#f-droid — Public Fediverse posts

Messed around with an older Kindle Fire tablet this weekend, and stumbled-discovered that one can side-load #fdroid through the Silk Browser. From there, you can install any of #deltachat, #ironfox, #orbot, #comaps,... even #supertuxcart

Installing apps through #AuroraStore is hit-or-miss, where the 'misses' are very informative: Even #Firefox & #Fennec must have hooks to Google Play Services, as they immediately crash upon opening in FireOS.

https://developer.amazon.com/docs/fire-tv/fire-os-overview.html

Messed around with an older Kindle Fire tablet this weekend, and stumbled-discovered that one can side-load #fdroid through the Silk Browser. From there, you can install any of #deltachat, #ironfox, #orbot, #comaps,... even #supertuxcart

Installing apps through #AuroraStore is hit-or-miss, where the 'misses' are very informative: Even #Firefox & #Fennec must have hooks to Google Play Services, as they immediately crash upon opening in FireOS.

https://developer.amazon.com/docs/fire-tv/fire-os-overview.html

Oh, if I could guarantee at least €750 per month in donations, I would happily quit my day job and devote myself full‑time to #FreeSoftware. I’d expand my current contributions to #Debian, #GNOME, #Ubuntu, #FDroid, and other projects that interest me but for which I currently have no spare time.

Any ideas on how this could work for an individual developer stuck in Iran?

Oh, if I could guarantee at least €750 per month in donations, I would happily quit my day job and devote myself full‑time to #FreeSoftware. I’d expand my current contributions to #Debian, #GNOME, #Ubuntu, #FDroid, and other projects that interest me but for which I currently have no spare time.

Any ideas on how this could work for an individual developer stuck in Iran?

F-Droid: What We Talk About When We Talk About Malware

https://f-droid.org/en/2026/07/01/adv-malware.html

#FDroid #Android #TechNews #KeepAndroidOpen #Google

F-Droid: What We Talk About When We Talk About Malware

https://f-droid.org/en/2026/07/01/adv-malware.html

#FDroid #Android #TechNews #KeepAndroidOpen #Google

So if you download your purchased audio books from Audible and convert them to mp3, what app do you then use to listen to them, so that you can bookmark where you were and maybe put a sleep timer on? #FDroid #audiobooks

So if you download your purchased audio books from Audible and convert them to mp3, what app do you then use to listen to them, so that you can bookmark where you were and maybe put a sleep timer on? #FDroid #audiobooks

#Fedilab and #HolosSocial allow using the offline translator for #Android, and the app is available on #FDroid.
I would like to encourage every F-Droid user to use it and enable it in Fedilab.

https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.davidv.translator/

I will improve both apps to capture the translation and go back, because their app allows it.

#OfflineTranslator

#Fedilab and #HolosSocial allow using the offline translator for #Android, and the app is available on #FDroid.
I would like to encourage every F-Droid user to use it and enable it in Fedilab.

https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.davidv.translator/

I will improve both apps to capture the translation and go back, because their app allows it.

#OfflineTranslator

Acabo de enterarme de lo que tiene planeado Google, lo estoy leyendo y me estoy quedando a cuadros.
#keepandroidopen #fdroid

Por favor si sabéis de alguna etiqueta distinta y/o de otras acciones...

https://keepandroidopen.org/es/

The Programmer’s Fulcrum: 3 July, 2026

https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/the-programmers-fulcrum-3-july-2026/

The Programmer’s Fulcrum: 3 July, 2026

https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/the-programmers-fulcrum-3-july-2026/

WeatherMaster, Open Source, and the Future of Android; An Interview with Pranshul

> When I recently interviewed DocWolle about his work on open-source Android, one thing became immediately clear: some of the most interesting developers aren't working inside giant companies or chasing millions of downloads. They're building software because they genuinely want to solve problems, share their work with others,

#Fdroid #Android #FreeSoftware #BryantReview

https://gardinerbryant.com/weathermaster-open-source-and-the-future-of-android/?utm_campaign=widget&utm_source=mastodon

WeatherMaster, Open Source, and the Future of Android; An Interview with Pranshul

> When I recently interviewed DocWolle about his work on open-source Android, one thing became immediately clear: some of the most interesting developers aren't working inside giant companies or chasing millions of downloads. They're building software because they genuinely want to solve problems, share their work with others,

#Fdroid #Android #FreeSoftware #BryantReview

https://gardinerbryant.com/weathermaster-open-source-and-the-future-of-android/?utm_campaign=widget&utm_source=mastodon

⚠️ De EFF waarschuwt dat Googles ontwikkelaarsverificatie "een weg naar censuur" creëert. Ontwikkelaars in restrictieve landen, anonieme open-source bijdragers en onderhouders van privacytools behoren tot de zwaarst getroffenen.

Wat zijn 'restrictieve landen'?

Kort gezegd: landen met zware internetcensuur, waar de overheid streng controleert wat je online mag zien, zeggen en maken.

Juist in die landen — en in opkomende economieën — lopen app-makers nu gevaar. Europa wilde met nieuwe regels de macht van Big Tech breken, maar Google reageert met verstikkende identificatie-eisen voor ontwikkelaars.

De ironie is pijnlijk: regels tégen Big Tech raken nu juist de kleine, onafhankelijke softwaremakers. Knappe koppen die met minimale middelen prachtige vrije software schrijven, worden buitengesloten door westerse bureaucratie. Dit is een directe aanval op de FOSS-gemeenschap en vrije alternatieven zoals F-Droid.

Google is groot geworden dankzij deze wereldwijde community. Het techbedrijf moet verder kijken dan de grenzen van de VS en de EU. Digitale vrijheid is een wereldwijd recht. Bescherm de opensource-wereld in plaats van deze kapot te reguleren.

🔗 Lees er alles over en kom in actie via: keepandroidopen.org/nl/

#KeepAndroidOpen #FOSS #FDroid #OpenSource #Privacy #DigitalRights #Fediverse #EFF

F-Droid: la verifica degli sviluppatori Android è un malware
Circa due settimane fa, Google ha confermato la roadmap della verifica obbligatoria per gli sviluppatori Android. F-Droid ha pubblicato un nuovo post sul sito ufficiale per evidenziare le conseguenze, affermando che il servizio usato per bloccare le app non verificate è come un malware.

#fdroid #google #malware

@tecnologia

https://www.punto-informatico.it/f-droid-verifica-sviluppatori-android-malware/

F-Droid: la verifica degli sviluppatori Android è un malware
Circa due settimane fa, Google ha confermato la roadmap della verifica obbligatoria per gli sviluppatori Android. F-Droid ha pubblicato un nuovo post sul sito ufficiale per evidenziare le conseguenze, affermando che il servizio usato per bloccare le app non verificate è come un malware.

#fdroid #google #malware

@tecnologia

https://www.punto-informatico.it/f-droid-verifica-sviluppatori-android-malware/

What We Talk About When We Talk About #Malware

https://f-droid.org/en/2026/07/01/adv-malware.html

#Android #Google #KeepAndroidOpen #privacy #cybersecurity #FOSS #FDroid

What We Talk About When We Talk About #Malware

https://f-droid.org/en/2026/07/01/adv-malware.html

#Android #Google #KeepAndroidOpen #privacy #cybersecurity #FOSS #FDroid

@dentrochat @heiseonline
Ich nutze #GrapheneOS und meide sowie irgend möglich den PlayStore. Banking Apps sind z.B. eine erzwungene Ausnahme. #fdroid F-Droid ist meine App-Quelle der Wahl mit vielen Lösungen um #BigTech zu vermeiden.

Ho appena trovato su F-Droid un bel client modificato della app ufficiale di Mastodon. Si chiama @moshidon
La cosa che apprezzo di più è la possibilità di leggere le timeline locali di altri server, cioè, la funzionalità che imho davo per scontata quando mi sono approciato al concetto di federazione e decentralizzazione. Va bene non essere tutti sullo stesso server, ma voglio avere il piacere di "entrare in casa degli altri"!

#moshidon #mastodon #fediverso #fdroid #rant

Ho appena trovato su F-Droid un bel client modificato della app ufficiale di Mastodon. Si chiama @moshidon
La cosa che apprezzo di più è la possibilità di leggere le timeline locali di altri server, cioè, la funzionalità che imho davo per scontata quando mi sono approciato al concetto di federazione e decentralizzazione. Va bene non essere tutti sullo stesso server, ma voglio avere il piacere di "entrare in casa degli altri"!

#moshidon #mastodon #fediverso #fdroid #rant

@deBaer #Piraten können auch mit #OpenStreetMap wandern. @yun_patata

Vielleicht mal in #fdroid schauen, ob es dort apps gibt, mein #Debian habe ich schliesslich nicht auf dem Handy.

@deBaer #Piraten können auch mit #OpenStreetMap wandern. @yun_patata

Vielleicht mal in #fdroid schauen, ob es dort apps gibt, mein #Debian habe ich schliesslich nicht auf dem Handy.

@fdroidorg Please include the onion link in your post

http://fdroidorg6cooksyluodepej4erfctzk7rrjpjbbr6wx24jh3lqyfwyd.onion/2026/07/01/adv-malware.html.en

If this is the official f-droid floss.social account then I know you care about tor onion servers because the official fdroid website has an onion link

Tor onion links provide greater anonymity to tor users than simply accessing the clearweb site through tor

And the more people use tor and tor onion addresses for uncontroversial browsing the easier it becomes for people to hide in the traffic when it can be a matter of life or death what websites you are accessing

#Tor #Censorship #FDroid #Privacy #Anonymity

Man kann eigentlich nicht oft genug darauf hinweisen, dass zum 1. September diesen Jahres Google #Android zum #WalletGarden macht.

Damit werden natürlich auch alle Bestrebungen zur #DigitaleSouveränität im Privaten blockiert. Es ist jetzt schon schwierig. Wenn die Alternativen wie z.B. /e/OS, #GrapheneOS oder gar #FDroid wegfallen, wird es ein Ding der Unmöglichkeit werden.

https://keepandroidopen.org/de/
https://f-droid.org/2026/07/01/adv-malware.html
https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/01/fulu/#i-am-altering-the-deal

🤣 Oh no, the sky is falling! Another Android "malware" from Google?! 🚀 Apparently, if you're using Android 8 or above, your device is now a ticking time bomb! 🔥 But fear not, valiant defenders of #FDroid are here to save the day—just don't ask how they plan to do it with their open-source hero capes. 🦸‍♂️
https://f-droid.org/2026/07/01/adv-malware.html #AndroidMalware #Heroes #OpenSource #Safety #TechNews #HackerNews #ngated

More than 200k users said NO!

More than 70 organisations signed a letter saying NO!

#FDroid wrote posts on why NOT!

We've talked with you and your representatives, around the world.

We've made the #KeepAndroidOpen website to explain it.

If you read the #Android tech news, you saw it.

If you use a search engine, you found it.

If you've asked their own #Gemini, you got the summary.

But who didn't see, hear or read anything from above? Yes, #Google

For your saftety? https://f-droid.org/2026/07/01/adv-malware.html

A free app that changed how I experience the #Fediverse

🌍 A free app that changed how I experience the #Fediverse

The best thing I’ve learned on the #Fediverse is that it’s better to share what you genuinely love rather than posting just to gain followers.

Today, I want to highlight a #FDroid application that has become essential on my #Android device. It helps me understand most of the languages used across the Fediverse while fully respecting my privacy.

✨ Key features:

🌍 100% offline translation
⚡ Extremely fast translation
🎙️ Speech-to-text with instant translation
🔊 Audio playback of translated text
📷 Live camera translation: simply point your phone at signs, posters, or menus
🖼️ Image translation
📄 Document translation (PDF, ODT…)
🔗 Web page translation via URL
📚 Built-in dictionary

I also suggested its integration to the developers of #Holos and #Fedilab. They were very open and implemented it brilliantly. It shows how easily this kind of solution can be integrated into other Fediverse applications.

I would also like to sincerely thank the developer of Offline Translate for their work, dedication, and responsiveness. Free and open-source developers invest a tremendous amount of time into their projects. Even a simple message of appreciation or encouragement can truly make a difference.

By supporting these projects, we make the #Fediverse more accessible, more open, and more welcoming for all languages.

https://github.com/DavidVentura/offline-translator

#Mastodon #Pixelfed #PeerTube #Misskey #Firefish #Friendica #Hubzilla #Pleroma #Akkoma #BookWyrm #WriteFreely #Funkwhale #Mobilizon #GoToSocial #Sharkey #FDroid #Android #FOSS #FreeSoftware #Privacy #Accessibility #Translation #Decentralization #HolosSocial #OpenSource

https://github.com/DavidVentura/offline-translator

I've also made Ogres more fatty in "Dima Defense ⚔️". And now the game counts level completions, even if you've return to the main menu too much early, before the game return you to the main menu by itself.

The new version you can download on Codeberg 🏔️👉 https://codeberg.org/xolatgames/Dima-Defense/releases/tag/v0.8.1

You can check its source code here 🏔️👉 https://codeberg.org/xolatgames/Dima-Defense

You can also find this game on my website 🌐👉 https://xolat.games/search-by-tags/libgdx.html

Or you can await this update on F-Droid soon 👉 https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.xolatgames.dima.defense/

#libgdx #fdroid

Comme chaque année au 24ème, nous faisons des dons à des logiciels libres.

Cette année nous avons pu aider 38 projets : https://github.com/24eme/banque/blob/master/data/dons.csv

#Fatfree #Pulsar #Yunohost #Framasoft #Borg #Debian #tinc #php #etherpad #gnome #git #organicmaps #mumble #fdroid #kitty #signal #ripgrep #fzf #fd #tpope #comaps #mastodon #liberachat #Couchdb #SponsorBlock #Anubis #GrapheneOS #GNU #FFMPEG #Logseq #FairScan #NewPipe #Arch #GadgetBridge #FossifyCalendar #Letsencrypt #Phpactor #Sudo

1/2 🔽

More good news, #HolosSocial 1.11.0 is back on #FDroid!
My recent work (upgrade from Expo 54 to 56) broke the recipe build, which is why the app was stuck on 1.8.1.
That is now fixed, so you will be able to get the latest features and fixes.

RE: https://floss.social/@fdroidorg/116839987650178216

Featuring results from an upcoming ACM REP 2026 paper by yours truly with D. Nanni, @luj, @Zimm_i48, and @gdazero about the build reproducibility of #fdroid packages in time and over time.

Last week in #FDroid (LWIF) in your #RSS inbox:

* #ReproducibleBuild huge repo study
* @gardiner_bryant makes lists
* @ferlagod and @allibragi blog on app inclusion
* @99managers #99managers first #Godot reproducible game
* #Matrix clients security updates
* #Odysee native app
* #SimpleX gets help from #AI
* #Mercurygram #Telegram translates
* #GithubStore gone, welcome #KomiStore
+ 72 new apps
& 328 updates
- 3 archived

Tag, you're it! https://f-droid.org/2026/06/26/twif.html

So, how would you feel?