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The page is indeed similar to the page, but I don't have access to that site to update information about my own Android application. Ivan.volosyuk ( talk) 09:21, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
Teeks99 ( talk) 11:42, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
It's a shame the market doesn't make it easy to search for stuff that is open source. While some Wikipedians might complain about Wikipedia not being a list it seems to make sense to have these here. Anyway there are still plenty of apps that can be added. In the meantime I'll dump a bunch of random links to follow-up here. Alex ( talk)
why doesn't waze appear in this list? -- Izar00 ( talk) 10:53, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
Please delete these links once the main page has been updated:
Articles that are lists to non-notable (by Wikipedia standards WP:NOTABLE) subjects tend to get deleted. Wikipedia is not a directory. All of the items listed with the exception of a couple do not have articles about them which is the litmus test, generally speaking, for inclusion in such lists. Deleting all the non-notable apps from this page would not leave much. I have no idea how to salvage this article but if anyone cares about it they should do something or it will most likely get deleted. SQGibbon ( talk) 20:38, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
If there are no other ideas or any objections I'm going to delete all the apps that don't have articles or at least two substantive reviews from reliable sources. This is standard practice on Wikipedia for such lists. SQGibbon ( talk) 19:39, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
Maybe it would be useful for users to create in their userspace their own lists of open source Android apps, that maybe fail notability guidelines, but are nevertheless useful. So, for example, one user could create a user page that they could declare and allow to be editable by others, but the user would then curate, and ultimately remain the final arbiter of what merits inclusion and what doesn't — given that it's his/her user page in the first place. For example, I don't care much about games, to-do lists, most calendars, most simple editors, and really any conference app. But there are apps that are notable either by their function, uniqueness, or purpose. And F-Droid's app categorisation system is not perfect, which is why a page on Wikipedia should be a more useful pointer, as editors would serve readers better by properly sorting the apps by their actual function.
A third option would be to vote for each app here in Talk by registered users. - Mardus ( talk) 08:20, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
Wasn't this list originally a list of open source applications for Android? All the points about wikipedia not being about lists are noted but it was a useful collection of application links where coverage elsewhere was patchy at best. Has the title changed, I can't tell from the history? Alex ( talk) 18:47, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
This article is woefully out of date with lists that contain more non-notable items than notable.
An easy way to fix this if you agree, would be to remove any disputed items, then use the external links at the bottom of the page as references. Using the "most popular" features on those sites should make it easy to determine if an item belongs here. Beakermeep ( talk) 05:22, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
It's sad that most of the list has been erased, but understandable due to Wikipedia's goal.
Let's all contribute in a place designed for this: http://f-droid.org/repository/browse/
Once you tip them about an app, they check the opensourceness of the license, inspect the source code for spyware, and add it to the list. They even compile the app and distribute the APK, so that you can be sure the APK matches the source code.
Nicolas1981 ( talk) 09:27, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
When trying to determine the notability of a particular application, in addition to the normal wikipedia guidelines, the google play store provides statistics on the number of downloads/users. This can be a good reference point. Packages with more than a few thousand users would generally be considered notable without the need for any other sources. Packages with less downloads would need other sources to determine their notability. In addition, keep in mind that many of these apps, being open source, are distributed through other methods than the play store (such as the f-droid repository) so the numbers in the play store may be lower than they would be for a typical app. Teeks99 ( talk) 01:39, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
Regarding MyTracks, a quick search provided these articles/reviews. Do any of these make MyTracks notable?
Note: Although some of these sources wouldn't be considered reliable, several of the sources are reliable by mainstream media standards. This is proven by the fact that several of these websites have had features on mainstream news programs.
If not, then we should remove a significant amount of the applications that are less notable from the list. An example of applications that need to be removed are ones under 'Games'. Although they have Wikipedia pages, the pages themselves aren't exactly notable, mainly because their references are links to the project site, Blogspot, and fan sites. In addition, some of the applications are just ports of notable applications. The Android ports themselves are extremely non-notable.
One could also argue that the general notable guidelines don't fit the guidelines needed for opensource applications. Just following the current guidelines, only big-budget projects(eg. Ubuntu, Firefox, etc) would fit the notable category. Basically, notoriety would just fall into what is popular enough to get mainstream news and what isn't. Ultimately, their needs to be some discretion in discerning what is more important, the notability guideline, or the quality of the code and overall project. Of course, one could always leave disclaimers on the page like several other pages that use this practice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Future Proof Reader ( talk • contribs) 02:29, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
Re-adding Replica Island as notable. 1, 000, 000+ downloads. Extended reviews on independent.co.uk , pcworld.com and t3.com . I would go so far to say that this may be the most notable Android FOSS game. Think before you delete this one. 58.7.239.29 ( talk) 06:09, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
In the last day there were >10 users who tried, in what generally appears to be good faith, to contribute to this article, but at the end of the day the page was nearly identical to the original. Speaking from experience, this can be very frustrating for new users. I think we need another solution besides simply deleting content, that will make users feel more welcome and encourage their increased participation.
Many of the list items that the users wanted included were low-quality and probably would not meet wikipedia's notability guidelines. However, there were several that are very popular and are immediately recognizable by any user of open source on android. Unfortunately these were also deleted simply because they didn't have pages created already, which does not necessarily indicate a lack of notability.
Instead of simply deleting them, I would propose that items deleted be added here on the talk page, so that they can be further discussed (as to the notability). This would also give a list of articles that may need to be created in this subject. Teeks99 ( talk) 13:22, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
Here is the list of items removed from this page. If you wish to remove an item as non-notable, please insert it into this list and add a note to see the talk page when deleting it.
Application name | Description | Website | Apk | Market | Sources | License | API | Note | |
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Green Mahjong | Solitaire mahjong game | website | Yes | git | GPLv3 | 4.1+ | HTML5 game | ||
AdAway | ad blocker for Android using the hosts file | AdAway | apk | Yes | git | GNU GPL v3 | Android 2.1+ | ||
Lumicall | Free Calls Using Open Technology On Android | Lumicall | apk | Yes | git | GNU GPL v3 | |||
Plumble | An open source Mumble (software) client | Plumble | Yes | git | Custom | ||||
ServeStream | Streaming Media Player | [7] | apk | Yes | svn | Apache 2.0 | Android 2.2+ | ||
Speed of Sound | Car audio volume adjustment | [8] | [9] | Yes | git | GPLv2 | Android 2.1+ | ||
Aurora for Mobile | Android version of the Aurora web browser | Aurora Mobile | apk | No | MPL | ||||
PPSSPP | PSP Emulator | ppsspp.org | apk | Yes | git | GPLv2+ | |||
Beats Portable | Rhythm game compatible with StepMania files | Beats Portable | Yes | svn | MIT | 1.5+ | In market as "Beats, Advanced Rhythm Game" | ||
Share via HTTP | High Speed File Sharing Tool | Android Market | latest | Yes | hg | BSD | 1.6+ | quickest way to share files and folders though WiFi | |
WordPress | Blogging | site | Yes | svn | GPLv2 | ||||
Agit | Git client for Android | Agit | Yes | git | GPLv3 | 2.2+ | |||
Emacs | Editor | site | None provided | Yes | git | GPLv3 | 2.3+ | (emacs port) | |
Vim Touch | Editor | site | None provided | Yes | git | Apache 2.0 | 2.3+ | (vim port) | |
Rage Comic Maker | Create rage comics on you Android device | Rage Comic Maker for Android | latest | Yes | git | GPLv2 | 2.1+ | A rage comic maker application specifically designed for Android | |
My Tracks | GPS tracking | MyTracks | apk | Yes | svn | Apache 2.0 | |||
ReplicaIsland | A basic platformer | http://replicaisland.net/ | svn | Apache 2 | 1.5+ | ||||
Andor's Trail | Roguelike RPG on Android | Andor's Trail | apk | Yes | tgz | GPLv2 | |||
Quill | Handwriting note-taking app for Android tablets | Quill | [apk] | Yes | tgz | GPLv3 | |||
bVNC Secure | Android VNC viewer | bVNC Secure | Yes | git | GNU GPL v2 | 2.2+ | |||
Xabber | Open source XMPP clientAndroid | Xabber | [? apk] | Yes | [?] | GNU LGPL v3 | |||
Newspaper Puzzles | Crossword, Wordsearch, and Sudoku | homepage | play | Yes | git | GPLv3 | 1.5+ | combination of 3 games | |
Astrid | Task Management app | Project Page | Yes | git | GPLv3 | ||||
AntennaPod | Podcast manager | GitHub | Yes | git | MIT | ||||
Journey To Pluto's Arcade & Action | A little Pluto inhabitant crashed in Earth. Now it’s his epic journey to climb to Pluto again, ported to Android Market Google Play | Website | apk | Yes | Google Play | GPL | 1.5+ | ||
Google Authenticator | Authentication | Project page | Yes | git | Apache 2.0 | 2.1+ | |||
Gameboid | Nintendo Gameboy Advance Emulator | site | Yes | direct | GPL v3 | ||||
FreeOTP | Two-factor authentication | site | apk | Yes | direct | Apache 2.0 | |||
Monster Dance | Make Cute Monster Dance by Tapping on body parts with Music | [10] | [ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cs.monsterdance | Yes | [NA] | GPLv2 | 2.5+ | Cute App for Kids | |
Flappy Cow/Flutter Cow | A simple jump-and-fly game | website | apk | Yes | git | MIT | 2.3.3+ | A clone of the famous Flappy Bird game, which has been taken down in February 2014 flappy bird |
New table format:
Application name | Description | Website | Apk | Market | FDroid | Sources | License | API | Note |
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AndroidCPG | Multimedia Sharing | website | apk | No | Yes | git | GPLv3 | 2.2+ | |
Cryptonite | EncFS and TrueCrypt on Android | website | Yes | No | git | GPLv2 | |||
AppMaster | APP locker | website | apk | Yes | Yes | git | GPLv3 - Disputed | 1.3+ | AppMaster [1] |
MyTracks | GPS tracking application | website | Yes | No | git | Apache 2.0 (Not anymore) | 1.5+ | ||
ML Manager | Apps manager | website | apk | Yes [11] |
Yes [12] |
github | GPLv3 | 4.0.3+ | |
SMSSecure | Encrypted SMS (TextSecure fork) | website | Yes | Yes | github | GPLv3 | |||
FBReader | e-book reader | website | apk | Yes |
Yes |
github | GPL | 1.5+ | |
Arity | Scientific calculator | website | ? | Yes [13] |
Google Code | Apache 2.0 | 1.5+ | ||
Rockbot | A side scrolling game similar to Megaman | website | apk | Yes |
No |
source | GPLv2 | ||
Memdicez | Play memory on cubes. | Yes [14] |
No | github | Apache 2.0 | 4.0.3+ |
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Use Odie5533 had made a revision to the communications table removing all the external links, referencing the [WP:EXT] page. I feel that the links on this page (being a list, not a typical article) are very useful. Also they follow WP:EXT's guidelines for "What can normally be linked" in that they are links to the official pages and to legal distribution sites which are both explicitly allowed. What do others think of this? Teeks99 ( talk) 15:12, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
Should this page be compromised of every possible FOSS application for Android or is it meant to be selective? If you take a look at the F-Droid repository, there are at least 900 applications as of this writing. I'm fine with working to include each and every application as I think it would be beneficial, but I suspect that there will be dissenting views. -- WikiTryHardDieHard ( talk) 05:21, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
The new link to the website is:
www.libretro.com
The URL to the Play Store entry now is - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.retroarch
84.26.28.77 ( talk) 23:27, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
Please don't remove Ringdroid. It has 10M-50M downloads and multiple articles and reviews to establish notability. I made it a red link but will try and create a page for it If I get a chance. Also please update the removed list above, with new removals and why something was removed. Beakermeep ( talk) 05:42, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
Why is Chromium in the list? The desktop application is free and open-source software, but is there an Android app that is? As far as I know the answer is no. Dlandau ( talk) 15:49, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
Just to make it clear, this page has *not* reached a consensus on how to decided if an item is worth including in the list. User SQGibbon and others argue that any item included in this list should have its own page. Myself and others think this is too restricting, and that there are some items which are notable in the community, without pages, which should be added. Until a consensus is reached above, we should not imply in edits or reversions that there is such a consensus. Teeks99 ( talk) 12:07, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
A clear consensus was reached, User:Teeks99. If you want to try an overturn this consensus, I invite you to put some words together and start a new section on this talk page including the {{rfc|sci}} template (see Template:Rfc for how it works). That will attract the numbers you apparently seek and involve an uninvolved admin to close it. As much as I invite you to try this option, I cannot in good faith say I believe you'll get the outcome you hope for. Stuartyeates ( talk) 06:52, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
The title "List of free and open-source Android applications" is inconsistent with the intro paragraph. It currently reads: "This is an incomplete list of notable applications (apps) that run on the Android platform that meet the guidelines for free software or open-source software" This can cause confusion as "open-source" software is not necessarily "free (libre)". I was going to just fix the discrepancy in the intro, but I wasn't sure if every application was both "free" and "open-source" or just one of the two. -- WikiTryHardDieHard ( talk) 16:23, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
I've tagged a few other packages with Category:Free and open-source Android software that could be added to this list should anyone be so inclined. -- dsprc [talk] 05:09, 2 August 2014 (UTC)
MyTracks GPS tracking application has gone back to proprietary as of 2015. The last open source version was Aug 2013, and they're no longer distributing the source code for it. It's probably possible to run the older open source version, but you can't do that through the play store that's not what the typical user is going to do. So it really doesn't belong on this list anymore. 4.31.13.17 ( talk) 16:40, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
If we're going to bother to have a column for availability of applications at Google Play, and F-Droid, shouldn't we also have a column for the Amazon Appstore? Centerone ( talk) 17:02, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
That is not Amazon's fault but Google's (largely from proprietary Google Play Services). Mozilla has the Firefox Marketplace [16] for Android and Firefox OS. Samsung has Galaxy Apps. Yandex has the Yandex store/shop/whatever they call it. Opera have had a distribution platform forever. There are a ton of others… -- dsprc [talk] 21:35, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
(Necro-post) Hey,
Centerone! The columns used many moons for APKs and Web sites are gone, so if you still care about Amazon Appstore being included, and a significant number of entries are present in the Amazon repo, we can make this happen and provide a column. --
dsprc
[talk] 18:02, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
The column heading "API" doesn't fit in with giving the Android version and misleads people or leaves them confused on what the numbers mean. Please work out whether to give the API version number instead or the Android version and then name the column accordingly ("API" or "Android version"/"OS version"/whatever).-- Pink kitty111 ( talk) 18:03, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
App name | Description | Website | Availability | License | Supported API / OS version |
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APK | Work | Robot | Source | ||||||
0x00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | No | Yes | 0 | 0 | 0 |
App name | Description | Website | Availability | License | API | Note | |||
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APK | Work | Robot | Source | ||||||
0x01 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Am new; just that I use signal and f-droid. It's in the guardian repositories .... Arkoprovo1996 ( talk) 05:42, 17 October 2016 (UTC) Arkoprovo1996 ( talk) 05:42, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
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Now don't get me wrong, Retro-arch itself is both noteworthy AND OpenSource, and definately belongs here. However, we should be more clear on what the license covers. The frontend (which is what the APK ships) is standard GPL3. However, the backends which the APK downloads are "mixed" in license. I believe this should be noted somehow in the chart. However, that is just my opinion. I'd like to reach a community consensus on this so we can make a "standard" way to handle cases like this and prevent future issues over license semantics.-- 24.160.188.8 ( talk) 18:05, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
Are all of these notable? I am able to recognize a fair number of apps, but others seem to lack notability (and other well known apps aren't here). Exactly whose list is this anyway? Its really more like a "my favorite android apps with a free license" list. I've got news for you - my personal list of favorites is different.. This article needs work (or deletion). 24.117.132.109 ( talk) 14:49, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
Or, less common but equally valid:
I'm eliciting feedback on updating/changing the image we have in the header. It's rather dark, and a bit dated. There are several possible candidates available on Commons which can be found here:
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The web browser section really needs an update.
GNU IceCat is hardly updated anymore, particularly the Android version is dead and got removed from both PlayStore and F-Droid.
FOSS Browser should be added, it has been around for years (at least three I think?) and is available on both
PlayStore and
F-Droid.
Same goes for Midori, which used to be for desktop only but has since moved on to mobile, it is also available on both
PlayStore and
F-Droid.
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The page is indeed similar to the page, but I don't have access to that site to update information about my own Android application. Ivan.volosyuk ( talk) 09:21, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
Teeks99 ( talk) 11:42, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
It's a shame the market doesn't make it easy to search for stuff that is open source. While some Wikipedians might complain about Wikipedia not being a list it seems to make sense to have these here. Anyway there are still plenty of apps that can be added. In the meantime I'll dump a bunch of random links to follow-up here. Alex ( talk)
why doesn't waze appear in this list? -- Izar00 ( talk) 10:53, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
Please delete these links once the main page has been updated:
Articles that are lists to non-notable (by Wikipedia standards WP:NOTABLE) subjects tend to get deleted. Wikipedia is not a directory. All of the items listed with the exception of a couple do not have articles about them which is the litmus test, generally speaking, for inclusion in such lists. Deleting all the non-notable apps from this page would not leave much. I have no idea how to salvage this article but if anyone cares about it they should do something or it will most likely get deleted. SQGibbon ( talk) 20:38, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
If there are no other ideas or any objections I'm going to delete all the apps that don't have articles or at least two substantive reviews from reliable sources. This is standard practice on Wikipedia for such lists. SQGibbon ( talk) 19:39, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
Maybe it would be useful for users to create in their userspace their own lists of open source Android apps, that maybe fail notability guidelines, but are nevertheless useful. So, for example, one user could create a user page that they could declare and allow to be editable by others, but the user would then curate, and ultimately remain the final arbiter of what merits inclusion and what doesn't — given that it's his/her user page in the first place. For example, I don't care much about games, to-do lists, most calendars, most simple editors, and really any conference app. But there are apps that are notable either by their function, uniqueness, or purpose. And F-Droid's app categorisation system is not perfect, which is why a page on Wikipedia should be a more useful pointer, as editors would serve readers better by properly sorting the apps by their actual function.
A third option would be to vote for each app here in Talk by registered users. - Mardus ( talk) 08:20, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
Wasn't this list originally a list of open source applications for Android? All the points about wikipedia not being about lists are noted but it was a useful collection of application links where coverage elsewhere was patchy at best. Has the title changed, I can't tell from the history? Alex ( talk) 18:47, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
This article is woefully out of date with lists that contain more non-notable items than notable.
An easy way to fix this if you agree, would be to remove any disputed items, then use the external links at the bottom of the page as references. Using the "most popular" features on those sites should make it easy to determine if an item belongs here. Beakermeep ( talk) 05:22, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
It's sad that most of the list has been erased, but understandable due to Wikipedia's goal.
Let's all contribute in a place designed for this: http://f-droid.org/repository/browse/
Once you tip them about an app, they check the opensourceness of the license, inspect the source code for spyware, and add it to the list. They even compile the app and distribute the APK, so that you can be sure the APK matches the source code.
Nicolas1981 ( talk) 09:27, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
When trying to determine the notability of a particular application, in addition to the normal wikipedia guidelines, the google play store provides statistics on the number of downloads/users. This can be a good reference point. Packages with more than a few thousand users would generally be considered notable without the need for any other sources. Packages with less downloads would need other sources to determine their notability. In addition, keep in mind that many of these apps, being open source, are distributed through other methods than the play store (such as the f-droid repository) so the numbers in the play store may be lower than they would be for a typical app. Teeks99 ( talk) 01:39, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
Regarding MyTracks, a quick search provided these articles/reviews. Do any of these make MyTracks notable?
Note: Although some of these sources wouldn't be considered reliable, several of the sources are reliable by mainstream media standards. This is proven by the fact that several of these websites have had features on mainstream news programs.
If not, then we should remove a significant amount of the applications that are less notable from the list. An example of applications that need to be removed are ones under 'Games'. Although they have Wikipedia pages, the pages themselves aren't exactly notable, mainly because their references are links to the project site, Blogspot, and fan sites. In addition, some of the applications are just ports of notable applications. The Android ports themselves are extremely non-notable.
One could also argue that the general notable guidelines don't fit the guidelines needed for opensource applications. Just following the current guidelines, only big-budget projects(eg. Ubuntu, Firefox, etc) would fit the notable category. Basically, notoriety would just fall into what is popular enough to get mainstream news and what isn't. Ultimately, their needs to be some discretion in discerning what is more important, the notability guideline, or the quality of the code and overall project. Of course, one could always leave disclaimers on the page like several other pages that use this practice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Future Proof Reader ( talk • contribs) 02:29, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
Re-adding Replica Island as notable. 1, 000, 000+ downloads. Extended reviews on independent.co.uk , pcworld.com and t3.com . I would go so far to say that this may be the most notable Android FOSS game. Think before you delete this one. 58.7.239.29 ( talk) 06:09, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
In the last day there were >10 users who tried, in what generally appears to be good faith, to contribute to this article, but at the end of the day the page was nearly identical to the original. Speaking from experience, this can be very frustrating for new users. I think we need another solution besides simply deleting content, that will make users feel more welcome and encourage their increased participation.
Many of the list items that the users wanted included were low-quality and probably would not meet wikipedia's notability guidelines. However, there were several that are very popular and are immediately recognizable by any user of open source on android. Unfortunately these were also deleted simply because they didn't have pages created already, which does not necessarily indicate a lack of notability.
Instead of simply deleting them, I would propose that items deleted be added here on the talk page, so that they can be further discussed (as to the notability). This would also give a list of articles that may need to be created in this subject. Teeks99 ( talk) 13:22, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
Here is the list of items removed from this page. If you wish to remove an item as non-notable, please insert it into this list and add a note to see the talk page when deleting it.
Application name | Description | Website | Apk | Market | Sources | License | API | Note | |
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Green Mahjong | Solitaire mahjong game | website | Yes | git | GPLv3 | 4.1+ | HTML5 game | ||
AdAway | ad blocker for Android using the hosts file | AdAway | apk | Yes | git | GNU GPL v3 | Android 2.1+ | ||
Lumicall | Free Calls Using Open Technology On Android | Lumicall | apk | Yes | git | GNU GPL v3 | |||
Plumble | An open source Mumble (software) client | Plumble | Yes | git | Custom | ||||
ServeStream | Streaming Media Player | [7] | apk | Yes | svn | Apache 2.0 | Android 2.2+ | ||
Speed of Sound | Car audio volume adjustment | [8] | [9] | Yes | git | GPLv2 | Android 2.1+ | ||
Aurora for Mobile | Android version of the Aurora web browser | Aurora Mobile | apk | No | MPL | ||||
PPSSPP | PSP Emulator | ppsspp.org | apk | Yes | git | GPLv2+ | |||
Beats Portable | Rhythm game compatible with StepMania files | Beats Portable | Yes | svn | MIT | 1.5+ | In market as "Beats, Advanced Rhythm Game" | ||
Share via HTTP | High Speed File Sharing Tool | Android Market | latest | Yes | hg | BSD | 1.6+ | quickest way to share files and folders though WiFi | |
WordPress | Blogging | site | Yes | svn | GPLv2 | ||||
Agit | Git client for Android | Agit | Yes | git | GPLv3 | 2.2+ | |||
Emacs | Editor | site | None provided | Yes | git | GPLv3 | 2.3+ | (emacs port) | |
Vim Touch | Editor | site | None provided | Yes | git | Apache 2.0 | 2.3+ | (vim port) | |
Rage Comic Maker | Create rage comics on you Android device | Rage Comic Maker for Android | latest | Yes | git | GPLv2 | 2.1+ | A rage comic maker application specifically designed for Android | |
My Tracks | GPS tracking | MyTracks | apk | Yes | svn | Apache 2.0 | |||
ReplicaIsland | A basic platformer | http://replicaisland.net/ | svn | Apache 2 | 1.5+ | ||||
Andor's Trail | Roguelike RPG on Android | Andor's Trail | apk | Yes | tgz | GPLv2 | |||
Quill | Handwriting note-taking app for Android tablets | Quill | [apk] | Yes | tgz | GPLv3 | |||
bVNC Secure | Android VNC viewer | bVNC Secure | Yes | git | GNU GPL v2 | 2.2+ | |||
Xabber | Open source XMPP clientAndroid | Xabber | [? apk] | Yes | [?] | GNU LGPL v3 | |||
Newspaper Puzzles | Crossword, Wordsearch, and Sudoku | homepage | play | Yes | git | GPLv3 | 1.5+ | combination of 3 games | |
Astrid | Task Management app | Project Page | Yes | git | GPLv3 | ||||
AntennaPod | Podcast manager | GitHub | Yes | git | MIT | ||||
Journey To Pluto's Arcade & Action | A little Pluto inhabitant crashed in Earth. Now it’s his epic journey to climb to Pluto again, ported to Android Market Google Play | Website | apk | Yes | Google Play | GPL | 1.5+ | ||
Google Authenticator | Authentication | Project page | Yes | git | Apache 2.0 | 2.1+ | |||
Gameboid | Nintendo Gameboy Advance Emulator | site | Yes | direct | GPL v3 | ||||
FreeOTP | Two-factor authentication | site | apk | Yes | direct | Apache 2.0 | |||
Monster Dance | Make Cute Monster Dance by Tapping on body parts with Music | [10] | [ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cs.monsterdance | Yes | [NA] | GPLv2 | 2.5+ | Cute App for Kids | |
Flappy Cow/Flutter Cow | A simple jump-and-fly game | website | apk | Yes | git | MIT | 2.3.3+ | A clone of the famous Flappy Bird game, which has been taken down in February 2014 flappy bird |
New table format:
Application name | Description | Website | Apk | Market | FDroid | Sources | License | API | Note |
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AndroidCPG | Multimedia Sharing | website | apk | No | Yes | git | GPLv3 | 2.2+ | |
Cryptonite | EncFS and TrueCrypt on Android | website | Yes | No | git | GPLv2 | |||
AppMaster | APP locker | website | apk | Yes | Yes | git | GPLv3 - Disputed | 1.3+ | AppMaster [1] |
MyTracks | GPS tracking application | website | Yes | No | git | Apache 2.0 (Not anymore) | 1.5+ | ||
ML Manager | Apps manager | website | apk | Yes [11] |
Yes [12] |
github | GPLv3 | 4.0.3+ | |
SMSSecure | Encrypted SMS (TextSecure fork) | website | Yes | Yes | github | GPLv3 | |||
FBReader | e-book reader | website | apk | Yes |
Yes |
github | GPL | 1.5+ | |
Arity | Scientific calculator | website | ? | Yes [13] |
Google Code | Apache 2.0 | 1.5+ | ||
Rockbot | A side scrolling game similar to Megaman | website | apk | Yes |
No |
source | GPLv2 | ||
Memdicez | Play memory on cubes. | Yes [14] |
No | github | Apache 2.0 | 4.0.3+ |
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Use Odie5533 had made a revision to the communications table removing all the external links, referencing the [WP:EXT] page. I feel that the links on this page (being a list, not a typical article) are very useful. Also they follow WP:EXT's guidelines for "What can normally be linked" in that they are links to the official pages and to legal distribution sites which are both explicitly allowed. What do others think of this? Teeks99 ( talk) 15:12, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
Should this page be compromised of every possible FOSS application for Android or is it meant to be selective? If you take a look at the F-Droid repository, there are at least 900 applications as of this writing. I'm fine with working to include each and every application as I think it would be beneficial, but I suspect that there will be dissenting views. -- WikiTryHardDieHard ( talk) 05:21, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
The new link to the website is:
www.libretro.com
The URL to the Play Store entry now is - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.retroarch
84.26.28.77 ( talk) 23:27, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
Please don't remove Ringdroid. It has 10M-50M downloads and multiple articles and reviews to establish notability. I made it a red link but will try and create a page for it If I get a chance. Also please update the removed list above, with new removals and why something was removed. Beakermeep ( talk) 05:42, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
Why is Chromium in the list? The desktop application is free and open-source software, but is there an Android app that is? As far as I know the answer is no. Dlandau ( talk) 15:49, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
Just to make it clear, this page has *not* reached a consensus on how to decided if an item is worth including in the list. User SQGibbon and others argue that any item included in this list should have its own page. Myself and others think this is too restricting, and that there are some items which are notable in the community, without pages, which should be added. Until a consensus is reached above, we should not imply in edits or reversions that there is such a consensus. Teeks99 ( talk) 12:07, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
A clear consensus was reached, User:Teeks99. If you want to try an overturn this consensus, I invite you to put some words together and start a new section on this talk page including the {{rfc|sci}} template (see Template:Rfc for how it works). That will attract the numbers you apparently seek and involve an uninvolved admin to close it. As much as I invite you to try this option, I cannot in good faith say I believe you'll get the outcome you hope for. Stuartyeates ( talk) 06:52, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
The title "List of free and open-source Android applications" is inconsistent with the intro paragraph. It currently reads: "This is an incomplete list of notable applications (apps) that run on the Android platform that meet the guidelines for free software or open-source software" This can cause confusion as "open-source" software is not necessarily "free (libre)". I was going to just fix the discrepancy in the intro, but I wasn't sure if every application was both "free" and "open-source" or just one of the two. -- WikiTryHardDieHard ( talk) 16:23, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
I've tagged a few other packages with Category:Free and open-source Android software that could be added to this list should anyone be so inclined. -- dsprc [talk] 05:09, 2 August 2014 (UTC)
MyTracks GPS tracking application has gone back to proprietary as of 2015. The last open source version was Aug 2013, and they're no longer distributing the source code for it. It's probably possible to run the older open source version, but you can't do that through the play store that's not what the typical user is going to do. So it really doesn't belong on this list anymore. 4.31.13.17 ( talk) 16:40, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
If we're going to bother to have a column for availability of applications at Google Play, and F-Droid, shouldn't we also have a column for the Amazon Appstore? Centerone ( talk) 17:02, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
That is not Amazon's fault but Google's (largely from proprietary Google Play Services). Mozilla has the Firefox Marketplace [16] for Android and Firefox OS. Samsung has Galaxy Apps. Yandex has the Yandex store/shop/whatever they call it. Opera have had a distribution platform forever. There are a ton of others… -- dsprc [talk] 21:35, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
(Necro-post) Hey,
Centerone! The columns used many moons for APKs and Web sites are gone, so if you still care about Amazon Appstore being included, and a significant number of entries are present in the Amazon repo, we can make this happen and provide a column. --
dsprc
[talk] 18:02, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
The column heading "API" doesn't fit in with giving the Android version and misleads people or leaves them confused on what the numbers mean. Please work out whether to give the API version number instead or the Android version and then name the column accordingly ("API" or "Android version"/"OS version"/whatever).-- Pink kitty111 ( talk) 18:03, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
App name | Description | Website | Availability | License | Supported API / OS version |
Note | |||
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APK | Work | Robot | Source | ||||||
0x00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | No | Yes | 0 | 0 | 0 |
App name | Description | Website | Availability | License | API | Note | |||
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APK | Work | Robot | Source | ||||||
0x01 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Where is the WP article like this, for Windows 10 "apps"?- 71.174.176.65 ( talk) 19:33, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
Is
SpiderOak FOSS? They've an Apache 2.0 licensed
[17] mobile client
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[talk] 00:58, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
Am new; just that I use signal and f-droid. It's in the guardian repositories .... Arkoprovo1996 ( talk) 05:42, 17 October 2016 (UTC) Arkoprovo1996 ( talk) 05:42, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
I would like to see a new column (Boolean): App only usable with closed source server
I see these apps, which are not usable except you use a commercial/closed-source server, immediately:
google io app, telegram.
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Now don't get me wrong, Retro-arch itself is both noteworthy AND OpenSource, and definately belongs here. However, we should be more clear on what the license covers. The frontend (which is what the APK ships) is standard GPL3. However, the backends which the APK downloads are "mixed" in license. I believe this should be noted somehow in the chart. However, that is just my opinion. I'd like to reach a community consensus on this so we can make a "standard" way to handle cases like this and prevent future issues over license semantics.-- 24.160.188.8 ( talk) 18:05, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
Are all of these notable? I am able to recognize a fair number of apps, but others seem to lack notability (and other well known apps aren't here). Exactly whose list is this anyway? Its really more like a "my favorite android apps with a free license" list. I've got news for you - my personal list of favorites is different.. This article needs work (or deletion). 24.117.132.109 ( talk) 14:49, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
Or, less common but equally valid:
I'm eliciting feedback on updating/changing the image we have in the header. It's rather dark, and a bit dated. There are several possible candidates available on Commons which can be found here:
In particular, I'm leaning toward File:Note II Replicant 6.0.jpg (but dislike the visible branding) and/or File:GTA04.png.
If prospective media is available externally (not on Commons or enWiki) under an appropriate license: please make note of it, or simply upload to Commons.
Please share your opinions on the matter. Thanks. -- dsprc [talk] 19:17, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
The web browser section really needs an update.
GNU IceCat is hardly updated anymore, particularly the Android version is dead and got removed from both PlayStore and F-Droid.
FOSS Browser should be added, it has been around for years (at least three I think?) and is available on both
PlayStore and
F-Droid.
Same goes for Midori, which used to be for desktop only but has since moved on to mobile, it is also available on both
PlayStore and
F-Droid.
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