0
• eXch. was updated from 1.2.0 to 1.3.1
• floccus bookmark sync was updated from 5.0.12 to 5.1.1
• gptAssist was updated from 1.40 to 1.50
• mensen was updated from 1.0.1 to 1.0.4
• monocles chat was updated from 1.7.9.5.3 to 1.7.9.6
• mpv-android was updated from 2024-04-09-release to 2024-05-04-release
• ntodotxt was updated from 0.8.1 to 0.9.0
• openHAB Beta was updated from 3.12.4-beta to 3.12.5-beta
• osm2gmaps was updated from 0.4.3 to 0.5.0
• plees-tracker was updated from 24.2.2 to 24.2.3
• sing-box was updated from 1.8.12 to 1.8.13
• timeto.me - Personal Productivity Tools was updated from 2024.04.18 to 2024.05.01
• whoBIRD was updated from 3.0 to 3.1

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