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This Week in F-Droid
TWIF curated on Thursday, 16 Jan 2025, Week 3
Community News
Fennec F-Droid was updated to 134.0.0, and we urge users that still use Mull to switch. We’ve been announcing this for the last 3 TWIFs, we’ve added a warning in the last cycle that you’ll see in the Updates tab and we marked the app for archival in the next index update. If you’ve been using the DivestOS repo, either by will or by running DivestOS Android on your device, the same advice applies even if, for now, that repo does not warn you about this.
Katawa Shoujo: Re-Engineered, (18+) A fan-made modernization of the classic visual novel, was added one year ago and back then we were amazed of its size. The app just got a huge assets update and also changed its application ID. The new app is Katawa Shoujo: Re-Engineered (yes it’s the same name adding to the confusion) and it’s now even bigger, weighting at 1GB (you read it correct, gigabyte!). The size comes from using the archive of the original developers which contained all assets including photo pictures of backgrounds with nicely preserved metadata. The devs spent most of the year with two artists drawing and formatting these 4:3 CGs to be used with current modern widescreen resolutions. Going forward, users that have it installed need to uninstall the old version and install the new one.
RetroArch was updated to 1.20.0 fixing an old pain point in the initial setup. Previously users would have needed to jump through the hoops in Online Updater, digging through 5 menus, to first download a list of assets and then be able to access them. Latest version packs an updated UI which will download everything needed in the first menu as expected.
Syncthing, Open, trustworthy and decentralized file synchronization, has been finally archived, as announced back in October ‘24, just in time for a new Syncthing-Fork update to 1.29.0.0. Still waiting to switch?
WG Tunnel, An alternative VPN client app for WireGuard with additional features, is now built reproducible, hence users will need to uninstall the old version and install the latest one.
Wikipedia was updated to r/2.7.50515-r-2024-12-16. In related news, the app team released a new study based on the behavior of its users. You can read a summary of it in “Wikipedia Searches Reveal Differing Styles of Curiosity” and the full paper here: “Architectural styles of curiosity in global Wikipedia mobile app readership”.
Concerned users brought up this study as an issue since “the team tracked more than 482,000 people using Wikipedia’s mobile app in 50 countries or territories and 14 languages”, which sounds like a grave privacy invasion. We want to remind you that until last year or so, the app was rightfully flagged with the Tracking anti-feature as users were unable to disable the in-app analytics. Since then, as far as we know, tracking was removed from the app. Remember: the anti-features flags are there to inform the users, not to punish the developers.
@linsui puts elements together:
Element – Secure Messenger was updated to 1.6.26 with the fix for an annoying bug that made replies from bridges not visible. It’s not marked as suggested yet so, if you want to get this version, please update manually or enable “beta updates” for it. In related apps, did you test Element X yet?
NClientV2 was rebuilt to fix the API compatibility. A rebuild will not pop-up as an update and you can’t update to the rebuild version from the F-Droid Client directly but you can install the APK, from the app page linked above, without uninstalling the broken version. Also of note, it seems this project has been discontinued so it’s unlikely to get any future updates.
Removed Apps
3 more apps were removed
- Launcher3: Home screen
- Music: The stock audio player
- SafePrice: check SafeCoin price from notification bar
Newly Added Apps
9 more apps were newly added
- knkpanime: Anime app with multiple source and danmaku support
- Musekit: A simple tuner and metronome, no distractions
- Pixelix: A user-friendly Pixelfed client for photo uploads, browsing, & sharing
- QRshare: Generate QR codes on share intent
- ssrDroid: OverTLS & SSRoT Android client
- TerraTactician Expandoria: Hexagon based logic game
- Valet: The Bitcoin Lightning Wallet with Extra Features
- venera: A comic reader that support reading local and network comics.
- Weather: Cool and Hot: Another weather app
Updated Apps
180 more apps were updated
(expand for the full list)
- AAAAXY was updated to
1.5.250+20250106.3569.dc794da9 - addy.io was updated to
v5.4.3 - Alembicons was updated to
2025.01.01 - Amber was updated to
3.1.7 - AndBible: Bible Study was updated to
5.0.840 - AndrOBD was updated to
V2.6.14 - AntennaPod was updated to
3.6.1 - AppListBackup was updated to
1.0.5 - ArcaneChat was updated to
1.50.8 - Audio Share was updated to
0.3.2 - Aurora Store was updated to
4.6.4 - Aves Libre was updated to
1.12.1 - BeeCount was updated to
2.7.1 - BitBanana was updated to
0.8.9 - Blue Line Console was updated to
1.2.21 - Blue Square Speedometer was updated to
0.1.7 - BookWyrm was updated to
1.3.6 - BVD was updated to
2.1.5.foss - Calculator You: Math & Units was updated to
3.1.1 - Calorimeter was updated to
1.0.5 - Cams was updated to
2.4.1 - Cardabase was updated to
1.2.0 - Casio G-Shock Smart Sync was updated to
21.5 - Chip Defense was updated to
1.51 - Chrono was updated to
0.6.0 - Citrine was updated to
0.7.0 - Clauncher was updated to
v5.1.4 - Conversations was updated to
2.17.8+free - Coordinate Joker was updated to
1.4.37 - Counter was updated to
34 - Cuscon was updated to
4.0.4.5 - DanXi was updated to
1.4.6 - DataBackup was updated to
2.0.6_1 - Deku SMS was updated to
0.57.0 - Delta Chat was updated to
1.50.5 - Dicer (Privacy Friendly) was updated to
1.7.2 - Discreet Launcher was updated to
v7.7.1 - Drinkable was updated to
1.55.0 - DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser was updated to
5.222.0 - Easy Diary was updated to
1.4.322.202501110 - Energize was updated to
0.12.0 - EnforceDoze was updated to
1.6.2 - Ente Auth was updated to
4.2.3 - Ente Photos – Open source, end-to-end encrypted al was updated to
0.9.76 - Exclave was updated to
0.13.2 - Fabularium was updated to
1.5.1 - FaFa Runner was updated to
1.0.7 - FairEmail was updated to
1.2258 - FastLyrics was updated to
0.6.1 - Feeder was updated to
2.8.0 - FeedFlow – RSS Reader was updated to
0.0.63 - File Navigator was updated to
0.2.3 - Finamp was updated to
0.6.26 - Fitness Calendar was updated to
2025.01.1 - Flexify was updated to
1.1.97 - floccus bookmark sync was updated to
5.4.2 - Forkyz was updated to
60 - FOSS Warn was updated to
0.8.0 - Fossify SMS Messenger was updated to
1.1.3 - Fossify Voice Recorder was updated to
1.1.0 - FTPClient was updated to
2.11.3 - GPTMobile was updated to
0.6.3 - Green: Bitcoin Wallet was updated to
4.1.3 - Headphone indicator was updated to
1.1.1 - Healthy Battery Charging was updated to
2.0.11 - Home Assistant was updated to
2025.1.2-minimal - Home Medkit was updated to
1.6.3 - ImapNotes3 was updated to
v1.4-03 - Immich was updated to
1.124.2 - Inure App Manager (Trial) was updated to
Build102.0.0 - IYPS was updated to
1.5.4 - Jami was updated to
20250107-01 - Jellyfin for Android TV was updated to
0.18.4 - JMdict droid was updated to
1.4 - Joplin was updated to
3.2.5 - Journal was updated to
11.4 - Keep it up was updated to
1.6.1 - KeePassVault was updated to
1.11.0 - Kepler-App was updated to
2.9.2 - Keysh was updated to
0.1.9 - kitshn (for Tandoor) was updated to
1.0.0-alpha.15.2 - Klick’r – Smart AutoClicker was updated to
3.2.0 - Kvaesitso was updated to
1.34.1-fdroid - Kwik EFIS was updated to
7.01 - Let Me Downgrade was updated to
1.0.6 - Library App VideLibri was updated to
2.930 - Linwood Butterfly Nightly was updated to
2.3.0-beta.0 - LxReader was updated to
0.8.1 (fdroid) - Mastodon was updated to
2.9.4 - Material Notes was updated to
1.11.0 - Mauth was updated to
0.9.0 - MetaGer Search was updated to
5.1.9 - MoasdaWiki App was updated to
3.9.3.0 - Money Manager Ex was updated to
2025.01.10 - Monly was updated to
2.14 - Moshidon was updated to
2.3.0+fork.108.moshinda - Musify was updated to
9.0.4 - Myne: Download & Read eBooks was updated to
4.4.0 - Neo Backup was updated to
8.3.11 - NeoStumbler was updated to
1.4.3 - Nextcloud was updated to
3.30.7 - Nextcloud Deck was updated to
1.24.3 - Nextcloud Dev was updated to
20250111 - NextDNS Manager was updated to
5.4.0 - ntodotxt was updated to
0.12.2 - NymVPN: Fast & Secure VPN was updated to
v1.1.8 - Odin was updated to
3.4.5 - Oinkoin was updated to
1.0.77 - OnePlus Flash Control was updated to
1.1.3 - OPEN NGA was updated to
v1.2.1 - Open Sudoku was updated to
4.3.4 - openHAB Beta was updated to
3.16.8-beta - OpenStop was updated to
0.8.3 - OpenTopoMap Viewer was updated to
1.21.1 - Orgro was updated to
1.51.1 - Orgzly Revived was updated to
1.8.34 - Pagan was updated to
1.6.9 - Paseo was updated to
1.6.4 - Petals was updated to
3.32.0 - Phocid was updated to
20250107 - PhotoChiotte was updated to
1.58 - PicGuard was updated to
1.0.11 - Planes Android was updated to
0.4.4 - Play NotePad was updated to
1.3.6 - Plexus was updated to
2.0.9 - Podcini.R – Podcast instrument was updated to
7.2.3 - Poet Assistant was updated to
1.31.1 - Power Ampache 2 was updated to
1.01-00-fdroid - Privacy Browser was updated to
3.19.1 - ProtonVPN – Secure and Free VPN was updated to
5.8.24.2 - Quicksy was updated to
2.17.8+free - Quillpad was updated to
1.4.22 - Raccoon for Friendica was updated to
0.4.0 - Raccoon for Lemmy was updated to
1.14.0 - Rank-My-Favs was updated to
0.6.6 - Reader for Selfoss was updated to
125010031-github - RiMusic was updated to
0.6.66 - Save Locally: Share2Storage was updated to
1.4.2 - SchildiChat Next was updated to
0.7.6.sc20 - Screenshot Tile (NoRoot) was updated to
2.11.4 - SD Maid 2/SE – System Cleaner was updated to
1.3.4-rc2 - Seafile was updated to
3.0.7 - Shader Editor was updated to
2.35.0 - Simple Crypto Widget was updated to
8.6.2 - SimpMusic was updated to
0.2.8 - SiYuan was updated to
3.1.19 - Sobuu was updated to
1.2.0 - Solon was updated to
2.4 - SshDaemon was updated to
2.1.22 - SSTV Encoder was updated to
2.12 - Standard Notes was updated to
3.195.22 - Sudoku (Privacy Friendly) was updated to
3.2.2 - Super Productivity was updated to
11.1.2 - Swiss Bitcoin Pay was updated to
2.3.3 - Table Habit was updated to
1.15.3 - The One App was updated to
3.1.0 - Thor was updated to
1.7.2 - Thumb-Key was updated to
4.0.14 - To Don’t was updated to
4.0.0 - Todo List (PFA) was updated to
3.1.0 - Torchlight (Privacy Friendly) was updated to
1.3.3 - Traditional T9 was updated to
43.0 - Trail Sense was updated to
6.7.0 - trale was updated to
0.9.0 - TRIfA was updated to
1.0.244 - Träwelldroid was updated to
2.17.7 - Tuner was updated to
7.1.2 - Tusky was updated to
27.1 - Unciv was updated to
4.15.1 - UnicodePad was updated to
2.16.0-fdroid - Voice Notify was updated to
1.4.2 - Wassword – Wonderful Password Generator was updated to
3.1.1 - Weather Forecast was updated to
1.7.2 - Whisper was updated to
1.8 - WiFiAnalyzer was updated to
3.1.4 - words.hk 粵典 was updated to
3.4.0 - Wuxia Learn – Learn Chinese was updated to
1.3.0 - XiVPN was updated to
1.2.1 - Yggdrasil was updated to
0.1-020 - You Have Mail was updated to
0.19.0
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