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What We Talk About When We Talk About Sideloading | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
We recently published a blog post with our reaction to the new Google Developer Program and how it impacts your freedom to use the devices that you own in th...
IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository
Applications in this repository are official binaries built by the original application developers, taken from their resp. repositories (mostly Github, GitLab, Codeberg), with additional screening applied. Updates for the apps are usually fetched daily, and you can expect daily index updates.
WAFRN | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
The social network that respects you
FlorisBoard | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
An open-source keyboard which respects your privacy. Currently in beta.
Software Sharing for Modern Companies | Fair.io
Fair Source is an alternative to closed source, allowing you to safely share access to your core products. Fair Source Software (FSS) can be used with minimal restrictions, and becomes Open Source after a period of time.
Android developer verification | Android Developers
Get started building your Android apps.
Our Apps and Open Source — Chimbori
Some components of our apps are open-source, but the main apps are not. This is to protect you and us from unscrupulous counterfeiters who add malware and ads to open-source apps.
Android developer verification: Balancing openness and choice with safety
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.
A new era for choice and openness
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.
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A new layer of security for certified Android devices
Starting in 2026 and in select countries first, Android apps must be registered to a verified developer in order to be installed.
Flatpak—the future of application distribution
The days of chasing multiple Linux distributions are over. Standalone apps for Linux are here!
Build your own cloud emulator | Android Open Source Project
Effective in 2026, to align with our trunk stable development model and ensure platform stability for the ecosystem, we will publish source code to AOSP in Q2 and Q4. For building and contributing to AOSP, use android-latest-release. The android-latest-release manifest branch will always reference the most recent release pushed to AOSP. For more information, see Changes to AOSP.
Apps using UnifiedPush
This is a non-exhaustive list of the first few end-user applications that use UnifiedPush. Android Name Description Date Since version Docs¹ FluffyChat Matrix chat January 2021 v0.26.1 FluffyChat Wiki² Fedilab Mastodon/Fediverse March 2021 v2.39.0 Fedilab FAQ Tox Push Message App Tox chat May 2021 v1.0.3 SchildiChat Matrix chat September 2021 v1.2.0.sc42 FMD Find your device November 2021 v0.2.2 FMD docs Element Matrix chat June 2022 v1.4.26 Tusky Mastodon/Fediverse July 2022 v19.0 Neon Nextcloud July 2022 Unreleased Jami Jami March 2023 v361 Goguma IRC client March 2023 v0.5.0 Circles Social Network (matrix) June 2023 v1.0.11 Databag Messaging Service July 2023 v1.5.0 Podverse (beta) Podcast Manager July 2023 v4.13.1 Moshidon Mastodon August 2023 v2.0.3+fork.98 Träwelldroid Traewelling client September 2023 v2.0.0 Pachli Mastodon September 2023 v1.0.0 Molly Signal client October 2023 v6.35.3-1.up1 Molly Readme, MollySocket Amethyst Nostr client October 2023 v0.80.1 Ltt.rs Mail (JMAP) client December 2023 0.4.0 Mercurygram Telegram client December 2023 v10.3.2.1 Element-X Matrix chat January 2024 v0.4.2 SchildiChat Next Matrix chat January 2024 v0.4.2.sc1 Nagram Telegram client April 2024 10.9.1.1165 DAVx⁵ CalDAV/CardDAV/WebDAV September 2024 v4.4.2-ose Nextcloud extension for WebDAV-Push < polycule > Matrix chat September 2024 v0.0.1 Momogram Telegram client December 2024 v11.4.2-1 FOSS Warn Emergency alerts December 2024 1.0.0 alpha0 FOSS Warn Wiki Wafrn App Social Network (Fediverse + Bluesky) May 2025 v1.3.0 Forkgram Telegram client June 2025 11.9.2.0 Fennec Web Browser³ July 2025 141.0.0 IronFox Web Browser³ July 2025 140.0.4 Compete Create & join all kind of challenges July 2025 v1.0.0 Interstellar Mbin/Lemmy/PieFed September 2025 v0.10.0 Push Notifications ¹ App-specific documentation should not be needed. Compatible apps should just work after installing a UnifiedPush distributor.
[ANNOUNCEMENT] Introducing Firefox OS App Archive (FFAA)!
191 votes, 30 comments. Link: https://ffapps.danielherr.software Introducing Firefox OS App Archive (FFAA), a full-fledged reborn app store for our…
App stores could be replaced by having apps published to a PDS, with safety provided using content moderation tooling, search indexed from the firehose, etc. thoufh. We strike aggregators everywhere that they stand.
Gordon
Software industry is probably going to look a lot like the music industry or games industry. Lots of talent, lots of supply, bottleneck shifts to distribution. Aggregators win again?
