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MEGATHREAD for fully FOSS lemmy apps without any ads, tracking or any other anti features. (feddit.ch)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch to c/fdroid@lemmy.ml
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  • If any app ( regardless of the platform they are in ) you know of that is fully FOSS and doesn't have any ads , tracking or any other anti features that didn't make the list it is a mistake and you can dm me and i will add it. The same goes for apps that are not really FOSS or have anti features , Even though i have tried my best some mistakes could've been made or if the newer updates of one of the apps listed made it unworthy to be included in the list , the platform it listed on isn't available for it or the link is broken you can dm me and i will remove/fix it.

APPS :

  • Android
  • Voyager-https://f-droid.org/packages/app.vger.voyager/
  • Jerboa -https://f-droid.org/packages/com.jerboa/
  • Web/Pc
  • Voyager-https://f-droid.org/packages/app.vger.voyager/
  • Photon -https://github.com/Xyphyn/photon

IOS

  • Voyager-https://f-droid.org/packages/app.vger.voyager/

As this post may not get maintained here is the post which i will always maintain :https://lemmy.today/post/6716339

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[-] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

I just want more people in Lemmy so the communities feel more alive :(

[-] kratoz29@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

I think it has a good amount of activity nowadays, it definitely was a wasteland before the APIcalypse.

[-] THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch 1 points 10 months ago

Me too

[-] loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

The first app I used was Jerboa. I didn't dislike it, but as someone who used to browse reddit with Infinity and liked it's look a lot, I ended up chosing Eternity when it came out (it's a fork of Infinity).

Infinity still exists to, for those who still use Reddit, but it's now it's paid (because the devs need to pay for API access with Reddit's new policy).

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I just use Jerboa. Its simple enough for me.

[-] THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch 0 points 10 months ago

What are the devs paying spez a billion ? Lol

[-] cron@feddit.de 3 points 10 months ago

Racoon is decent, free and open source.

[-] THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch 2 points 10 months ago

Done

[-] ObsidianZed@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I would love to see a brief description of each as well, or perhaps a feature matrix.

I'm looking to switch clients but have a few deal breaker features.

I prefer if it has a decent built in media player complete with controls, particularly timeline skipping available for GIFs.

And columns. I continue to just Sync currently because I can customize my column layout, and even specify how many columns in portrait mode vs landscape mode.

[-] Asudox@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Summit is not FOSS, OP.

[-] THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I removed it

[-] Asudox@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Ok.

[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I dont get it. Do you want just a list? Search on F-Droid.

  • Raccoon
  • thunder
  • muffed
  • combustible
  • liftoff

Or are there categories like

  • platform support
  • maintenance
  • features
  • bugs
[-] THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I dont get it. Do you want just a list? Search on F-Droid.

  • Raccoon
  • thunder
  • muffed
  • combustible
  • liftoff

Non of these are on fdroid and i have included some examples in the post

[-] cron@feddit.de 7 points 10 months ago

liftoff isn't compatible with 0.19 and development appears to have stalled.

[-] THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch -5 points 10 months ago

Doesn't matter i am just building apps with specific requirment and that doesn't include

[-] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

Liftoff has been mia for six months

[-] THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch -1 points 10 months ago

Maybe they'll continue develop ? Who knows i guess i will add it then

[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You may want to add Izzyondroid repo

And those apps are all foss, raccoon is on github only

https://github.com/diegoberaldin/RaccoonForLemmy

[-] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 5 points 10 months ago

Thunder is my app of choice. Its on IzzyOnDroid and the dev team is super responsive.

[-] THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch -4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I can only add it if you can present aource like a link for its github page or anything

[-] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 2 points 10 months ago
[-] THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch 2 points 10 months ago

Even though i couldn't find anything about if ads are included or not i trust you so added

[-] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 2 points 10 months ago

Nope, no ads.

[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

No FOSS app will include Ads... you could just fork it and remove that part

Oh and @OP you might want to use [linktext](URL)

[-] nailoC5@lemy.lol 2 points 10 months ago

many Foss apps have ads on their play store versions. I think both Librera reader and My expenses do.

[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 3 points 10 months ago

Those versions are not FOSS

[-] THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch 1 points 10 months ago

But it could mean the same for these apps too.

[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

Often they implement proprietary libraries from Google, those are not included in the F-Droid versions and often also not in their own release APKs

[-] THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch 1 points 10 months ago

In case no one has forked a specific app

[-] 6daemonbag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

Is Summit not FOSS? I thought it was. I use sync but that is my favorite alternative.

[-] AbackDeckWARLORD@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

It’s on GitHub to host releases but I don’t see the actual source code?

[-] 6daemonbag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

Yep my bad I misinterpreted the GitHub page due to inexperience. OP clarified in a newer post

[-] THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch 0 points 10 months ago

Does it have ads or tracking ?

[-] 6daemonbag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

No tracking and I don't recall seeing ads

[-] THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch 1 points 10 months ago

Added

[-] restach@jlai.lu 1 points 10 months ago

I've just installed Racoon and it's really good. I'll stick with it and see.

[-] tombruzzo@lemm.ee -1 points 10 months ago

Drinkable for making cocktails.

Vector Pinball for a light, fun pinball game.

Baby Dots to entertain my kids without harvesting their data or driving them insane.

KOReader for ebooks. It takes some setting up and getting used to but I'm happy with it now

[-] THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch 2 points 10 months ago

This isn't that kind of threaf its for lemmy apps only

[-] tombruzzo@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Sorry, I'll have to learn the difference. I just saw FOSS F-droid and went from there

[-] THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch 3 points 10 months ago

No probs.

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