This Week in F-Droid

TWIF curated on Thursday, 21 Aug 2025, Week 34

Community News

The Matrix ecosystem fixed some major bugs that affected servers and clients too. The CVE level issues were announced back in July but things were intentionally kept vague while developers worked hard on yet another room version bump and fixes.

Last week the big post dropped, explaining the nitty-gritty about what happened, what was fixed, how and what to expect.

F-Droid has several clients that got updated with these fixes:

• Element - Secure Messenger was updated to 1.6.44
• SchildiChat was updated to 1.6.44.sc88
• FluffyChat was updated to 2.1.0

And we recommend that you update as soon as possible.

But we also host Element X and its fork SchildiChat Next which are not yet updated as these hit reproducibility issues that hamper determinism. (These issues are not related to any other F-Droid issue from last month and upstream developers are working on fixes.)

While we don’t usually advise this, as the whole purpose of having F-Droid as a third party that verifies the build can’t be exerted now, users of Element X and SchildiChat Next can update directly from the developers as the apps are signed by them already.

Ente Photos - Encrypted photo storage was updated to 1.2.0 adding custom layouts, an advanced editor, smart albums and performance fixes.

FlorisBoard was updated to 0.5.0 after five intense months of development. The changelog is hefty and no wonder, given all the nice changes and fixes.

Immich was updated to 1.138.0 with the new beta timeline, PIN reset, OAuth ID and much much more.

Rethink: DNS + Firewall + VPN was updated to v0.5.5q and this should fix the issue users encountered with the last update. Do test and reach out if still problematic.

Session F-Droid was updated to 1.27.0. The developers have written a post about common network troubleshooting for users having issues connecting.

@shuvashish76 torrents some ink:

KOReader was updated to v2025.08 adding a lot of fixes, OPDS facets support, dictionary presets, CBR files support and support for new e ink devices like ONYX Max2 Pro, Hyread Gaze Note devices, noteair4c, Boox Go6 and Go7. Full changelog here.

LibreTorrent was updated to 4.0.1 with Android 15 support and a nice Material 3 (You) redesign.

Red Screen was updated to 1.2 after 10 years! If you needed a red screen, now it’s the time to install. Spoiler alert: it has shortcuts for more colors.

Newly Added Apps

16 apps were newly added

• Bily: Aids in splitting shared receipts fairly
• Blorp: A Threadiverse client for Lemmy and PieFed
• Deepr: Simplify deeplink testing. Save, organize, and launch deeplinks with ease.
• DrawAnywhere: Floating canvas for drawing over other apps
• Force Stop Helper: Helps you manually force-stop background apps
• HomeFeed - RSS Widget: HomeFeed is a customizable RSS feed widget
• Leafpad: Ein einfaches Notizbuch
• MakeACopy: Privacy-focused document scanner with OCR and PDF export
• Nora: Instagram, Reddit, Threads and X in a single app. No ads.
• Offline Translator: On-device translation of text and images (Based on the same technology as Firefox’s on device private translations!)
• Open Notes: Simple and open note-taking app for Android
• openScale sync: Synchronize your openScale measurements with external services
• Permissions Summary: List which apps have access to sensitive permissions on your device
• Play Maker: Play or create your own platformer levels
• SOS Flashlight: Advanced Morse Code Tool: Turn your phone into a Morse code device, to transmit emergency messages
• スミレ 日本語キーボード: Sumire is a privacy-first offline Japanese keyboard for simple, fast typing

Downgraded Apps

1 app was downgraded

• Your local weather was downgraded from 6.1.1 to 6.1.0 as the newest version was crashing.

Updated Apps

129 more apps were updated

(expand for the full list)

• < polycule > was updated to 0.3.4
• Accelerrace was updated to 0.9
• ArcaneChat was updated to 2.11.0
• BabyName was updated to 1.2.2
• Ball2Box was updated to 4.1.8
• CalcYou was updated to 3.0
• Cavity was updated to 1.9.1
• Celestia was updated to 1.8.8
• CoMaps - Hike, Bike, Drive Offline with Privacy was updated to 2025.08.13-8-FDroid
• CrossWords was updated to 4.4.205
• Dark Mode Live Wallpaper was updated to 1.9.1
• Decisions was updated to 1.13.2
• Delta Chat was updated to 2.11.0
• Discreet Launcher was updated to v7.8.1
• droidVNC-NG was updated to 2.14.0
• DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser was updated to 5.243.1
• E6B Flight Computer was updated to 1.7
• EinkBro was updated to 14.8.0
• Emacs was updated to 30.2
• Emotic was updated to 0.1.10
• EnigmaDroid was updated to 1.3.3
• FairEmail was updated to 1.2291
• FastTrack was updated to 3.3.1
• FeedFlow - RSS Reader was updated to 1.4.0
• Fennec F-Droid was updated to 141.0.2
• FitBook was updated to 2.0.17
• Flexify was updated to 2.1.3
• Forkgram was updated to 11.9.5.0
• FREE Browser was updated to 3.3
• Geotag video camera was updated to 2.1.2
• Green: Bitcoin Wallet was updated to 5.0.7
• Guileless Bopomofo Keyboard was updated to 3.5.6
• Hate It Or Rate It was updated to 1.4.1
• HTTP Request Shortcuts was updated to 3.33.0
• Infomaniak kDrive was updated to 5.8.3
• JekyllEx was updated to v0.2.3
• JetBird was updated to 1.4.3
• Joplin was updated to 3.4.4
• Kanji Dojo was updated to 2.1.9
• Kazumi was updated to 1.7.6
• Keep it up was updated to 1.8.1
• KeePassDX - FOSS Password Safe was updated to 4.1.5
• KeepOn - Keep your screen on smartly! was updated to 2.0.1
• KISS Launcher was updated to 3.22.1
• Kotatsu was updated to 9.1.2
• Kreate was updated to 1.6.7-fdroid
• Kwik EFIS was updated to 7.13
• LabLog was updated to 1.15
• LinkHub was updated to 1.6.4
• Linphone - open source SIP client was updated to 6.0.15
• Linwood Butterfly Nightly was updated to 2.4.0-beta.2
• Loop Habit Tracker was updated to 2.3.1
• Materialious was updated to 1.10.3
• Metronome was updated to 5.3.1
• monocles browser was updated to 1.9.3
• Mullvad VPN: privacy is a universal right was updated to 2025.6
• MuPDF mini was updated to 1.26.5a
• MuPDF viewer was updated to 1.26.5a
• MusicSearch was updated to 1.55.2
• NATINFo+ was updated to 0.9.0
• neutriNote CE was updated to 4.5.8a
• NewsBlur - News reader was updated to 13.6.0
• Nextcloud was updated to 3.32.3 RC3
• Nextcloud Cookbook was updated to 0.25.1
• NFC Quick Settings was updated to 1.4.5
• NGA客户端开源版 was updated to 4.1.3
• NoNonsense Notes was updated to 7.2.6
• NZ Tides was updated to 24
• Odin was updated to 3.5.5
• OpenAthena™ for Android was updated to 0.25.0
• openHAB Beta was updated to 3.17.13-beta
• OpenMoneyBox was updated to 3.5.1.3
• OpenTopoMap Viewer was updated to 1.23.1
• Orgzly Revived was updated to 1.12.1
• OSM Dashboard (Offline) was updated to 6.4.1
• OSM Dashboard for OpenTracks was updated to 6.4.1
• ownCloud was updated to 4.6.2
• P.CASH Wallet was updated to 0.45.3
• Pagan was updated to 1.7.11
• Peercoin Wallet was updated to 1.4.7
• Peristyle was updated to v9.2.2
• Petals was updated to 3.36.3
• Phocid was updated to 20250806.1
• PhotoChiotte was updated to 1.67
• PipePipe was updated to 4.7.1
• PlainApp: File & Web Access was updated to 2.1.11
• Podcini.X - Podcast instrument was updated to 8.18.0
• Productivity Tools - timeto.me was updated to 2025.08.09
• ProtonVPN - Secure and Free VPN was updated to 5.12.48.1
• PublicArtExplorer was updated to 1.2.0
• QuickDic was updated to 5.8.0
• Read You was updated to 0.15.0
• Really Basic Vocab was updated to 3.4.6
• Ruffle was updated to 0.250817
• RunnerUp was updated to 2.9.0.6
• Saber was updated to 0.26.3
• Schulrechner was updated to 1.11.0
• Shattered Pixel Dungeon was updated to 3.2.1
• SherpaTTS was updated to 2.4
• ShockAlarm was updated to 0.3.9
• Shots Studio was updated to 1.8.148
• Simple Keyboard was updated to 5.36
• SimpleX Chat was updated to 6.4.3.1
• Standard Notes was updated to 3.198.15
• StyncyNotes was updated to 1.1
• Super Productivity was updated to 14.3.3
• Syncthing-Fork was updated to 1.30.0.3
• Table Habit was updated to 1.17.2
• Thor was updated to 1.8.5
• Thunderbird Beta for Testers was updated to 12.0b6
• To Do was updated to 2.3.3
• trale was updated to 0.12.1
• TRIfA was updated to 1.0.255
• Unciv was updated to 4.17.14
• Vernet - Network Analyzer was updated to 1.3.0
• Vespucci was updated to 21.1.2.0
• WAFRN was updated to 1.5.3
• Wave Lines Live Wallpaper was updated to 1.13.5
• WG Tunnel was updated to 3.9.5
• Whisper+ was updated to 1.3
• WikiReader was updated to 2.5.1
• XiVPN was updated to 1.6.0
• Xray was updated to 11.0.1
• Xtra was updated to 2.47.0
• YA Habit Tracker was updated to 0.3.1
• Zashi: Zcash Wallet was updated to 2.1.0
• Zulip was updated to 30.0.263
• 聚在工大 was updated to 4.17.4

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