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This Week in F-Droid

TWIF curated on Friday, 12 Jun 2026, Week 24

F-Droid core

F-Droid and F-Droid Basic were updated to 2.0-alpha10. We tooted a toot that you can read here, and yes, we are like an inch (or 25.4 mm if you’re on metric) close to release, do test it on your device today:

  • mess around with Material colors, do all screens look fine and readable?
  • install some apps and updates, do they get downloaded fast from mirrors?
  • your Chinese device can install apps or just gives up randomly?
  • the UI looks nice on your smart TV or is it hard to navigate?
  • the app is translated fully or some strings need more work?
  • are the meta categories enticing?
  • any other issue we should know about?

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

Community News

baresip was updated to 83.1.0 and its video enabled counter-part baresip+ to 72.1.0. These apps have been in F-Droid since 2018 and 2020 respectively, so they’re not “new” to the Android ecosystem and to Google’s vast surveillance system that spies on what apps users have installed, yet we are sad to see our packages being treated as malware and both users and developers getting abused.

Also Syncthing-Fork was updated to 2.1.1.0 and got the same FUD treatment from Google’s root-kit-like services that swear they want to protect the users.

Is Google protecting you or their share-holders? Time is short, keepandroidopen.org has some actionable ideas. Can you help?

Fedilab was updated to 3.41.0 adding the new “Collections” feature. What are those? We’ll just let the Mastodon devs to explain in a post.

Flip 2 DND was updated to 12.1.1-free after we skipped some versions. The developer lost, forgot, burned, deleted or just plain changed the key, hence it now has a new one. You had the app installed last week? Better uninstall and install the new one.

Notifications for FB was updated to 1.12.0 after… 9 years! While we can frown upon your usage of such an awful abusing silo, at least you can get notified in a better way.

While we featured ReFra two weeks ago, they deserve a mention yet again with update 5.0.0. Why? They’ve added Immich integration (ownCloud soon too) so you can browse remotely just like locally, cloud photo backup, backup wizard, more editor effects & filters, date grouping, albums sections, motion photos as MP4, Android Advanced Protection support, more location details, better APNG & JXL support, more performance enhancements and more.

Newly Added Categories

3 categories were newly added
  • Recorder: Audio, screen, call recorder
  • Camera: Camera, IP camera viewer and video recorder
  • Market & Price: Price, exchange rate, stock

Newly Added Apps

34 apps were newly added
  • Alchemist: Start with the four basic elements and create anything!
  • AppVerifier BG: Verify installed apps against shared signature hashes and databases
  • Conduit: Local-first SSH, Mosh, and SFTP for mobile
  • drejo player: Tiny ad-free player with reliable next/previous across mp4 + mkv folders
  • Email: A modern email client with a unified inbox
  • Ensemble: Unofficial client for Music Assistant
  • Entropy’s Defiance: Minimalist launcher and time-horizon task manager
  • Epoch: Time display for nerds: Unix, sidereal, binary clocks & more
  • Flac-R: Perfect your collection
  • Health: A health metric management health meant to replace Google Fit
  • Hermes Agent Fork: Run local AI models with chat, files, voice, and Android tools
  • Hisap Kitap: Shop ledger and billing app for small businesses
  • Kochi Transit Go: Offline Kochi Metro route planner and fare calculator. Fast, Free & Private.
  • LineShield: Verify phone lines registered to your name in Mexico CRT portals
  • Linthra: Local-first music player for music you own. No forced sync.
  • LocalTube: Self-hosted streaming server solution built on top of NewPipe Extractor
  • Metiq: Colored noise for focus, sleep, and relaxation. No ads, no tracking.
  • Motivational App: A tiny joke app that gives you brutally direct motivation in one tap
  • ONVIF Camera: Simple RTSP viewer for IP cameras
  • Open Hitomi: Floating hedgehog assistant with local chat and browser tools
  • OpenVitals: Private Health Connect summary; not medical advice
  • OW Camera 2 For Pebble: Control your phone’s camera remotely from your Pebble smartwatch
  • Passchain: Use security key with Bluetooth, NFC, USB or your phone secure element
  • PDF Inspector: Inspect, select, edit and delete the elements inside any PDF
  • Phylax: Viewer for Frigate NVR with smart URL switching and notifications
  • PicCollage: High-performance photo collage studio with 26 dynamic gradients and pro layouts
  • Pictionary Generator: A Pictionary-ish Word Generator
  • PixelPlayerOSS: Local-first music player for offline and self-hosted libraries
  • Prog Metronome: Metronome for practicing complex rhythmic ideas
  • RealmScore: Score keeper for the Fantasy Realms card game
  • Rocinante: Fast, private, and native client for the BookWyrm literary social network
  • SoundTree Recorder: Audio recorder with topic organization, marks, and page-like waveforms
  • time-tracking: Keep track of your working hours with precision and ease
  • whatIwatch: Track the series you’re currently watching

Updated Apps

288 more apps were updated
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