F-Droid is a community-maintained software repository. The main repository, hosted by the project, features only free libre software. Other repositories can be added to F-Droid. The Aurora Store can be installed via F-Droid in order to download applications from the Google Play Store with an anonymized, generated Google account (previously Yalp Store was an option).
Some solutions offered depend on Nextcloud, specifically synchronisation of files, contacts and calendars. Introduction, setup and usage documentation on Nextcloud can be found here.
Free Software Apps -- Free Software Foundation Europe
| application | category | suited for activism? | LineageOS solution | iOS solution | Ubuntu Touch solution | comments | solution for both LineageOS and Ubuntu Touch? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| applications repository | distribution | true | F-Droid | OpenStore, F-Droid | true | ||
| applications repository | distribution | true | Aurora Store | APKMirror | Aurora Store can be used using an anonymized, generated Google account. | true | |
| web browser | web browser | true | IceCat | stock | true | ||
| web browser | web browser | Firefox Beta, stock | stock | true | |||
| Nextcloud | synchronization | Nextcloud | Nextcloud website | true | |||
| Wormhole | synchronization, peer-to-peer file transfer | true (assuming PGP etc.) | Wormhole, [GitHub repository](<https://github.com/pavelsof/mobile-wormhole) | Magic Wormhole in terminal? Anbox? | Magic-Wormhole: Get Things From One Computer To Another, Safely | true (probably, via terminal) | |
| file browser | utility | Files (stock default) | File Manager | true | |||
| sound recorder | media, utility | true | Audio Recorder | Anbox? | Change the save directory from /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.github.axet.audiorecorder/files to something reasonable like an existing directory /audio. |
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| torch | utility | stock default | uTorch | true | |||
| terminal, SSH client | utility | Terminal Emulator | stock | true | |||
| barcode scanner | utility | Barcode Scanner | |||||
| RealCalc | utility | RealCalc | stock, Anbox? | true | |||
| camera | utility | true | OpenCamera, stock | stock | OpenCamera documentation | true | |
| music player local | media, music | Music (stock default), Vanilla Music, VLC | stock | true | |||
| video player local | media, video | VLC | stock, VLC | true | |||
| music player nonlocal | media, music | MusicPiped | Anbox? | similar in concept to Spotify, except streams from YouTube | |||
| music player nonlocal | media, music | Funkytunes | Anbox? | similar in concept to Spotify, except implemented using torrenting and without tracking (FOSS) -- recommended for use together with VPN for privacy reasons -- application imperfect: can require reboot to shut it down | |||
| music identification | media, music | no options independent of Google found (e.g., Shazam and Google Sound Search dependent on Google) | |||||
| YouTube | media | HookTube website, YouTube Vanced | HookTube, Anbox? | true | |||
| ambient sounds | media | Ambient | |||||
| screen on constantly | interface | No Screen Off | Active Screen | true | |||
| switch staged and windowed modes | interface | UT Tweak Tool | |||||
| Numix Circle icons | interface | Numix Circle | |||||
| CalDAV/CardDAV synchronization | synchronization, contacts, calendar | DAVx5 | |||||
| contacts | contacts | Contacts (stock default) synchronized with Nextcloud using DAVx5 | import? | true | |||
| calendar | calendar | Calendar (stock default) synchronized with Nextcloud using DAVx5 | Nextcloud calendar web interface, UBPorts Calendar synchronized with Nextcloud? | true | |||
| notes | notes | true | Omni-Notes | Anbox? | |||
| tasks | tasks | Simpletask Nextcloud | Anbox? | ||||
| maps | maps | true | OsmAnd~, MAPS.ME | OSMScout | true | ||
| navigation | maps | true | OsmAnd~ | uNav | true | ||
| weather | weather | Dark Sky | Darksky website | true | |||
| VPN | security | true | NordVPN | ||||
| VPN | security | true | OpenVPN | shell script? | |||
| Tor Browser (Alpha) | security | true | F-Droid | Anbox? | The Guardian Project | ||
| Orbot (Tor) | security | true | F-Droid repository: Orbot | Anbox? | The Guardian Project | ||
| Orfox (Tor) | security | true | F-Droid repository: Orfox | Anbox? | The Guardian Project | ||
| NetGuard | security | true | NetGuard | ||||
| location security | security | true | F-Droid repository: Haven: Keep Watch | Anbox? | The Guardian Project | ||
| authenticator | security | true | andOTP | Anbox?, che_guevara_otp | |||
| panic button | security | true | Ripple | Anbox? | The Guardian Project | ||
| e-mail client | communications, e-mail client | Email (stock default) | Dekko 2 | true | |||
| e-mail client | communications, e-mail client (encrypted) | true | Librem Mail | PureOS? | Purism | ||
| ProtonMail | communications, e-mail (encrypted) | ProtonMail | ProtonMail | true | |||
| Signal | communications | true | Signal | Signal | Signal | true | |
| Silence | communications (encrypted SMS/MMS) | true | Silence | Anbox? | |||
| Matrix | communications | Riot | uMatriks | true | |||
| Telegram | communications | ~true | Telegram | TELEports | true | ||
| Briar | communications, peer-to-peer, device-to-device | true | Briar | Anbox? | 2017-03 security audit | ||
| AnySay | communications, peer-to-peer, device-to-device | AnySay | Anbox? | similar mechanisms of operation to Briar, but all messages are public in a bulletin board style, and messages take ~1 minute to be received | |||
| Bluetooth Chat Messenger | communications, peer-to-peer, device-to-device | Bluetooth Chat Messenger | Anbox? | similar mechanisms of operation to Briar | |||
| Scuttlebutt networking | communications, peer-to-peer, device-to-device | true | Manyverse | Anbox? | Scuttlebutt Protocol Guide | ||
| Tox | communications, peer-to-peer | true | Antox, TRIfA | Anbox? | |||
| Serval Mesh | communications | Serval Mesh | Anbox? | ||||
| police scanner | scanner | true | Police Scanner | 5-0 Radio Police Scanner | Anbox? | ||
| Monzo | finance | Monzo | Anbox? | ||||
| Starling | finance | Starling | Anbox? | ||||
| TransferWise | finance | TransferWise | Anbox?, TransferWise website | ||||
| RBS | finance | RBS | Anbox? | ||||
| Ulster Bank | finance | Ulster Bank | Anbox? | ||||
| Santander | finance | Santander | Anbox? | ||||
| Revolut | finance | Revolut | Anbox? | ||||
| Fidor DE | finance | Fidor DE website | Fidor DE website | true | |||
| Bitcoin wallet | crypto | true | Electrum | Anbox? | |||
| Bitcoin wallet | crypto | Mycelium | Anbox? | ||||
| Ether wallet | crypto | WallETH | Anbox? | ||||
| LocalTrader LocalBitcoins | crypto | LocalTrader | Anbox? | ||||
| Satoshi Proof | crypto | true | Satoshi Proof | Anbox? | |||
| Daylio mood tracking | activity tracking | Daylio | Anbox? | ||||
| Mastodon, federated social networks | social | true | Fedilab | uMastonauts? | untested | ||
| Mastodon, federated social networks | social | true | Librem Social | PureOS? | Purism | ||
| social | SlimSocial for Twitter (obsolete: Twidere) | Twitter website | true | ||||
| Grindr | social | Grindr | Anbox? | ||||
| Trip Buddy | safety | Trip Buddy | Anbox? | ||||
| Uber | transport | Uber website? | Uber website? | mobile site may require Google services | |||
| Just Eat | food | Just Eat website, Just Eat application with microG? | Just Eat website | true | |||
| chess | games | Chess | |||||
| Spaceteam | games | Spaceteam | Anbox? | ||||
| Gadgetbridge | device, activity tracking | Gadgetbridge | Anbox? | for connection with activity trackers and wearables | |||
| Health Mate | device, activity tracking | Health Mate | Anbox?, Gadgetbridge in the future? | for connection with Withings activity trackers | |||
| Waistline | food energy tracking | Waistline | Anbox? | food energy counter and weight tracker with barcode scanner that connects to (and can upload to) the Open Food Facts database, exports saved to Android/data/com.waist.line/files/waistline_export.json |
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| Sony PlayMemories | device | PlayMemories | Anbox? | ||||
| Timelapse - Sony Camera | device | Timelapse - Sony Camera | Anbox? | ||||
| Long Exposure Camera 2 | device | Long Exposure Camera 2 | Anbox? | ||||
| MyGlass | device | MyGlass | Anbox? | ||||
| sensors | sensors | Tricorder | sensorsstatus | true |