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This Week in F-Droid
TWIF curated on Thursday, 01 Aug 2024, Week 31
F-Droid core
One feature that was seldom in the limelight is HTTP Basic Auth for repositories, meaning you can have your own private repo that only trusted users can access. Until the recent repository UI overhaul, when such a repo was being added a dialogue would pop-up asking the user to authenticate. In the new UI this dialogue is gone, so now when you share a private repo you’d have to provide the credentials in the actual URL, eg. https://username:password@example.com/fdroid/repo/
Community News
Fennec F-Droid and Mull were updated to 128.0.3, and the changelog is small. One of the more interesting add-ons for Firefox was launched about 2 years ago only for the Desktop app, powered by Bergamot, it provided local, private, in-browser translations. As time passed this useful functionality was merged in the main browser. In the mobile world, we got access to all the add-on just 9 months ago, yet the translation add-on was none to be found. 😠
It appears that the mobile browser is getting the same functionality too, soon. How soon? It’s called experimental, so if you open about:translations in Fennec today, you can quickly get some results. But this power is needed when viewing web pages, so the Mull developer worked their magic to enable it (as experimental as it is) right now for everyone. Just navigate to a page in a different language, and if the translation pop-up does not appear, open the menu and touch Translate. Hopefully Mozilla makes this a stable feature and adds more and more languages.
Neo Backup was updated to 8.3.7 but we had to disable this version as it is crashing. For the time being, you can expand Versions in app details and install the older version, also open the upper right menu and select “Ignore this update” so the broken one is not installed. (Upstream issue)
OsmAnd~ was updated to 4.8.3, this new release comes after they just celebrated their 14th birthday 🎉. The new version is feature-full and you can read everything about it in a new blog post.
Newly Added Apps
8 apps were newly added
- EVIL SPIN!! – Evil Spin is a free, fun and open source App for spinning a wheel
- FilmFacts – Fun trivia game for cinema enthusiasts
- OPEN NGA – Third-party client for bbs.nga.cn
- OpenLynx – Public transport companion providing real-time data
- OpenWrt Manager – Manage your OpenWRT device from your phone
- Paperize – A Wallpaper Changer – An efficient wallpaper changer application with a clean design
- TermuC – A simple C/C++ IDE backed on Termux
- VPT#018-VPC – Calculate alcohol mass, content and volume in drinks
Downgraded Apps
2 apps were downgraded
- OpenTTD was downgraded to
13.4.rev120as the new version was missing some assets that broke the app. We will update it as soon as possible. - Wulkanowy was downgraded to
2.6.16, but note that the app repo was archived by the developer and it is no longer actively maintained, so it might be gone soon enough too.
Updated Apps
100 more apps were updated
- Alibi was updated to
0.5.1 - Amethyst was updated to
0.89.7 - AppListBackup was updated to
1.0.1 - Aria for Misskey was updated to
0.13.7 - Audile was updated to
1.5.3 - BRouter was updated to
1.7.7 - Baby Phone was updated to
1.3.0 - Beat Feet was updated to
0.16.2 - Bible Notify was updated to
4.6 - Bimba was updated to
3.5.0 - BitAC – Bitcoin Address Checker was updated to
1.2.0 - BitBanana was updated to
0.8.4 - Blue Square Speedometer was updated to
0.1.5 - Cache Cleaner was updated to
1.11.5 - Cartes IGN was updated to
3.1.5 - ChatLaunch for WhatsApp was updated to
v0.9.0 - Circles was updated to
1.0.34 - Clipious was updated to
1.19.12 - Cuscon was updated to
4.0.3.1 - DataBackup was updated to
2.0.3 - DroidFS was updated to
2.2.0 - Eat Poop You Cat was updated to
1.4.6 - Exodus was updated to
3.3.2 - FREE Browser was updated to
2.9 - FitoTrack was updated to
15.5 - Flang was updated to
1.9 - Flexify was updated to
1.1.65 - Flux News was updated to
1.5.4 - Fossify Notes was updated to
1.1.0 - Gauguin was updated to
0.29.0 - Green: Bitcoin Wallet was updated to
4.0.31 - GreenStash: Track Your Savings was updated to
3.8.1 - HeliBoard was updated to
2.2 - Immich was updated to
1.110.0 - Infomaniak Mail was updated to
1.4.1 - Inner Breeze was updated to
1.3.3 - JMP SIM Manager was updated to
jmp-v1.1.0 - Kanji Dojo was updated to
2.0.9 - Kvaesitso was updated to
1.32.2 - Lexica was updated to
3.13.1 - LocalSend was updated to
1.15.2 - Markor was updated to
2.12.4 - MedTimer was updated to
1.8.15 - Mensa-Guthaben was updated to
1.3 - Mightier Amp was updated to
1.0.16 - Mill was updated to
4.16.7 - MinCal Widget was updated to
2.17.2 - MoneyBuster was updated to
0.1.19 - MuPDF mini was updated to
1.24.8a - MuPDF viewer was updated to
1.24.8a - Muzei was updated to
3.6.1 - MyHackerspace (New) was updated to
2.1.3 - NewPipe was updated to
0.27.2 - Nextcloud Dev was updated to
20240727 - OSMfocus Reborn was updated to
1.6.0-fdroid - Oinkoin was updated to
1.0.66 - OpenPaperView was updated to
1.1.13 - PipePipe was updated to
3.6.1 - Podcini.R – Podcast instrument was updated to
6.1.6 - Prepaid Balance was updated to
2.7 - Privacy Browser was updated to
3.18.1 - Proton Pass: Password Manager was updated to
1.24.1 - ProtonVPN – Secure and Free VPN was updated to
5.5.17.0 - QR Scanner (PFA) was updated to
4.6.1 - Qwotable was updated to
2.1 - RSSAid was updated to
3.0.2 - Rank-My-Favs was updated to
0.3.1 - RustDesk was updated to
1.2.7 - Sapio was updated to
1.5.3 - Screenshot Tile (NoRoot) was updated to
2.11.0 - Seafile was updated to
3.0.2-pre - Sensor Server was updated to
6.1.1 - ServerBox was updated to
1.0.1034 - Session F-Droid was updated to
1.18.6 - Setter – A multi-purpose search app for Android was updated to
0.1.18 - Share Paste O2 was updated to
2024.07.26 - Simple Crypto Widget was updated to
8.5.6 - SkyTube was updated to
2.990 - SkyTube Legacy was updated to
2.990 - SpamBlocker (Call & SMS) was updated to
1.19 - Tasks.org: Open-source To-Do Lists & Reminders was updated to
13.11.1 - Tasky was updated to
3.0.0 - Text Launcher was updated to
1.4.1 - The Life was updated to
1.27.3 - Threema Libre was updated to
5.4.1l - Thumb-Key was updated to
3.3.4 - TourCount was updated to
3.4.9 - Unciv was updated to
4.12.13 - VRChat Android Assistant was updated to
1.2.0 - Voyager for Lemmy was updated to
2.13.1 - Xray was updated to
7.3.0 - Yivi was updated to
7.5.6 - Your local weather was updated to
6.0.2 - floccus bookmark sync was updated to
5.2.5 - i2pd was updated to
2.53.0 - idTech4A++ was updated to
1.1.0harmattan53natasha - openHAB Beta was updated to
3.15.6-beta - taz was updated to
1.9.1 - words.hk 粵典 was updated to
3.3.1 - zSMTH was updated to
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