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This Week in F-Droid

TWIF curated on Thursday, 29 Jan 2026, Week 5

F-Droid core

F-Droid Basic was updated to 2.0-alpha1 fixing little things:

  • Show issue for apps we had installed with different signer
  • Manual repo update icon now is ‘Sync’
  • Fix some changelog logic, pick better
  • Don’t show issues for apps with incompatible signer installed by other stores
  • Show signer of installed version and version code to tech details, make them all selectable
  • Fix a start issue for those upgrading from version 1.x

We are seeing your feedback (yes, even those that say: “the old one was better”) and we’ll polish the client more as going forward. Fun fact: our last major Client UX overhaul was almost 10 years ago, and was met with the same reactions at its introduction.

That being said, we will take a break, between January 30 and February 4, as we’ll be traveling and attending FOSDEM. Did you look up and bookmark our presentations? Do plan to reach our booth(s)!

Community News

Snikket was updated to 2.19.8r2+free. This Conversations fork is tailored for your Snikket instance with a fancy color theme. This update brings almost 2 years of missed features and improves not only the looks. We can excuse the team as they are few and have a lot of work to do on their multiplatform SDK, server and beyond.

@kitswas announces their “F-Droid App Badges” that tracks monthly download and search statistics based on F-Droid metrics. This feature was asked for a long time, as the privacy veil of F-Droid might leave developers in the dark about how well are their apps are received and how many people are enjoying them.

Removed Apps

2 apps were removed
  • Cfait: Powerful, fast and elegant TODO / task manager. (CalDAV and local)
  • Taler Cashier: Take cash and give out electronic cash (The app is not intended for mainstream usage, most people will withdraw digital cash via wire transfer or bank integration. It can also confuse people who are looking for the wallet or PoS applications. If you need it you can still get it from the Taler Nightly repo)

Updated Apps

145 more apps were updated
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