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Ask HN: What are your favorite Android FOSS applications

20 points by mraza007 5y ago

I recently switched to an Android phone from an iOS device I'm really looking for foss application suggestions

zaik 5y ago
App store: F-Droid, Aurora Store Browser: Fennec YouTube: NewPipe Maps: Organic Maps, OsmAnd Mail: K9 Chats: Conversations Calculator: Calculator++ Public transit: Transportr
- tupolef 5y ago
  +1 Some alternatives/updates: Browser: Bromite Mail: FairEmail File Manager: Amaze File Manager Caldav/Carddav: DAVx5 Calendar: Etar-Calendar Tasks: Tasks.org: Open-source To-Do Lists & Reminders
0xdeadb00f 5y ago
NewPipe, FoxyDroid, Glider (HN client), and Signal :)
tomjuggler 5y ago
OctoDroid - for Github Slide for Reddit Kiss launcher - text based launcher Librera Pro - best eBook reader (with tts) Antennapod - best podcast app Termux - Linux terminal with super powers LibGen Mobile - Sci-hub and more Syncthing-fork - file sync that works All are in F-Droid
julienpalard 5y ago
Minetest, Shattered Pixel Dungeon, Loop Habit Tracker. But now I'm on Mobian :)
approxim8ion 5y ago
The Simple Mobile Tools suite by Tibor Kaputa is excellent. They're all FOSS and "simple" without compromising on features. The "Pro" versions are also open source and available for free via F-Droid. AntennaPod is an excellent podcast app. Syncthing-Fork is superb for file sync. KeepassDX is an awesome password manager Signal and Element are open-source messaging apps RedReader and Slide are awesome Reddit clients OpenBoard is a clean, simple, privacy respecting keyboard. Notally is a simple notes/to-do app that can replace the likes of Google Keep and Simplenotes. StandardNotes is a superb end-to-end encrypted note-taking app. Joplin is another excellent full-featured Markdown note-taking app that is offline by default but lets you use e2ee sync over Dropbox or other cloud providers.
watersb 5y ago
Most of the stuff I run via Termux is open-source. (FWIW, Termux on an Amazon Kindle Fire HD 10 is really nice; I got mine via on sale for about $100.)

20 points by mraza007 5y ago

I recently switched to an Android phone from an iOS device I'm really looking for foss application suggestions

zaik 5y ago

App store: F-Droid, Aurora Store Browser: Fennec YouTube: NewPipe Maps: Organic Maps, OsmAnd Mail: K9 Chats: Conversations Calculator: Calculator++ Public transit: Transportr

tupolef 5y ago
+1 Some alternatives/updates: Browser: Bromite Mail: FairEmail File Manager: Amaze File Manager Caldav/Carddav: DAVx5 Calendar: Etar-Calendar Tasks: Tasks.org: Open-source To-Do Lists & Reminders

0xdeadb00f 5y ago

NewPipe, FoxyDroid, Glider (HN client), and Signal :)

tomjuggler 5y ago

OctoDroid - for Github Slide for Reddit Kiss launcher - text based launcher Librera Pro - best eBook reader (with tts) Antennapod - best podcast app Termux - Linux terminal with super powers LibGen Mobile - Sci-hub and more Syncthing-fork - file sync that works All are in F-Droid

julienpalard 5y ago

Minetest, Shattered Pixel Dungeon, Loop Habit Tracker. But now I'm on Mobian :)

approxim8ion 5y ago

The Simple Mobile Tools suite by Tibor Kaputa is excellent. They're all FOSS and "simple" without compromising on features. The "Pro" versions are also open source and available for free via F-Droid. AntennaPod is an excellent podcast app. Syncthing-Fork is superb for file sync. KeepassDX is an awesome password manager Signal and Element are open-source messaging apps RedReader and Slide are awesome Reddit clients OpenBoard is a clean, simple, privacy respecting keyboard. Notally is a simple notes/to-do app that can replace the likes of Google Keep and Simplenotes. StandardNotes is a superb end-to-end encrypted note-taking app. Joplin is another excellent full-featured Markdown note-taking app that is offline by default but lets you use e2ee sync over Dropbox or other cloud providers.

watersb 5y ago

Most of the stuff I run via Termux is open-source. (FWIW, Termux on an Amazon Kindle Fire HD 10 is really nice; I got mine via on sale for about $100.)