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List of open source iOS apps

168 points by bdz 10y ago

dublinben 10y ago
This was really helpful for finding a libre password manager that works with KeePass files. The App store results were very unhelpful in this regard.
JustSomeNobody 10y ago
Nice list. Thanks.
tomcam 10y ago
Does anyone know if any of these is a particularly good example of good iOS coding/testing practices? (Not denigrating any of them! Just want to know which would be the best examples to learn from.)
- AshFurrow 10y ago
  My colleague Orta is writing an open source book on the subject: https://github.com/orta/pragmatic-testing https://github.com/orta/pragmatic-testing
- farhanpatel 10y ago
  Check out the firefox-iOS project https://github.com/mozilla/firefox-ios https://github.com/mozilla/firefox-ios We have lots of tests. Many of them in different styles. Both UI tests and unit tests. I'm in the process of writing tests using the new XCUI testing framework. You can see a PR I have open here. https://github.com/mozilla/firefox-ios/pull/1998 https://github.com/mozilla/firefox-ios/pull/1998
PakG1 10y ago
This is cool. I'm in the middle of learning Swift, but I couldn't figure out an app I really cared to make. Maybe I can contribute to one of these projects instead to develop of my Swift knowledge. Will browse thoroughly.
dmihal 10y ago
I'd love to see similar lists for other platforms like Android
- goda90 10y ago
  There is an Android app repo for FOSS apps. https://f-droid.org/ https://f-droid.org/ Probably not as easy to go over, but there are so many to begin with.
  - jldugger 10y ago
    I wish f-droid had ratings or download popularity or anything really.
    - papul1993 10y ago
      Screenshots of the app activities would be nice too.
      - goda90 10y ago
        Issue regarding that topic: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/issues/15 https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/issues/15
    - goda90 10y ago
      One issue requesting such features: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/issues/396 https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/issues/396
jc4p 10y ago
I like this idea, but it probably could use better filtering and admission guidelines to be more useful. I also am not a big fan of editing a massive JSON file manually to add new projects! I wanted to add my HealthKit app that does nothing but allow manual tracking of periods, but I gave up: https://github.com/jc4p/abby-healthkit https://github.com/jc4p/abby-healthkit
BlytheSchuma 10y ago
Isn't the whole idea of "Open Source iOS apps" an oxymoron?
- esrauch 10y ago
  Why would it be?
- Skunkleton 10y ago
  Not really? Apple has opened up sideloading source based applications, and you still benefit from having the source available to you if you installed one of these apps from the store. What you can't have is GPL'd apps in the app store.
  - dublinben 10y ago
    You can (and do) have GPL apps in the app store, it's just a violation of the license.
    - daxelrod 10y ago
      It's OK for a copyright holder to dual-license and release their own GPLed code as an app in the App Store. Otherwise, you're correct. http://www.fsf.org/news/2010-05-app-store-compliance http://www.fsf.org/news/2010-05-app-store-compliance
      - 0x0 10y ago
        If you put the entire source code inside the .ipa, would that be acceptable for app store distribution if you are not the original copyright holder? The user gets the full source code and can rebuild the app themselves?
        daxelrod 10y ago
        No, the problem is that the TOS that App Store users must agree to before downloading the app conflicts with the GPL. See http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/more-about-the-app-store-gpl-enforcement http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/more-about-the-app-store-... for more detail.
ocdtrekkie 10y ago
It's always hard to find FOSS on a more walled platform. One of the ones I wish it was easier to find, was open source UWP apps. They're out there, but a lot of Microsoft types aren't super used to open sourcing, so they're harder to find. I'd love to see a list of those.
binarycrusader 10y ago
See also shmup: https://github.com/fabiensanglard/Shmup https://github.com/fabiensanglard/Shmup

168 points by bdz 10y ago

This was really helpful for finding a libre password manager that works with KeePass files. The App store results were very unhelpful in this regard.

JustSomeNobody 10y ago

Nice list. Thanks.

tomcam 10y ago

Does anyone know if any of these is a particularly good example of good iOS coding/testing practices? (Not denigrating any of them! Just want to know which would be the best examples to learn from.)

AshFurrow 10y ago
My colleague Orta is writing an open source book on the subject: https://github.com/orta/pragmatic-testing https://github.com/orta/pragmatic-testing
farhanpatel 10y ago
Check out the firefox-iOS project https://github.com/mozilla/firefox-ios https://github.com/mozilla/firefox-ios We have lots of tests. Many of them in different styles. Both UI tests and unit tests. I'm in the process of writing tests using the new XCUI testing framework. You can see a PR I have open here. https://github.com/mozilla/firefox-ios/pull/1998 https://github.com/mozilla/firefox-ios/pull/1998

PakG1 10y ago

This is cool. I'm in the middle of learning Swift, but I couldn't figure out an app I really cared to make. Maybe I can contribute to one of these projects instead to develop of my Swift knowledge. Will browse thoroughly.

dmihal 10y ago

I'd love to see similar lists for other platforms like Android

goda90 10y ago
There is an Android app repo for FOSS apps. https://f-droid.org/ https://f-droid.org/ Probably not as easy to go over, but there are so many to begin with.
- jldugger 10y ago
  I wish f-droid had ratings or download popularity or anything really.
  - papul1993 10y ago
    Screenshots of the app activities would be nice too.
    - goda90 10y ago
      Issue regarding that topic: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/issues/15 https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/issues/15
  - goda90 10y ago
    One issue requesting such features: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/issues/396 https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/issues/396

jc4p 10y ago

I like this idea, but it probably could use better filtering and admission guidelines to be more useful. I also am not a big fan of editing a massive JSON file manually to add new projects! I wanted to add my HealthKit app that does nothing but allow manual tracking of periods, but I gave up: https://github.com/jc4p/abby-healthkit https://github.com/jc4p/abby-healthkit

BlytheSchuma 10y ago

Isn't the whole idea of "Open Source iOS apps" an oxymoron?

esrauch 10y ago
Why would it be?
Skunkleton 10y ago
Not really? Apple has opened up sideloading source based applications, and you still benefit from having the source available to you if you installed one of these apps from the store. What you can't have is GPL'd apps in the app store.
- dublinben 10y ago
  You can (and do) have GPL apps in the app store, it's just a violation of the license.
  - daxelrod 10y ago
    It's OK for a copyright holder to dual-license and release their own GPLed code as an app in the App Store. Otherwise, you're correct. http://www.fsf.org/news/2010-05-app-store-compliance http://www.fsf.org/news/2010-05-app-store-compliance
    - 0x0 10y ago
      If you put the entire source code inside the .ipa, would that be acceptable for app store distribution if you are not the original copyright holder? The user gets the full source code and can rebuild the app themselves?
      - daxelrod 10y ago
        No, the problem is that the TOS that App Store users must agree to before downloading the app conflicts with the GPL. See http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/more-about-the-app-store-gpl-enforcement http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/more-about-the-app-store-... for more detail.

ocdtrekkie 10y ago

It's always hard to find FOSS on a more walled platform. One of the ones I wish it was easier to find, was open source UWP apps. They're out there, but a lot of Microsoft types aren't super used to open sourcing, so they're harder to find. I'd love to see a list of those.

binarycrusader 10y ago

See also shmup: https://github.com/fabiensanglard/Shmup https://github.com/fabiensanglard/Shmup