This Week in F-Droid

TWIF curated on Thursday, 11 Dec 2025, Week 50

F-Droid core

We had great reach with our “F-Droid and Google’s Developer Registration Decree” (https://f-droid.org/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html) post and its sequel, “What We Talk About When We Talk About Sideloading” (https://f-droid.org/2025/10/28/sideloading.html), to raise awareness about the future of Android. But we hope we broke out of our tech-savvy bubble, so everyone hears about what the proposed changes entail, and how F-Droid’s goal, of freedom for all users, is truly the way forward.

But if you didn’t read those yet, or you want an audio/video to go along, our own board member and writer, Marc Prud’hommeaux, recently had an 1 hour interview (https://techlore.tv/w/qHetqo141QKU4k3WC3DTp1) that covers it.

While the interview is one month old by now, and Google announced some initial modifications to how this will presumably work, we still believe these are not enough and device owners need full control and freedom.

The keepandroidopen.org (https://keepandroidopen.org) site has all the info, a call to action and resources so you can make your voice heard.

Community News

Which apps make your top trio? In this 5 minutes post (https://cryptrz.org/wordpress/2025/12/04/3-apps-open-source-qui-facilitent-la-vie/), in French, we get a glimpse of one Luxembourg sysadmins preferences.

39C3: Power Cycles (https://events.ccc.de/congress/2025/infos/startpage.html), the 39th Chaos Communication Congress will take place between 27-30 December in CCH Hamburg. The 39C3 Schedule (https://f-droid.org/packages/info.metadude.android.congress.schedule) app was updated to 1.73.0 so make sure to have it ready.

ArcaneChat (https://f-droid.org/packages/chat.delta.lite) was updated to 2.33.0 to add some fixes and polish (https://github.com/ArcaneChat/android/blob/main/CHANGELOG-upstream.md#v2331). But hidden there in plain site, there’s a boring change “New experimental feature: several addresses per profile” which sounds rather bland, what are profiles anyway? Well… this new option allows one to change the relay (read it as server) used to send and receive messages. This is a nice feature and you might need to read the guide (https://support.delta.chat/t/how-to-migrate-your-profile-to-another-relay-version-2-33/4441) to get the gist on how to switch them. Delta Chat (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.b44t.messenger/) will get updated soon too.

FOSS Warn (https://f-droid.org/packages/de.nucleus.foss_warn) was updated to 1.0.1 and some issues were fixed for UnifiedPush integration, hence Conversations (https://f-droid.org/packages/eu.siacs.conversations/) and forks like Cheogram (https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.cheogram.android/) or monocles chat (https://f-droid.org/packages/de.monocles.chat/) can be used as distributors again.

MediLog (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.zell_mbc.medilog) was updated to 3.5.0 and we also added MediLog (Reproducible build) (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.zell_mbc.medilog.fdroid) signed by the developer.

Thunderbird Beta for Testers (https://f-droid.org/packages/net.thunderbird.android.beta) was updated to 16.0b2 and the devs posted their monthly report (https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/12/state-of-the-thunder-14-the-2026-mobile-roadmap/) with the bonus 40+ mins video. Shock news: Material/You is not good enough and will be dropped!

Newly Added Apps

8 more apps were newly added

• LinxShare (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.kolktech.linxshare): Share images on your device with others through your self-hosted linx server

• LiveGalGame (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.jstone.livegalgame): An amazing app that lets you chat with girls like a GalGame

• Lux Alarm (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.dsalmun.luxalarm): Wake up with light! This alarm can only be turned off when your room is bright

• Messages (https://f-droid.org/packages/org.prauga.messages): A fast messaging app designed to make conversations simple and effortless (A fork of QUIK SMS (https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.octoshrimpy.quik/); description and app info will get fixed in the next version)

• PlayHex (https://f-droid.org/packages/org.playhex.twa): Play Hex board game online

• Poker Payout (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.huntercoles.pokerpayout): Professional poker tournament management with payouts and timers

• Running Services Monitor (https://f-droid.org/packages/me.biplobsd.rsm): Monitor running services on your Android device with Shizuku integration

• Tensy (https://f-droid.org/packages/se.voxelmanip.tensy): Select numbers that sum to ten

Downgraded Apps

1 apps were downgraded

• Clock (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.best.deskclock) was downgraded from 2.27 to 2.26 as we picked up an unstable version.

Updated Apps

154 more apps were updated (expand for the full list)

• Ad-silence (https://f-droid.org/packages/bluepie.ad_silence) was updated to v0.7.0-prod

• Amber (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.greenart7c3.nostrsigner) was updated to 4.0.3

• AnkiDroid: Flashcards (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.ichi2.anki) was updated to 2.23.0

• ANOTHERpass (https://f-droid.org/packages/de.jepfa.yapm) was updated to 2.2.5

• Anx Reader (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.anxcye.anx_reader) was updated to 1.10.1

• Audile (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.mrsep.musicrecognizer) was updated to 1.13.1

• baresip (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.tutpro.baresip) was updated to 73.0.1

• baresip+ (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.tutpro.baresip.plus) was updated to 61.0.0

• BetterCounter (https://f-droid.org/packages/org.kde.bettercounter) was updated to 5.2.0

• Bim! (https://f-droid.org/packages/bim.app) was updated to 13

• Birthday Adapter (https://f-droid.org/packages/org.birthdayadapter) was updated to 3.6

• Blichess (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.vovagorodok.blichess) was updated to 8.0.0+ble2.4.0

• Caffeinate (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.hifnawy.caffeinate) was updated to 2.2.0

• Calisthenics Memory (https://f-droid.org/packages/io.github.gonbei774.calisthenicsmemory) was updated to 1.11.0

• Cartes IGN (https://f-droid.org/packages/fr.ign.geoportail) was updated to 3.4.1

• Casio G-Shock Smart Sync (https://f-droid.org/packages/org.avmedia.gshockGoogleSync) was updated to 24.8

• Catima — Loyalty Card Wallet (https://f-droid.org/packages/me.hackerchick.catima) was updated to 2.40.0

• CClauncher (https://f-droid.org/packages/app.cclauncher) was updated to v9.10.9

• Chess (https://f-droid.org/packages/jwtc.android.chess) was updated to 9.10.1

• Contacts (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.vayunmathur.contacts) was updated to 1.1

• Conversations (https://f-droid.org/packages/eu.siacs.conversations) was updated to 2.19.7+free

• Daily You (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.demizo.daily_you) was updated to 2.14.3

• DAVx⁵ (https://f-droid.org/packages/at.bitfire.davdroid) was updated to 4.5.7.1-ose

• DayExam (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.gorden.dayexam) was updated to 1.1.0

• De1984 (https://f-droid.org/packages/io.github.dorumrr.de1984) was updated to 2.6.0

• Deku SMS (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.afkanerd.deku) was updated to 0.68.0

• Dnd Toggle (https://f-droid.org/packages/net.backslasher.dndtoggle) was updated to 1.9

• DuressKeyboard (https://f-droid.org/packages/duress.keyboard) was updated to 3.5

• EasySync (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.phpbg.easysync) was updated to 1.22

• Eblan Launcher (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.eblan.launcher) was updated to 0.2.4-alpha

• Emotic (https://f-droid.org/packages/futuristicgoo.emotic) was updated to 0.1.11

• Ente Photos - Encrypted photo storage (https://f-droid.org/packages/io.ente.photos.fdroid) was updated to 1.2.28

• Exclave (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.github.dyhkwong.sagernet) was updated to 0.17.4

• FaFa Runner (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.chenyifaer.fafarunner) was updated to 2.6.0

• File Navigator (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.w2sv.filenavigator) was updated to 0.3.1-fdroid

• FitBook (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.presley.fit_book) was updated to 2.0.34

• Flare (https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.dimension.flare) was updated to 1.1.3

• Flexify (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.presley.flexify) was updated to 2.1.44

• Flip 2 DND (https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.robin.flip_2_dnd) was updated to 9.0.0

• floccus bookmark sync (https://f-droid.org/packages/org.handmadeideas.floccus) was updated to 5.8.2

• Fluffy (https://f-droid.org/packages/app.fluffy) was updated to 3.4.1

• Forecastie (https://f-droid.org/packages/cz.martykan.forecastie) was updated to 1.23

• Forkgram (https://f-droid.org/packages/org.forkgram.messenger) was updated to 12.2.6.0

• FossWallet (https://f-droid.org/packages/nz.eloque.foss_wallet) was updated to 0.33.0

• Fread (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.zhangke.fread) was updated to 1.7.30

• Geo Share (https://f-droid.org/packages/page.ooooo.geoshare) was updated to 5.10.0

• Giggity (https://f-droid.org/packages/net.gaast.giggity) was updated to 2.1.5

• GitNote (https://f-droid.org/packages/io.github.wiiznokes.gitnote) was updated to 25.12

• GPSLogger (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.mendhak.gpslogger) was updated to 135

• Gridle (https://f-droid.org/packages/org.billthefarmer.gridle) was updated to 1.19

• Grit (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.shub39.grit) was updated to 5.5.2

• HappyTaxes (https://f-droid.org/packages/io.github.dorumrr.happytaxes) was updated to 1.0.6

• Harmony Music (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.anandnet.harmonymusic) was updated to 1.12.2

• Helio (https://f-droid.org/packages/fm.helio) was updated to 3.17

• HTTP Request Shortcuts (https://f-droid.org/packages/ch.rmy.android.http_shortcuts) was updated to 4.0.0

• Infomaniak kDrive (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.infomaniak.drive) was updated to 5.11.3

• Infomaniak Mail (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.infomaniak.mail) was updated to 1.22.0

• Kahon (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.amanoteam.kahon) was updated to 0.19.5

• Kakugo (https://f-droid.org/packages/org.kaqui) was updated to 1.39.3

• Kazumi (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.predidit.kazumi) was updated to 1.9.2

• kitshn (for Tandoor) (https://f-droid.org/packages/de.kitshn.android) was updated to 2.0.0-beta.13

• Kwik EFIS (https://f-droid.org/packages/player.efis.pfd) was updated to 7.17

• Les Pas - Photo Album for Nextcloud (https://f-droid.org/packages/site.leos.apps.lespas) was updated to 2.10.5

• Library App VideLibri (https://f-droid.org/packages/de.benibela.videlibri) was updated to 2.953

• Librera Reader (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.foobnix.pro.pdf.reader) was updated to 9.1.35-fdroid

• Linwood Butterfly Nightly (https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.linwood.butterfly.nightly) was updated to 2.4.2-rc.2

• Materialious (https://f-droid.org/packages/us.materialio.app) was updated to 1.12.3

• MedTimer (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.futsch1.medtimer) was updated to 1.21.0

• Mental Math (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.helddertierwelt.mentalmath) was updated to 18

• Minis companion (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.cdevaux.miniature_painting_companion) was updated to 1.5.0

• MMRL (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.dergoogler.mmrl) was updated to v34242-release

• MonsterMusic (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.ztftrue.music) was updated to 0.1.59

• Mullvad VPN: privacy is a universal right (https://f-droid.org/packages/net.mullvad.mullvadvpn) was updated to 2025.11

• MusicSearch (https://f-droid.org/packages/io.github.lydavid.musicsearch) was updated to 1.83.0

• My Expenses (https://f-droid.org/packages/org.totschnig.myexpenses) was updated to 4.0.5

• NATINFo+ (https://f-droid.org/packages/net.retiolus.natinfo) was updated to 1.0.0

• Nextcloud (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.nextcloud.client) was updated to 3.35.0 RC2

• Nextcloud Cookbook (https://f-droid.org/packages/de.lukasneugebauer.nextcloudcookbook) was updated to 0.26.0

• Nextcloud Dev (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.nextcloud.android.beta) was updated to 20251210

• NouTube (https://f-droid.org/packages/jp.nonbili.noutube) was updated to 0.4.5

• ntfy - PUT/POST to your phone (https://f-droid.org/packages/io.heckel.ntfy) was updated to 1.18.0

• Nunti (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.nunti) was updated to v2.8.1

• Obtainium (https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.imranr.obtainium.fdroid) was updated to 1.2.9

• OctoDroid (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.gh4a) was updated to 4.6.15

• OMGSoundboard (https://f-droid.org/packages/audio.omgsoundboard) was updated to 21.0

• OpenAssistant (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.vayunmathur.openassistant) was updated to 1.2

• OpenTopoMap Viewer (https://f-droid.org/packages/org.nitri.opentopo) was updated to 1.25

• OpenTracks (Non-reproducible) (https://f-droid.org/packages/de.dennisguse.opentracks) was updated to v4.24.0irreproducible

• OpenTracks (Reproducible build) (https://f-droid.org/packages/de.dennisguse.opentracks.playstore) was updated to v4.24.0

• OsmAnd~ (https://f-droid.org/packages/net.osmand.plus) was updated to 5.2.13

• oxproxion (https://f-droid.org/packages/io.github.stardomains3.oxproxion) was updated to 2.1.15

• Pachli for Mastodon (https://f-droid.org/packages/app.pachli) was updated to 3.2.4

• PAIesque (https://f-droid.org/packages/org.ojrandom.paiesque) was updated to 28

• Parcel - Pickup code (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.xxxx.parcel) was updated to 1.0.40

• PassVault (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.jksalcedo.passvault) was updated to 1.1.0

• PennyWise AI (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.pennywiseai.tracker) was updated to 2.15.42

• Peristyle (https://f-droid.org/packages/app.simple.peri) was updated to v9.4.0

• Photok (https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.leonlatsch.photok) was updated to 2.3.1

• PicGuard (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.kjxbyz.picguard) was updated to 5.1.0

• Podcini.X - Podcast instrument (https://f-droid.org/packages/ac.mdiq.podcini.X) was updated to 9.8.0

• Polymarket Viewer (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.streamatico.polymarketviewer) was updated to 1.29

• Privacy Flip (https://f-droid.org/packages/io.github.dorumrr.privacyflip) was updated to 2.0.8

• QRshare (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.wchung.qrshare) was updated to 1.0.22

• Quicksy (https://f-droid.org/packages/im.quicksy.client) was updated to 2.19.7+free

• Quitter (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.quitter.app) was updated to 1.0.100

• Resticopia (https://f-droid.org/packages/org.dydlakcloud.resticopia) was updated to 0.7.8

• RomanDigital (https://f-droid.org/packages/net.diffengine.romandigitalclock) was updated to 2.2.1

• Roto (https://f-droid.org/packages/org.roto) was updated to 1.0.7

• Ruam Mij (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.akexorcist.ruammij) was updated to 1.2.1

• Sapio (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.klee.sapio) was updated to 1.10.0

• SD Maid 2/SE - System Cleaner (https://f-droid.org/packages/eu.darken.sdmse) was updated to 1.5.6-rc0

• Sensa Gram (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.github.umer0586.sensagram) was updated to 1.5.2

• Sensor Server (https://f-droid.org/packages/github.umer0586.sensorserver) was updated to 7.0.0

• Sensor Spot (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.github.umercodez.sensorspot) was updated to 1.9.0

• Sensors2OSC (https://f-droid.org/packages/org.sensors2.osc) was updated to 0.15.0

• ServerBox (https://f-droid.org/packages/tech.lolli.toolbox) was updated to 1.0.1276

• Shader Editor (https://f-droid.org/packages/de.markusfisch.android.shadereditor) was updated to 2.35.3

• Shattered Pixel Dungeon (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon) was updated to 3.3.0

• SherpaTTS (https://f-droid.org/packages/org.woheller69.ttsengine) was updated to 2.9

• Simple Keyboard (https://f-droid.org/packages/rkr.simplekeyboard.inputmethod) was updated to 6.0-beta3

• SimpleXray (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.simplexray.an) was updated to 1.10.9

• Sound Toggle (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.grmasa.soundtoggle) was updated to 1.2.0

• Squeezer (https://f-droid.org/packages/uk.org.ngo.squeezer) was updated to 2.4.0

• Standard Notes (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.standardnotes) was updated to 3.201.4

• Stepsy: Step Counter (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.nvllz.stepsy) was updated to 1.5.8

• Super Productivity (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.superproductivity.superproductivity) was updated to 16.5.5

• SwatchIt (https://f-droid.org/packages/net.damschen.swatchit) was updated to 0.3.0

• Table Habit (https://f-droid.org/packages/io.github.friesi23.mhabit) was updated to 1.22.2

• Tailscale (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.tailscale.ipn) was updated to 1.92.1-tfb55d3905-g925ac2f42

• Taison (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.gent8.taison) was updated to 1.2.0

• Tessel – A tile game (https://f-droid.org/packages/net.vantulder.tessel) was updated to 1.0.16

• Threema Libre (https://f-droid.org/packages/ch.threema.app.libre) was updated to 6.3.0l

• TLSFragment (https://f-droid.org/packages/org.maoist2009.tlsfragment) was updated to 4.1.0

• Tomato (https://f-droid.org/packages/org.nsh07.pomodoro) was updated to 1.7.1

• Torrent Search (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.prajwalch.torrentsearch) was updated to 0.4.4

• Tournant (https://f-droid.org/packages/eu.zimbelstern.tournant) was updated to 2.10.4

• Traditional T9 (https://f-droid.org/packages/io.github.sspanak.tt9) was updated to 58.0

• Traffic Light (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.leekleak.trafficlight) was updated to 2.6

• Tuta Calendar (https://f-droid.org/packages/de.tutao.calendar) was updated to 315.251204.0

• Tuta Mail (https://f-droid.org/packages/de.tutao.tutanota) was updated to 315.251204.0

• Twili Recipes (https://f-droid.org/packages/net.curiana.recipes) was updated to 0.2.7

• Unciv (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.unciv.app) was updated to 4.18.19

• Unitto — calculator and unit converter (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.sadellie.unitto) was updated to Titanium yellow

• Unstoppable Crypto Wallet (https://f-droid.org/packages/io.horizontalsystems.bankwallet) was updated to 0.46.2

• URnetwork (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.bringyour.network) was updated to 2025.12.4

• Webview Kiosk (https://f-droid.org/packages/uk.nktnet.webviewkiosk) was updated to 0.24.42

• wger Workout Manager (https://f-droid.org/packages/de.wger.flutter) was updated to 1.9.2

• whoBIRD (https://f-droid.org/packages/org.woheller69.whobird) was updated to 5.0

• Wiki Fronted (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.hicorenational.wikipedia) was updated to r/50562-r-2025-12-08

• Wikipedia (https://f-droid.org/packages/org.wikipedia) was updated to r/50562-r-2025-12-08

• Xray (https://f-droid.org/packages/io.github.saeeddev94.xray) was updated to 12.0.0

• Xtra (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.github.andreyasadchy.xtra) was updated to 2.52.0

• YacGuide Dev (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.yacgroup.yacguide.dev) was updated to 20251204

• 聚在工大 (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.hfut.schedule) was updated to 4.19.0.1

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