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This Week in F-Droid
TWIF curated on Thursday, 30 Jan 2025, Week 5
F-Droid core
F-Droid and F-Droid Basic were updated to 1.22.0 stable, but not yet ‘suggested’. If you’ve missed the quick alpha version you can read the list of changes.
Current changelog since the alpha is short:
- automatically add newly installed apps to home-screen for most launchers (Thanks Dhina!)
- disable gentle app updates again because of update issues (Find out why here)
- some bug fixes
As usual we ask brave users to test this release and offer feedback as soon as possible. How to install this release? In F-Droid Client, on its own page, either scroll down, expand Versions and install the latest, or in the upper right menu choose “Allow Beta updates”.
Community News
Does IOCipher ring any bells for you as a developer? If so, you’d be informed that @Zoff, the developer behind Trifa – Tox Client, has picked up maintaining a fork of IOCipher and updated to version 1.0. You’ll have to adapt your code a bit so do read about this community reboot here.
Delta Chat and ArcaneChat were updated to 1.52.0, with fixes all around. That aside, their push of Webxdc is getting more traction, across protocols and with many more apps for users to drop in their chats. Were you rehearsing your elevator pitch for the moment you see a VC going up? Maybe you need to cross out some of those app ideas as Webdxc might replace billionairish platforms with ZIP files.
Dolphin Emulator was updated to 2412, and you can read about all the new goodies while it installs. Oh, wait, I lied, Release 2407 and 2409 notes will take you at least 30 minutes, and you might need to grab a beverage as Release 2412 notes will need 40 more.
KDE Connect was updated to 1.32.11, and maybe you should keep an eye on any popups about the update being blocked, as some reported this week and last week.
NewPipe was updated to 0.27.5, fixing one of the recent issues with Youtube, the other issue that stops videos at 59 seconds is work in progress.
Tarnhelm version 1.6.6 was rebuilt, to fix an issue with Xposed API, so now it’s missing for one cycle but it will come back in the next one along with the next version.
@linsui transfers our words:
CatShare, App for Mutual Transmission Alliance, was just added. Do you have a phone made in China which comes with a convenient file transfer function? Some phones made in China support Mutual Transmission Alliance in the stock ROM but this function is not available in FOSS ROMs such as LineageOS. CatShare is a FOSS implementation of Mutual Transmission Alliance protocol. Now you can transfer files between any ROM with Mutual Transmission Alliance protocol thanks to the power of FOSS.
Ciyue was updated to 1.0.0, bringing multiple dictionaries support. The external storage permission is removed, therefore when upgrading from old versions the dicts won’t work anymore. Please clear the data and import them again.
Removed Apps
2 apps were removed as announced last week
- Podcini.R – Podcast instrument: Modern, feature-rich, capable of handling Youtube and YT Music contents
- VPN Hotspot: tethering/Wi-Fi repeater
Newly Added Apps
4 more apps were newly added
- Habit-Maker: A reward-based habit tracker
- PiPixiv: Third-party Pixiv Client
- StyncyNotes: Sticky Notes app for Android that understands the linuxmint/sticky note file for
- Valentin’s PowerTools #023 – MemorizeYourClassics: Memorize poems, songs, etc. with this nice poem viewer
Updated Apps
145 more apps were updated
(expand for the full list)
- Amber was updated to
3.1.9 - APM was updated to
3.2.4 - Audile was updated to
1.7.3 - baresip was updated to
63.2.3 - baresip+ was updated to
50.2.3 - Better Schedule (Bakaláři) was updated to
2.0-rc4 - Bimba was updated to
3.8.0 - BLE Radar was updated to
0.27.3-beta - Blitzortung Lightning Monitor was updated to
2.3.0 - Blood pressure monitor was updated to
1.8.4 - Blue Line Console was updated to
1.2.22 - Bluetooth LE Spam was updated to
1.0.9 - Bookaccio Book Tracker was updated to
0.3.1 - BookWyrm was updated to
1.3.8 - Brume Wallet was updated to
0.6.536 - BTC Map was updated to
0.9.2 - Calorimeter was updated to
1.1.0 - Canta was updated to
2.3.1 - Capy Reader was updated to
2025.01.1097 - ccgt was updated to
1.51 - ChatLaunch for WhatsApp was updated to
v0.16.0 - Cheogram was updated to
2.17.2-4+free - Chip Defense was updated to
1.52 - Citrine was updated to
0.7.1 - Clash Meta For Android was updated to
2.11.5.Meta - Conversations was updated to
2.17.9+free - Coordinate Joker was updated to
1.4.40 - CTU Menza was updated to
1.4.1 - DAVx⁵ was updated to
4.4.6-ose - DCC++Throttle was updated to
1.2 - DigiPaws – Digital Wellbeing and App Blocker was updated to
1.7-alpha-lite - DPC was updated to
1.7.0 - Droid Pad was updated to
1.10.0 - Easy Diary was updated to
1.4.325.202501250 - Emotic was updated to
0.1.6 - Ente Auth was updated to
4.3.1 - Exclave was updated to
0.13.5 - FairEmail was updated to
1.2260 - FastLyrics was updated to
0.6.2 - Finamp was updated to
0.6.27 - Flexify was updated to
1.1.99 - floccus bookmark sync was updated to
5.4.3 - FOSDEM Companion was updated to
2.2.9 - Fossify Calendar was updated to
1.2.0 - Fossify SMS Messenger was updated to
1.1.4 - Gauguin was updated to
0.34.0 - Geo Share was updated to
3.0.0 - Geto was updated to
1.16.9 - GitNex for Forgejo and Gitea was updated to
7.0.0 - gpsdRelay was updated to
2.0 - Graded – Grade tracker was updated to
2.7.3 - Grit was updated to
1.5.0 - HACS was updated to
2.22.0 - Harmony Music was updated to
1.11.0 - Home Medkit was updated to
1.7.0-beta - HTTP Request Shortcuts was updated to
3.24.0 - IED was updated to
Your Way +2 - Immich was updated to
1.125.3 - IVPN – Secure VPN for Privacy was updated to
2.10.11 - Jami was updated to
20250123-01 - JMP SIM Manager was updated to
jmp-v1.2.1 - Key Mapper GUI Keyboard was updated to
1.4.6 - KeyPass was updated to
1.4.34 - kitshn (for Tandoor) was updated to
1.0.0-alpha.17 - Kotatsu was updated to
7.7.9 - Kwik EFIS was updated to
7.02 - Libre Memory Game was updated to
1.1.0 - LibreTorrent was updated to
3.6 - Lissen: Audiobookshelf client was updated to
1.2.2 - Local NLP Backend was updated to
1.2.14 - Lotus was updated to
1.2.0 - MedTimer was updated to
1.15.2 - Meshenger was updated to
4.4.3 - Money Manager Ex was updated to
2025.01.24 - MonsterMusic was updated to
0.1.44 - MuPDF mini was updated to
1.25.4a - MuPDF viewer was updated to
1.25.4a - Musify was updated to
9.0.5 - Neo Store was updated to
1.0.6 - Nextcloud was updated to
3.31.0 RC1 - Nextcloud Dev was updated to
20250127 - Nextcloud Tables was updated to
2.0.1 - Nextcloud Talk was updated to
20.1.1 - NextDNS Manager was updated to
5.4.9 - NextPush was updated to
2.0.1 - NFC Alarm Clock was updated to
12.5.1 - Notesnook – Private notes app was updated to
3.0.27 - NOVA Video Player was updated to
6.3.21 - Odin was updated to
3.4.8 - Oinkoin was updated to
1.0.78 - OnePlus Flash Control was updated to
1.3.3 - Open Sudoku was updated to
4.3.6 - OpenBible was updated to
1.5.2 - OpenCalc was updated to
3.1.4 - openHAB was updated to
3.17.0 - OpenTracks (Non-reproducible) was updated to
v4.17.7irreproducible - OpenTracks (Reproducible build) was updated to
v4.17.7 - Orgro was updated to
1.53.2 - Orion Viewer – Pdf & Djvu was updated to
0.95.4 - OSM Dashboard (Offline) was updated to
6.1.0 - OSM Dashboard for OpenTracks was updated to
6.1.0 - P2Play – Peertube client was updated to
0.8.2 - Pagan was updated to
1.6.11 - Page was updated to
1.2 - PDF Wallet was updated to
4.3.0 - Peristyle was updated to
v7.0.0 - Phocid was updated to
20250124 - Pie Launcher was updated to
1.23.2 - Pixelix was updated to
3.3.0 - Podcini.X – Podcast instrument was updated to
8.2.1 - ProseReader was updated to
1.1.0 - QRshare was updated to
1.0.14 - Quicksy was updated to
2.17.9+free - Reader for Selfoss was updated to
125010241-github - Recurring Expense Tracker was updated to
0.12.7 - RiMusic was updated to
0.6.68 - RustDesk was updated to
1.3.7 - Sapio was updated to
1.6.4 - SDAI FOSS was updated to
0.6.6 - Seamless was updated to
1.3 - Sky Map was updated to
1.10.9 - SpamBlocker (Call & SMS) was updated to
4.2 - Standard Notes was updated to
3.195.24 - StoryGame was updated to
1.3.0 - Sunup was updated to
0.2.2 - Tasks.org: Open-source To-Do Lists & Reminders was updated to
14.4.5 - The Light was updated to
3.90 - Thor was updated to
1.7.5 - Thumb-Key was updated to
4.0.17 - TorrServe was updated to
MatriX.135.2.F-Droid - Tuta Mail was updated to
262.250122.0 - Twili Recipes was updated to
0.2.2 - Unciv was updated to
4.15.5 - uNote | microNote was updated to
1.7.5 - URLSanitizer was updated to
3.0.2 - Valv was updated to
2.2.2 - venera was updated to
1.2.1 - Vertretungsplan.io – free substitution plan App was updated to
1.6.0 - VoIP.ms SMS was updated to
0.6.29-fdroid - wger Workout Manager was updated to
1.7.8 - Wikipedia was updated to
r/2.7.50517-r-2025-01-21 - Wuxia Learn – Learn Chinese was updated to
1.3.3 - yetCalc was updated to
2.0.6 - Youamp was updated to
1.0.5 - 天使动漫 was updated to
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