Ankidroid— Create, share, borrow and study with flash cards
Firefox— Web browser
Rethink Firewall— Best firewall for android
Infinity— Gonna miss this one (Reddit client)
Libretube— Modern Youtube client using Piped
Obtainium—Keeps track of all my foss apps from their git repositories + them
Gnu IMP— Desktop photo editor
Aurora Store— Download apps from the play store
- Fedilab for Mastodon (an alternative to Tusky)
- Jerboa for Lemmy
- LibreTube for usable YouTube without an account
- FluffyChat for Matrix (an alternative to Element)
- FairEmail for mails
- Molly for Signal (pretty much the same as the original app)
- Forkgram for Telegram (also pretty much the same as the original open source version)
- Aurora for PlayStore apps
- F-Droid
- Fennec for browsing (the opener version of Firefox)
- Aegis for 2FA (an alternative to Google Authenticator)
- KeePassDX for passwords (an alternative to Keepass2Android)
- OpenKeychain for PGP Keys
- Orbot for connecting to Tor and running a Snowflake proxy
- RethinkDNS as DNS with blocklists, firewall and routing to Orbot via Proxy for all TCP connections
- Tutanota as synchronized calendar
- Osmand~ for navigation (an alternative to Google Maps)
- Transportr for public transport (an alternative to DB Navigator in Germany)
- In general the "Simple ..." apps on F-Droid are also nice
vim
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F-Droid for FOSS apps
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Aurora for Google Playstore apps
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OSMAnd for navigation
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Oeffi for public transport
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many Simple Mobile Tools apps
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K-9 Mail
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Tor browser
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Shelter for isolating apps
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Tusky for Mastodon
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Jerboa for Lemmy
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Nunti for RSS feeds
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Molly for Signal
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Telegram FOSS
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Aegis for 2FA
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QickDic (dictionary)
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TinyWeather
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Threema Libre (not free)
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LineageOS: my Android ROM of choice
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LineageOS for MicroG: the ROM on my second phone where I quarantine my use of apps that refuse to work without Google services (mostly stuff I need for business travel e.g. Amtrak, Google Maps)
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Aurora Store: allows installation of most Play Store apps without login. I mainly use this on the MicroG phone, but it's also needed to get the ProtonMail and ProtonCalendar apps (only ProtonVPN is on F-Droid)
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TrackerControl: allows fine tuned domain blocking on a per-app basis. Often allows you to block just ads and trackers but still be able to use an app or at least many of its features.
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Arcticons: monochrome line art icons (because I hate fun and want my GUIs to look like a terminal)
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AsteroidOS Sync: WearOS replacement. AsteroidOS still has a long way to go, but I doubt WearOS would play nicely with LineageOS and I don't want all the tracking anyway.
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Bubble: bubble level by woheller69 (a true F-Droid GOAT)
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FlorisBoard: afaik, only FOSS gesture typing Android keyboard (besides AnySoft, which doesn't seem to work consistently)
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GMaps WV: fairly locked-down web viewer for Google Maps (sadly OSM just doesn't have a usably complete business directory where I live)
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Lawnchair: launcher with all the features I want except being up to date on F-Droid
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Librera: the PDF reader on F-Droid that I hate the least. (Anyone got any better recommendations?)
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NewPipe: ad-free Youtube player with locally stored subscriptions and playlists. An IzzyOnDroid fork with SponsorBlock is also available.
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QKSMS: my SMS app of choice
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Signal: because I can't convince my friends to switch to Briar
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SpoTube: pirate ad-free Spotify that works by looking up tracks on Youtube. Is therefore limited by what's available on YT and sometimes plays wrong tracks, but you can't beat the price :] Even interfaces with a Spotify account to play and edit playlists.
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Standard Notes: E2E encrypted cloud-synced notes. Also accessible by web browser, which has saved my ass a few times while phoneless
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Weather: by BeoCode on F-Droid
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VLC: everyone's favorite traffic cone boi
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cant choose one because i enjoy using a lot of them:
- bitwarden
- inkscape
- kdenlive
- nextcloud
- organic maps
- signal games
- shattered pixel dungeon
- openttd
@tiring7616 firefox
Inkscape for me :)
Emacs, that's all I need!
Blender
Godot
Gimp
Probably the nicest Foss stack for game development.
- Fairmail
- keepass
- firefly iii
- Firefox
- sumatrapdf
Firefox.
Also:
Thunderbird Gimp Audacious
Here are my go to apps.
- Droid-ify - Fdroid client
- Mull - firefox mobile fork
- KeePassDX - password manager
- Tracker Control - VPN based, blocks trackers for installed apps
- Nebula (F-droid) - DNS based, can be used alongside tracker control
- Infinity for reddit - sad
- FlorisBoard Beta - keyboard but no development update for months now
- Notally - simple notes app
- Simple Calendar - part of simple tools/suite of apps
- Open Camera
- Fair Email - email client
- Moshidon - forked from an app I cant remember, nice material u design and fast
- Arcticons Icons - line icons for your homescreen
- SimpleLogin - create anonymus emails and disable them, helps prevent spam and address privacy control
- Tutanota - mail app for tutanota
- Jerboa - lemmy client
- Paisa - expenses manager app
- My Expenses - expenses manager app
- ExifEraser - removes metadata for the pictures
Firefox, LibreTube, Kaiteki
I will go with (neo)vim. Must have for me, use it for everything imaginable, writing emails,code, notes ...
-Tachiyomi for manga -personal Dns filter for blocking ads system wide -Aegis for two factor authentication -NewPipe x Sponsorblock for youtube -Fritter for Twitter without an account -Librera for reading my ebooks -Feeder for RSS -Quillpad for a Google Keep like local alternative
Bash
Assuming I'm using Android:
- Mull or Fennec
- SkyTube
- Tusky
- Jerboa
- UntrackMe
- Orbot
- SicMu Player (or any good music player app)
I'm beginning to migrate from Windows to Linux, here are some foss apps I use:
- Blender -for 3d modelling
- Godot - Because im working to be a game dev
- Incscape and paint.net - for general raster artwork
- Brave - My primary browser
- VScode - I just prefer C# over godot's built in GDscript (Not to say GDscript is bad its a nice language but I just prefer C# as I used to use unity)
Edit, you said "must have" oops, but still like to share this anyways :))
These two are now the first apps I install on any new device:
- Kiss launcher (simple and fast)
- Articons icon pack
Basically, my approach is to (mostly) prioritize text over icons, and reduce the colors I need to process.
Other apps:
- Brave browser (for YouTube and built-in anti-tracking features.)
- Librera (ebook/PDF reader with lots of features)
- Odyssey (local music player optimized for speed. My library is so large that all the other players were having trouble finding songs.)
- Graph 89 (TI graphing calculator emulator)
- Feeder (RSS feed aggregator)
The list is too long. If I'm forced to choose 5, I guess they'll be,
- Linux
- Syncthing
- qBittorrent
- Neovim
- PhotoPrism
Bitwarden-password manager Joplin - notes Kde Connect- laptop connections for file transfer, notifications etc Syncthing- file syncing
All of these are available of F-droid.
OpenVPN. I can self-host a lot of different things for my own personal internet/cloud thingy - Bitwarden, Pi-Hole, etc; but to actually use it when I'm not home? I either pay for a VPS or I just have a VPN back to my home network. So much becomes possible with that; like I have the contents of my entire NAS at my fingertips even if I'm not home; I can render projects on a VM at home and manage it from my phone, etc.
OpenVPN is, without a doubt, the most important part of my infrastructure.
Calibre-Ebooks managment Libre Office- instead of MS Office Bitwarden- password manager Mozilla Firefox- browser IceCube, Pixefed app and Mlem for Fediverse Joplin- notes BookPlayer app for Audiobooks Nextcloud for storage
- Syncthing - for sycing what pretty much amounts to /home between my mobile and laptop
- Bitwarden - password manager
- ProtonVPN - VPN
- Trail Sense - Hiking tools, most frequently for barometric readings
- Proton Mail - email
- Coffee - keeps the screen on through a button in my notifications. Mostly used when cooking for recipes
- NewPipe - YouTube and downloading
- Droid-ify - Better UI for fdroid
- Aegis - OTP manager
- VLC - needs no introduction
- Kore - remote for Kodi
- Geometric Weather - simple weather app
- Noteless - markdown notetaker. I've mostly moved everything over to Obsidian, but I like my grocery list here still...
Firefox
Nextcloud
Home Assistant
Bitwarden
Tusky
Jellyfin
Pihole
Jerboa
As well as several others that I can't think of at the moment.Linux, Qtile, Firefox, Bitwarden, neovim, espanso, and others. So many great tools for those willing and able to do a little digging.
The humble grep.
- KDE Connect
- LibreTorrent for Android
- Droid-ify for F-Droid
- Orbot for Android (I use it mainly for running the snowflake proxy)
For me it's ViMusic. I was stuck with a shitty Spotify subscription that I couldn't afford until I found Vi. It has pretty much all the bands I like and it passed my moms rigerous examination (she listens to all of of really obscure stuff) so when her Amazon subscription ran out, I got her to start using that instead. Suck it jezzy b!
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Signal
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vinyl for music
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AnkiDroid for flashcards. I use it for languages, but i believe there are repositories for other subjects.
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Joplin, Aegis, Bitwarden
KDE Connect means that I can ping my phone that's usually presumably somewhere behind my bed or on a counter somewhere, without having to sheepishly walk to the nearest person and ask "can you call my phone I lost it :c"
- Quillpad (offline notes)
- MuPDF mini (Great simple PDF reader)
- Unit Converter Ultimate (lots of various conversions)
- Retro Music (fdroid repo for pro version, best music player hands down)
- OSMAnd (Great for fancy mapping features)
- Mull (hardened Firefox with the quickest updates of all Firefox based browsers)
- AntennaPod (best podcast app)
- Obtanium (install apps easily from sources such as Github)
- Droid-ify (better fdroid)
Some more I did not see others mention. For Linux:
- Geany
- Python
- Meld
- Nextcloud
- Reminna and TightVNC
- Thunderbird
- Zim
For Android:
- Just Weather
- Joplin
- OpenSync
- Tasks
- OSMAnd
- Nextcloud
- SMSBackp
- Connect Bot
I also recommend the site: https://alternativeto.net/ . You can just search and it will tell you the most used FOSS apps in any category you want.
jtx board for tasks and notes
- Firefox
- Signal
- FFUpdater
- Red Moon
NewPipe and FireFox, at minimum.
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Mull
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K-9 Mail
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LibreTube
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Quillpad
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Droid-ify
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My top Must have FOSS app:
- Bitwarden - password manager
Other indispensable FOSS apps:
- FairEmail and Proton Mail - email
- SimpleLogin - email aliases
- Joplin - notes
- Aves Libre - image gallery
- Droid-ify - FOSS app store
- FediLab - Fediverse client
- Medilog - health metrics log
- OctoDroid - GitHub viewer/manager
Antenna-pod if you like podcasts is fantastic relative to google podcasts (but maybe that's a low bar)
Osmand - I use this along Google maps, but it's nice to have entire regions downloaded and it shows more information than Google maps, specifically for back country stuff where you need to see every type of trail
Home Assistant
Wireguard - I love that the protocol is lightweight and secure, makes it really easy to access my home network without needing to expose self hosted stuff to the internet
Bitwarden - self hosted with vaultwarden/SQLite, changed my life and it's really easy to share logins with my partner
Immich - self hosted, the first real replacement for Google photos I've found. It has autobackup and it's really easy to share albums.
Kiss Launcher - I like how simple it is. My home screen ends up disorganized anyway so it's honestly just faster to have a recents list and a quick search feature.
i3. Once I got used to tiling window managers I just can't use anything else.
Syncthing is the one, I could probably replace any one but this one.
