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This Week in F-Droid

TWIF curated on Thursday, 30 Apr 2026, Week 18

F-Droid core

F-Droid and Basic alpha testing is working great, we’ve seen a pattern of issues that we’ve fixed and we’ve refined the UI with more user feedback and experiences. If you’re free in the next few days, do make sure you update to latest alpha8 and take it for a ride.

You’ve read above and want to help? Get latest 2.0 by navigating to the F-Droid or Basic app details and check “Allow beta updates” in the top right three dot menu.

Community News

Bitcoin Wallet was updated to 11.03 and Bitcoin Wallet [testnet3] was updated to 11.04. These come after one year and besides the usual libraries update, they also now require Android 9 or later to run.

Compass was updated to 2.0.0 getting a complete UI redesign using Jetpack Compose and full Malay and Nepali translations.

Conversations was updated to 2.19.16-beta+free adding a fix for Prosody servers invites, one for long lists of contacts crashing on scroll, more video compression size options, input box respects system color, a faster way to send voice recordings, availability settings section and an improved media browser for in chat files (multiple selection, filter, share, save, delete). The media browser update comes to complement a big structural change: default location for files storage.

Traditionally Conversations stored files in the user common storage area, up to Android 11 in its own Conversations/Media folder and since then, per Google rules, in Downloads, Pictures, Movies and Documents. This type of storage makes it easy for users to backup their own files under their own terms using self-hosted solutions like Nextcloud, Syncthing and more. But this also makes it easy for other apps to reach files received via Conversations, eg. files can be easily accessible from the gallery app or file manager, posing a possible security and privacy risk. While we host FLOSS app that respect user privacy and are transparent about their actions, not all users will run Conversations alongside good apps from F-Droid.

With version 2.19.16-beta+free the default storage location is the in-app internal storage, accessible only to the app, and, using the new media browser, available to be saved and shared as the user wishes. This also fixes a pain point for message deletion, when done manually by deleting a whole chat, using the automatic setting or when moderated, as the app now deletes in chat files too.

If you want the old behaviour back, make sure you open Settings, Attachments and toggle “Save to Gallery” to ON.

Want to see the new changes? Navigate to the Conversations page in F-Droid and check “Allow beta updates” in the top right three dot menu.

Home Assistant was updated to 2026.4.4-minimal after a 6 months pause as we waited for a dependency to get freed of it’s proprietary shackles. Go peruse the changelog since 2025.11.4 here.

OsmAnd~ was updated to 5.3.8 with the usual large changelog: astronomy plugin, 3D buildings, globe view, more trip recording widgets, palette editor, bicycle width aware routing and a lot more. Do these sound good? We keep the updates a bit more under the beta label, but if you are courageous, open the OSMAnd page in F-Droid and check “Allow beta updates” in the top right three dot menu.

OSS-Dict was updated to 2.0.0 adding support for MDict and StarDict dictionaries. If you know what those are, do test them thoroughly.

searxist was updated to 2026.02.20 but also suffered a key change. If you’ve installed the app before last week, please uninstall it and reinstall it.

There were 46 new apps added this week, thanks to the many devs who helped with reviews and tests. Recently we have got much more MRs to add new apps (I wonder why?!) and we have a big backlog. Sometimes it’s not that easy to test since different apps require different setups, but this task doesn’t require any experience in F-Droid development so anyone can lend us a hand. If you also want to help, don’t hesitate. Please pick an interesting app from those MRs waiting for testing, test it and post the results in the MR. You can help speed up the review process and improve the quality of new apps included in F-Droid.

Removed Apps

1 app was archived
  • Chip Defense Copper: A tower defense game with a microprocessor theme

Newly Added Apps

46 apps were newly added
  • AniSync: Offline-first AniList client for anime and manga tracking with widgets
  • BeatBridge: Auto-play music when your Bluetooth device connects
  • BodyCheck: Scan and visualize body composition QR codes from your gym
  • Bouncy: A tiny bouncing ball that plays musical notes when it hits the walls
  • Caffeine Health: Track your caffeine. Protect your sleep. Real-time pharmacokinetic curves.
  • Cavern Cravers: A roguelike turn-based virtual board game
  • Chora: Listen to music from Subsonic or Navidrome servers
  • Clock: A simple clock app
  • Colota - GPS Location Tracker: Self-hosted GPS tracking with offline support, geofencing and native maps
  • croc-app: Modern client for croc, easily and securely send files and text
  • Date-a-base: Your Personal Assistant for Every Special Occasion
  • Dawarich (Community): Community Mobile Client for Dawarich By Sunstep
  • Discover Ads Filter: LSPosed module that hides sponsored cards in Google Discover feed
  • Fauxx - Privacy Through Noise: Poison data collection profiles by generating decoy signals
  • FluxLinux - Mobile Linux: Run full Linux desktop environments with GPU acceleration
  • GitaVani - Bhagavad Gita: Ad-free Bhagavad Gita reader with Sanskrit audio, translations & commentaries
  • Hebrew Calendar: Biblical feast days, sabbaths, and moon phases on a lunar calendar
  • Kwik EFIS: Aviation Glass Cockpit / EFIS with ADS-B for E-Ink devices
  • LeanType: Privacy-focused keyboard with AI enhancements
  • Local Player: Modern local music player with word-by-word synchronized lyrics support
  • MAC Editor: Securely edit Wi-Fi MAC address
  • Manholer: Field logging for manholes, pipes, and field measurements
  • Matrix Synapse Manager: Admin panel for Synapse homeservers, manage users rooms and media
  • Minimal Kernel Manager: Android kernel management and system monitoring application
  • Offenbach App: The official citizen app of the city of Offenbach am Main
  • Open 100x: Extreme 100x hybrid zoom camera with local image processing
  • OpenVine: Record and stitch 6-second video clips. Offline and private.
  • Pioneer: Universal progress tracker
  • Plutonic: Suika physics-based planet shooter
  • PriceGrab: Compare two supermarket prices and find the cheaper one per unit
  • Reloado Auth: Secure 2FA TOTP authenticator with biometric lock and encrypted storage
  • Restoid: A modern, root-based app backup tool powered by restic
  • Scrib: A simple text workspace to edit text before pasting somewhere else
  • Setwork: AI-powered notes, smart task scheduling, and learning cards in one place
  • Spix - Privacy Fitness Tracker: Privacy-first offline fitness tracker with AI rep counter and gamification
  • Steam Server Browser: Browse A2S-compatible Steam game servers
  • Su Fei: Minimalist and immersive Chinese traditional poetry reader
  • Supertonic TTS: Local AI Text-to-Speech using Supertonic ONNX
  • Suspension Setup: Track and manage your mountain bike suspension settings and their change history
  • Timer Bundle: Flexible interval timers for sports training with dynamic duration control
  • Todosian - Obsidian Markdown Todos: Manage Obsidian todo lists. Edit Markdown files directly; no account or sync
  • VoicePlus – Audiobook Player: Audiobook player with listening logs, statistics, and no tracking
  • Wallet: Secure & Minimal Design Wallet for Your Credit/Debit/Loyalty/Identity Cards
  • Winterkongress 2026 Schedule: Conference program for the Winterkongress 2026 of digital society
  • YouPipe: A Material-3 based alternative to NewPipe using the same extractor
  • Öffi Sounds: Podcast app with ARD Sounds, BBC Sounds & public radio integration

Updated Apps

253 more apps were updated
(expand for the full list)

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