Just setup a new de-Googled phone and figured I'd share some of the good FOSS apps I'm using. Please feel free to chime in with any you'd recommend (or better options than what I have listed)
- Weather: Breezy Weather. Note that the version in F-Droid is the "freenet" version and only has one source (Open-Meteo I believe). The "standard" release is available on Github and has additional sources like AccuWeather, OpenWeather, etc. Absolutely gorgeous app as well as widgets.
- Maps: Organic Maps What Google Maps should be. Absolutely gorgeous, functional, and works 100% offline.
- Google Play Store: Aurora Store. Sometimes you need an app that's only available in the official Play store. Aurora store lets you download apps without having Play services installed or requiring a Google account. Even if you do have Play services and Play store available, Aurora is just so much more usable since it's not a flaming dumpster fire of "suggestions", "recommendations", and ads.
- Email: K-9 Mail. Basically Thunderbird Mobile. Enough said.
- Calendar: Etar Fast and efficient, syncs easily with my DAVx5 synced calendars from Nextcloud
- Tasks: OpenTasks. Create, edit, update, and complete tasks. Can sync to a CalDAV server via DAVx5.
- Contact/Calendar/Task Sync: DavX5 WebDAV sync utility that I use to sync my calendar, contacts, and tasks from Nextcloud to my phone.
- Matrix: SchildiChat. So much better than Element for Android. Was having constant issues with encryption keys failing to sync in Element that hasn't (yet?) been a problem with SchildiChat.
- Launcher: FastDraw: This is more of a preference, but I really like this launcher for its simplicity and ease of organization. Don't recommend this if you use a lot of widgets as it only supports one at a time (feature, not bug).
- Authenticator: Aegis
- SIP/VOIP: Linphone I really wish the desktop version of Linphone had this kind of polish.
- MPD Client: M.A.L.P Absolutely gorgeous and intuitive MPD client. I pair it with Snapcast to control my whole-house audio.
- Quick Share: Snapdrop/Pairdrop I don't use the app (rather, I have my self-hosted one pinned as a PWA), but this is great for sending one-off files or text between devices.
- Music: Tie between Apollo and Mucke. The default LineageOS (AOSP?) music player is nice, but the phone I setup wasn't supported with LineageOS and didn't have a good music player included. Additionally, those two scale well on the small screen of the device I'm using where others would crop off the controls at varying points.
- Web Apps: NativeAlpha. Uses the Android System WebView to wrap any website into a standalone "app". While most mobile browsers will let you do that with the "Add to home screen" button, only ones with a
manifest.jsonwill work as apps; the rest are just shortcuts. Also includes other niceties such as adding adblock, controlling cookies, defaulting to a desktop version, and modifying the user agent string (among other options).
Excellent list! Does DavX5 support scheduled exports and backups? Here are some additions primarily from F-droid and Izzy:
Quote Unquote: Excellent motivational/creative quotes app with a set of widgets.
NetGuard: Local firewall you can use to deny apps internet access. Good for privacy and limiting data usage
SD Maid 2/SE: Basically BleachBit Mobile--useful for managing storage.
ExifEraser: detect and remove metadata from images.
PipePipe: FOSS Android app to let you brose YouTube, NicoNico and BiliBili.
FFUpdater: ensure you have the latest version of Firefox, along with certain other web browsers. Useful if you want the beta version of...
Mull: Privacy-oriented, up-to-date fork of Firefox.
BitWarden: Highly secure, open-source password manager and information organizer.
Neo Backup: Open-source tool to backup your apps and data.
NeverTooManyBooks: Keep track of your books and comics
Irregular Expressions: Virtual keyboard for writing expressive messages in various text styles.
Calculator++
VLC Media Player
+1 for PipePipe. As a vocaloid/UTAU/etcetera fan, it's nice to be able to view songs that aren't on yt without having to switch to a web browser to look them up.
I don't see an option for that, so probably not. TBH, since I run the backend it syncs with (Nextcloud in my case), I handle backups and exports there. I believe there are other apps (don't have a recommendation on hand) that will allow you to backup/export your contacts and calendars regardless of where they're synced from (not sure about tasks).
Great additions, too. I apparently missed VLC when I put this list together. Definitely recommend that on any device.