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denshirenji , in Alright boys, I've been converted to the light side and have installed F-Droid. Now what?
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What I have installed:

From Obtanium:

  • Most Fossify Apps
  • Nextcloud
  • Material Files
  • Immich
  • DAVx & ICSx (nextcloud contacts and calendar sync)
  • DNS66
  • Jellyfin
  • Spotube

From FDroid (really droidify from various repositories)

  • FUTO Voice Input
  • Breezy Weather
  • K-9
  • Libera Reader
  • FFUpdater
  • Joplin

The list is massive and I'm on mobile and hate tiny keyboards. I can finish the list later if you/y'all are interested. The only thing that I actively use that is not FOSS on my phone is Google Messages, which I guess is a bit hypocritical, but its too good. Just the ability to react to messages makes it worth it for me.

I also highly recommend Grayjay. It is the best (IMHO) YouTube replacement. It is cross service, like I have odysee, nebula, youtube, and various peertube instances added as sources.

As far as what apps to watch out for, someone mentioned Simple Mobile Tools. Otherwise, I would stay away from apps that are not being updated anymore or are otherwise way too old.

Lemongrab ,

I have some things to add.

Most of the released fossify apps are on fdroid.

From f-droid I recommended:

Binary eye (QR and bar codes)

Fennec or Mull (Firefox without telemetry, Mull for privacy/security)

K-9 mail (email client, Thunderbird mobile)

Aurora store (google appstore without need for play services)

Innertune (better YT music)

OpenNoteScanner (scan paper docs to digitize)

Droidify (fdroid but more feature rich and user friendly)

Tangent5280 OP ,

How does OpenNoteScanner compare to the Microsoft Lens app?

Lemongrab ,

Much less features. Does the job with simple orientation correction and post process filters for clearer text. Serviceable but incomparably.

errer , in Friendica (open source facebook alternative) releases version 2023.12 with the ability to curate feeds and more

The name of this product is terrible, sounds like some disease

Kecessa ,

Welcome to open source softwares!

therealjcdenton , in 9 days after writing in defence of a Free Palestine, Paul Biggar is dropped from his director role at CircleCI
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This is what happens when you support terrorists

Lemongrab , in Clipshare: Copy anywhere, paste anywhere, end to end encrypted

Very cool. I was literally think about such a project yesterday lol.

makeasnek Mod , in Ask Lemmy: What open source projects are you working on lately?
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I'm working on !boinc and !gridcoin . BOINC is a tool used by scientists to distribute computational workloads to the computers of volunteers, Gridcoin is a cryptocurrency which issues rewards for people who use BOINC (like mining crypto but for science instead of hashes). I'm not a direct dev on either project, but I code tools which make those projects easier to use, write documentation, etc.

isotope , in Ask Lemmy: What open source projects are you working on lately?

I'm actively working on a web front-end for Newpipe (Tubo) in my spare time. Alhough the core functionality is already there, I have yet a lot of features/nice-to-haves to tackle, as well as many refinements to the UX to make it as close to the Newpipe app as possible.

coffeeaddict ,

Something I was really looking for was being able to Sync Newpipe with some interface on my desktop, this sounds great and maybe you could implement that as well?

isotope ,

Thanks for the idea. I definitely have to give this a bit more thought. I'm not sure I want to implement user signups like Piped/LibreTube do it as I would rather keep using the Newpipe app, so I'll think of other ways of achieving data syncing.

baatliwala , in Ask Lemmy: What open source projects are you working on lately?

Lemmy itself! Can't say what because I'll doxx myself since I'm doing the fixes under my IRL name but yeah it's nice contributing.

SharkAttak , in Molly (Signal clone) preps UnifiedPush support
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Can I ask what's wrong with the standard Signal app?

SatyrSack ,

From their GitHub:

Molly has unique features compared to Signal:

  • Data encryption at rest - Protect the database with passphrase encryption
  • Secure RAM wiper - Securely shred sensitive data from device memory
  • Automatic lock - Lock the app automatically under certain conditions
  • Multi-device support -- Link multiple devices, including Android tablets, to a single account
  • Block unknown contacts - Block messages and calls from unknown senders for security and anti-spam
  • Contact deletion - Allows you to delete contacts and stop sharing your profile
  • Disappearing call history - Clear call notifications together with expiring messages
  • Debug logs are optional - Android logging can be disabled
  • Custom backup scheduling - Choose between a daily or weekly interval and the number of backups to retain
  • SOCKS proxy and Tor support - Tunnel app network traffic via proxy and Orbot

Besides that, you will find all the features of Signal plus some minor tweaks and improvements. As with Signal, SMS is not supported.


Molly is open-source just like Signal. But Signal uses Google's proprietary software to provide some key features.

To support a 100% free and auditable app, Molly comes in two flavors: one with proprietary blobs like Signal and one without. They are called Molly and Molly-FOSS, respectively.

refurbishedrefurbisher , in Molly (Signal clone) preps UnifiedPush support

Not a clone, but a fork.

QuazarOmega , in Molly (Signal clone) preps UnifiedPush support

Insane commitment (yes pun intended) by the dev

timbuck2themoon OP , in Molly (Signal clone) preps UnifiedPush support
Eezyville , in Mozilla.ai is a new startup and community funded with 30M from Mozilla that aims to build trustworthy and open-source AI ecosystem
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I would really like Mozilla to make the best browser in the world please.

desmosthenes ,
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they do

NewDay ,
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They failed a while ago. Market share decline continues

rodolfo , in Free software pioneer Stallman reveals cancer diagnosis

leaving a message just because it's important that stallman knows there are many people wishing him well, and how much respect there's for him. I kindly invite others to leave a message as well.

Schlemmy , in You can and you should contribute - Open Street Map

I'm addicted to Streetcomplete. I'm 20.000+ edits in. I make about 100 with ease on my commute to work.

agent_flounder ,
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I installed it. Judging by the mass of blank info, I guess I'm the only person around here using it lol. 😳

gammasfor , in How to bypass GPL (easy tutorial)

Let's be honest this is how it actually usually plays out:

  1. Be a huge company

  2. Make your employees sign an NDA

  3. Make your code closed source

  4. Use GPL code and not give a shit because you're a huge company with a legal team bigger than your Dev team

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