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F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) apps for Android.
For support see f-droid.org/about/.
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Hey ,
On September 27th, you suspended F-Droid Nearby for "impersonation". We filed an appeal that very same day.
The "up to 7 days" review time has long passed.
Please reinstate our app. Thanks.
Appeal ID: 5-7048000032075
The F-droid app is undergoing major changes: Faster and smaller updates thanks to a new repository format.
For this, we needed to change the entire app database. To ensure that there are no regression we need your help: Please install the latest alpha version of F-Droid (1/2)
We're very happy to announce that #CalyxInstitute is going to fund some work on improving our build and release infrastructure.
f-droid.org/2022/05/24/bui
#WireGuard becomes the first VPN app on #FDroid to be built reproducibly! It is now guaranteed to be 100% equal to the WireGuard the developer builds.
If you're using WireGuard from F-Droid, please export your tunnels and re-install to continue receiving updates. (1/2)
Did you know that #FDroid isn't only informing you about #tracking with anti-feature warnings, but also removes trackers from apps? #FDroidUserSurvey
We're excited to announce that we've finish a major update of our build server infrastructure. We increased the bus factor of our admin team, automated the systems deployment, updated the hardware and also finally upgraded to #Debian bullseye.
We'd like to thank (1/2)
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We are talking about "free software" apps here, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_soft. Could you please lift this so that users can find the F-Droid Nearby app more easily?
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Do you use the #android VPN feature? (eg. for your #AdBlocker, or to route internet traffic over #Tor or a #VPN)
F-Droid Nearby is back on Google Play (and of course never left F-Droid). Make sure to check it out for an easy way to share installed apps with your friends even when you don't have an internet connection!
#FDroid and all #android #apps we're shipping grant you fundamental freedom to: use, study, share and improve them. We want user to control their software, not the other way around. It's not just about #OpenSource it's about #UserFreedom.
gnu.org/philosophy/ope
F-Droid website is currently down. We're working on a solution and hopefully have it running again soon. 🤞
#FDroid made it to #Jolla Store! 🎉 We hope #SailfishOS users can get good use out of our modest repository of 3500+ #FLOSS #apps.
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We are currently dealing with some server issues making it impossible for users to check for updates in F-Droid. All apps shown in the app can still be downloaded. We're aware of the issue and working on it.
Have you heard about #ReproducibleBuilds? This is one of the biggest #security benefits of #FOSS. On #Android, this technique ensures that the #FDroid version of an app exactly matches the developer's version.
Read our article below for more details and to see how easy it (1/2)
Have you seen #BlissOS already? It's an #Android distribution for your PCs! And here's the best part: It comes pre-loaded with #FDroid and the promise to respect your #privacy.
blissos.org
We are now automatically scanning apps for API Key Identifiers like #GoogleAnalytics' ga_trackingId that are used to enable tracking APIs. If your app includes these, it will be marked with the `Trackers` Anti-Feature. To fix that, either remove the tracking API Key (1/2)
Digital Restriction Management (or short #DRM) is preventing us from harnessing the true potential of digital media. It enforces artificial scarcity for the sake of upholding outdated business-models. A better world is possible. Lets build it together. Let's abandon (1/2)
Our website is back online! You may still get 404 errors on some pages while everything is syncing up, but that should fix itself over the next few hours. Thanks for your patience!
Do you think it's fair/justified that #AppStore and #GooglePlay take a (quite substantial) percentage of each every transaction in apps they're shipping and that they refuse to ship apps with alternative donation/payment providers?
How long is your current phone in service?
#FDroidUserSurvey
Because of a minor hiccup our website was unavailable for a few hours. Our app was not affected. Sorry for this little inconvenience. It's all fixed now.
We transferred a total of 178,930 GBytes* running f-droid.org last month. It's all paid for with your donations. Want to help #FDroid keep up an running? Consider giving: f-droid.org/donate
(* Numbers don't include traffic handled by community mirrors.)
How many apps are installed on your phone? (not counting pre-installed ones)
Hey #Fediverse! Like so many other #FreeSoftware projects, keeping #FDroid up and running is a community effort. Have you ever contributed to any #FLOSS Project?
Vote now and make F-Droid a high priority for FSF - your feedback is needed by January 8th:
f-droid.org/en/2020/12/18/
f-droid.org was briefly down earlier today, it is online again, we're looking into the root cause.
F-Droid Server (_fdroidserver_) v2.0 will be released in two weeks! We would like to include as many languages as possible. These are the tools used for building apps and working with app repositories.
The test-results of our latest security audit are in.
f-droid.org/en/2022/12/22/
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#CalyxInstitute for funding this endeavor. (2/2)
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Corona Contact Tracing Germany now on F-Droid 🚀
No dependency to Google, no microg app required. Pure open source, built reproducibly.
f-droid.org/packages/de.co
In case you're wondering what kind of spam #FDroid is receiving, here's one fresh from our junk folder. 😅
𝑀𝑦 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑋𝑋𝑋 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑌𝑌𝑌 𝑎 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑦. 𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 (1/3)
Why curation and #decentralization is better than millions of #apps.
f-droid.org/2022/11/23/why
#AppStore #GooglePlay #iOS #Android
We identified a serious bug with F-Droid 1.16 through 1.16.2 when doing an Android version upgrade (e.g.: Android 12 to 13), causing F-Droid to end up in a broken state with no apps available and update checking not working.
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proprietary apps, since most are constantly trying to steal user data. F-Droid reviews all apps from source to prevent that, so we don’t need to break features to gain privacy. (2/2)
Our servers ship app builds/updates pretty much on daily basis now. See f-droid.org/2022/09/20/slo for more info on what other improvements we have planned. 🚀
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Here's a gentle reminder that #FDroid doesn't tax #android app developers in any way. However we humbly ask you to support us with your donations. f-droid.org/donate
Stories written by life – or in this case by Licaon_Kter, one of F-Droid’s contributors: „From user to contributor and beyond“. To help support the work of Licaon_Kter and other contributors, please consider donating to F-Droid. We’re looking to raise €1,200 per week so (1/2)
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On Google Play many FOSS apps contain non-free trackers. That often enough prevents apps from getting into the official f-droid.org repo. So may apps provide a build flavor without non-free dependencies for F-Droid.
Are you running Android 12 Beta on your device with F-Droid? Is everything working?
If you are looking for a way to help F-Droid get updates out faster, considering diving into the code and contributing! Relevant issues to tackle can be found here:
It's #hacktoberfest ! Did you know that contributions on GitLab do count as well? And did you know you can contribute to #fdroid at GitLab? Help us getting things done and get rewarded 🙃 Win-Win 🤗
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What's most important for you, when you're getting a new (or refurbished) phone?
We are very grateful to 🐘ashfurrow@mastodon.technology for hosting the official #FDroid #Mastodon account for four and a half years. We will miss mastodon.technology because it was a great home for us. Many thanks.… floss.social/@fdroidorg/109
#CalyxOS is now available for the #Android #emulator, providing truly #FreeSoftware system images. calyxos.org/news/2021/05/2 They are included in the F-Droid #Docker CI image "registry.gitlab.com/fdroid/ci-imag"
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1.16 and report anything unusual. (2/2)
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entirely or move it out of the build flavor used by F-Droid. (2/2)
Here's a short post mortem for the server outage on Friday and Saturday: A syntax error in a configuration file slipped onto our production web-server. At the same time the server responsible for assembling our website experienced download timeouts when fetching app-listing (1/2)
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We are preparing the release of F-Droid 1.16.3 which prevents this bug from happening. It will be out soon.
Please refrain from updating your Android version until you have updated to F-Droid 1.16.3.
More information and workarounds on forum.f-droid.org/t/important-f-.
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Help our team to spend more time on F-Droid. Please consider donating: f-droid.org/donate
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More details in the official WireGuard announcement: lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/wire
New to reproducible builds? Check out f-droid.org/en/2023/01/15/ (2/2)
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Try out our new #ReproducibleBuilds support! All signature types are supported The "fdroid build" CI job on app merge requests will run a complete test and give rapid results before sending it to the production buildserver.
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At this point most of the day to day work necessary to keep #FDroid up and running is contributed by volunteers.
If you like our project you can help too! Here's how to get started contributing: f-droid.org/contribute
If you've got enough on your plate already we also (1/2)
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We're hosting 2 sessions in our assembly on #rC3 conference.
Today, an F-Droid contributor meeting at 18:00-UTC (19:00 conference time)
Tomorrow, an FOSS App Dev Meeting (Android, F-Droid) at 14:00 UTC (15:00 conference time)
rc3.world/2021/assembly/
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If you have ever rsynced from mirror.f-droid.org or run an f-droid.org mirror:
we are decommissioning mirror.f-droid.org. Please sync with our very capable primary mirror providers: f-droid.org/docs/Running_a
Shoutout to @ashfurrow@mastodon.technology: thanks for adding our logo. :fdroid: 💕 Also big thanks for hosting our home on mastodon. :mastodon: 💕
Dear F-Droid contributors, if you still have your apps' descriptions inside our YAML metadata, please note the old Wiki-style formatting has been abandoned (documentation has been updated: f-droid.org/docs/Build_Met). Use "simple" HTML formatting instead – and ideally move (1/2)
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@fdroidorg@floss.social What could make you keep your phones longer? Do you have any tips on improving your phones lifespan?
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metadata, which made troubleshooting extra hard. We've added additional tests to catch this type of error before they get a chance to interrupt our services. We're also working on improving web-server architecture. (2/2)
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F-Droid 1.16.3 is out! We recommend all users to update to this release. It fixes a serious issue rending F-Droid unusable after Android version upgrade (for example, Android 12 to 13).
RT chaos.social/@Bubu
Uf you'd like to see social.tchncs.de/@CCTG discussed on HN, you might want to upvote this:
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=253389
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O site F-Droid está agora também disponível no idioma português (até agora estava disponível apenas na variante do português do Brasil), graças aos esforços dos poucos colaboradores voluntários. As traduções ainda estão a ser feitas e adaptadas. As pessoas interessadas em (1/2)
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@fdroidorg@floss.social To be a little more specific. Non-free (aka proprietary, aka the opposite of free and open source) software is not allowed on the official f-droid.org reposiory. Most trackers are non-free. That's why they violate our policies and have to (1/2)
Rodrigo acabou de escrever um grande artigo sobre F-Droid em português, após ter entrevistado alguns membros da equipa F-Droid. Os falantes de português irão certamente gostar (outros podem fazer o mesmo com a ajuda do Deepl.com, que também foi utilizado para (1/2)
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your descriptions to Fastlane 😍 (2/2)
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in those can contain trackers or worse and may also omit setting appropriate anti-feature warnings. (2/2)
Important note to those participating in our IRC rooms: we're moving to OFTC. For details, please see f-droid.org/en/2021/06/10/
If you're participating via our Matrix rooms: just lean back, you don't need to take any action. We're working on the bridge already.
Siteul F-Droid este acum disponibil și în limba română, mulțumită eforturilor celor câțiva contributori voluntari. Paginile principale sunt complete, dar Documentația și descrierile aplicațiilor sunt încă în lucru. Persoanele interesate să dea o mână de ajutor pentru (1/2)
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be removed, or they would prevent and app from being published. FOSS trackers are allowed, but will be tagged with the tracking anti-feature warning. However, those seem to be rather rare. (2/2)
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Licaon_Kter can keep contributing full-time.
f-droid.org/de/2022/04/25/
f-droid.org/de/donate/ (2/2)
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@fdroidorg@floss.social This only applies to apps from F-Droids official f-droid.org repository. On 3rd party repositories all bets are off! (Basically all F-Droid compatible repositories other than the one provided by our team on f-droid.org) Apps (1/2)
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dar uma ajuda a completá-las ou melhorar as traduções existentes são encorajadas a contribuir através do portal Weblate #FDroid f-droid.org/2022/02/02/new (2/2)
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completarea lor sau pentru îmbunătățirea traducerilor existente sunt încurajate să contribuie prin intermediul portalului Weblate F-Droid (hosted.weblate.org/languages/ro/f). (2/2)
