list of free and open source Android apps

Browser^  المتصفحات















ProprietaryFree alternative البديل المجاني


  • Chrome
    Chrome

  • Opera
    Opera

  • Dolphin
    Dolphin

  • Maxthon
    Maxthon

  • UC Browser
    UC Browser

  • Boat
    Boat




Firefox


Firefox


Firefox is a well known browser not only available for the desktop but also for Android.





Google Playstore F-Droid repository QR code




Tint


Tint


Tint is a fast and lightweight browser.

  • Price: Free مجاني

  • Min. Android version: 4.0

  • Source code






Google Playstore F-Droid repository QR code




Zirco browser


Zirco Browser


Browser with included ad-blocking.

متصفح





Google Playstore F-Droid repository QR code



Social Networks^  الشبكات الاجتماعية















ProprietaryFree alternativeNotes


  • Twitter
    Twitter

  • Facebook
    Facebook

  • Tumblr
    Tumblr

  • Google+
    Google+

  • Pinterest
    Pinterest




Tinfoil


Tinfoil


Tinfoil is a wrapper for the Facebook mobile website.





Google Playstore F-Droid repository QR code




Twidere


Twidere


Twidere is an feature-rich, ad-free app in the holo-design and comes with a tablet mode.





Google Playstore F-Droid repository QR code




Tweet Lanes


Tweet Lanes


Tweet Lanes is a user friendly Twitter client with lots of functions





Google Playstore QR code




Impeller


Impeller


Impeller is one of the first open source mobile clients for pump.io and can be used e.g. with identi.ca.





Google Playstore F-Droid repository QR code




AndStatus


AndStatus


AndStatus is a very lightweight Twitter and StatusNet/GNU social client that derived from AndTweet. It does not work with identi.ca anymore.





Google Playstore F-Droid repository QR code


Twidere might promote non-free add-ons.

Messenger^   الشات















ProprietaryFree alternativeNotes


  • WhatsApp
    WhatsApp

  • Viber
    Viber

  • Facebook Messenger
    Facebook Messenger

  • ICQ
    ICQ

  • Kik
    Kik

  • Yahoo Messenger
    Yahoo Messenger

  • eBuddy
    eBuddy




Xabber


Xabber


Xabber is a famous XMPP client with OTR support.

  • Price: Free (supporter version: 3 €)

  • Min. Android version: 1.5

  • Source code






Google Playstore(free) Google Playstore(supporter) Google Playstore(dev) F-Droid repository QR code




chatsecure


ChatSecure


ChatSecure is an XMPP client with OTR support developed by the Guardian Project. It was formerly known as Gibberbot.





Google Playstore F-Droid repository QR code




surespot


surespot


surespot is an encrypting messenger that's supposed to be as easy as WhatsApp.
They provide their own infrastructure so no external account is needed.





Google Playstore QR code




telegram


Telegram


Telegram is an unencrypted messenger just like Whatsapp but supports encryption when both participants are online. It also has all the other things you would want from a messenger like group chats and photo/video sharing .





Google Playstore QR code



VoIP^















ProprietaryFree alternativeNotes


  • Skype
    Skype

  • Viber
    Viber

  • Google Hangouts
    Google Hangouts

  • Line
    LINE

  • Fring
    Fring

  • Talkatone
    Talkatone

  • Tango
    Tango




RedPhone


RedPhone


RedPhone uses end-to-end encryption and their own network. Very easy to use. Requires to sign up.





Google Playstore QR code




Sipdroid


Sipdroid


Easy to use SIP client





Google Playstore F-Droid Repository QR code




CSipSimple


CSipSimple


Easy to use SIP client that supports encryption.





Google Playstore QR code




Linphone


Linphone Video


Easy to use SIP client with video and encryption support.





Google Playstore F-Droid repository QR code


RedPhone uses special infrastructure, for all other apps you need a SIP account. Have a look onWikipedia to find a SIP-provider.

Audio Players and Podcatcher^















ProprietaryFree alternativeNotes


  • Google Play Music
    Google Play Music

  • Winamp
    Winamp

  • Poweramp
    Poweramp

  • Podkicker
    Podkicker

  • iPP Podcast Player
    iPP Podcast Player

  • BeyondPod
    BeyondPod

  • Pocket Casts
    Pocket Casts




vanillamusic


Vanilla Music


Vanilla Music player is a simple but yet sufficient player for mp3, ogg, flac and pcm files. It also supports tags and folders. It's a rewrite of the abadoned original Vanilla Player.





Google Playstore F-Droid repository QR code




musicplayer


Music Player


The stock Android music player is actually open source. Not the prettiest but stable and well translated.





F-Droid repository QR code




andless


andLess


andLess plays lossless files(flac, ape, mpc, wv, Apple(.m4a)).





Google Playstore F-Droid repository QR code




vlc


VLC


VLC is a well known media player.
It is still in early beta, but playback works fine.





Google Playstore F-Droid repository QR code




antennapod


AntennaPod


Podcast player for downloading and streaming audio and video podcasts.





Google Playstore F-Droid repository QR code


We are still missing some good alternatives here. Know any? Write an email or fork the project on GitHub and add your favourite FOSS audio player via pull-request.

Video^















ProprietaryFree alternativeNotes


  • mx player
    MX Player

  • winamp
    Winamp




vlc


VLC


VLC is a well known media player.
It is still in early beta, but playback works fine.





Google Playstore F-Droid repository QR code


We are still missing some good alternatives here. Know any? Write an email or fork the project on GitHub and add your favourite FOSS video player via pull-request.

Email^















ProprietaryFree alternativeNotes


  • gmail
    GMail

  • aquamail
    Aqua Mail

  • maildroid
    MailDroid




k9mail


K-9 Mail


K-9 Mail is a feature-rich client that supports POP3, IMAP, Exchange 2003/2007 (with WebDAV) and PGP-encryption.





Google Playstore F-Droid repository QR code


We are still missing some good alternatives here. Know any? Write an email or fork the project on GitHub and add your favourite FOSS email client via pull-request.

Notes^















ProprietaryFree alternativeNotes


  • evernote
    Evernote

  • googlekeep
    Google Keep

  • colornote
    Colornote




Tomdroid


Tomdroid


A port of the popular desktop application Tomboy.





Google Playstore F-Droid repository APK download QR code




oi notepad


OI Notepad


OI notepad is a simple and lightweight notepad app.





Google Playstore QR code




notecipher


NoteCipher


NoteCipher encrypts your notes too.





Google Playstore F-Droid Repository QR code


The Play store does not seem to be hosting the latest version of Tomdroid.We are still missing some good alternatives here. Know any? Write an email or fork the project on GitHub and add your favourite FOSS note app via pull-request.

News Reader^















ProprietaryFree alternativeNotes


  • flipboard
    Flipboard

  • google currents
    Google Currents




owncloud news reader


ownCloud News Reader


ownCloud News Reader connects to your ownCloud-instance and downloads the RSS-feeds.

  • Price: 1.96 €(Google Play), free(F-Droid)

  • Min. Android version: 2.1

  • Source code






Google Playstore F-Droid repository QR code




feedex


FeedEx


FeedEx is a light RSS/ATOM-reader that doesn't synchronize with an online feed reader (unlike ownCloud News Reader). It's based on SparseRSS.





Google Playstore F-Droid repository QR code




redreader


RedReader


RedReader is a news reader for the popular website reddit.com. It comes with multiple languages and tablet mode.





Google Playstore F-Droid repository QR code




ttrss-reader


TTRSS-Reader


An offline reader that works with the Tiny Tiny RSS web-based feed reader/aggregator.





Google Playstore F-Droid repository QR code



File Manager^   ادارة الملفات















ProprietaryFree alternativeNotes


  • solid explorer
    Solid Explorer

  • es datei explorer
    ES Datei Explorer

  • astro file manager
    Astro File Manager




oi file manager


OI File Manager


OI File Manager is a file manager with everything you would expect and need.





Google Playstore F-Droid repository QR code




File Explorer


File Explorer


Simple File Explorer.

  • Price: Free

  • Min. Android version: varies

  • Source code






Google Playstore QR code




open manager


Open Manager


Simple File Manager. Also a version for tablets

  • Price: Free

  • Min. Android version: 1.6 (3.0 for tablets)

  • Source code






Google Playstore(Basic) Google Playstore(Tablet) F-Droid Repository(Basic) QR code




Ghost Commander


Ghost Commander


A feature rich file manager with dual panel navigation, compressed file support, plugins for samba, ftp and sftp and lots more.





Google Playstore F-Droid repository QR code


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Navigation^















ProprietaryFree alternativeNotes


  • google maps
    Google Maps

  • navigon
    Navigon

  • tomtom
    TomTom




osmand


OsmAnd


OsmAnd uses OpenStreetMap material, offline navigation is possible.

  • Price: Free for 10 regions (unlimited regions: 5.99 €)

  • Min. Android version: 2.1

  • Source code






Google Playstore(free) Google Playstore(pro) F-Droid repository QR code




Navit


Navit


Navit provides routing calculation, offline use, 3D or bird-view mode and Points of Interest(POI). It uses OpenStreetMap material as well.





Google Playstore F-Droid repository QR code



Keyboards^















ProprietaryFree alternativeNotes


  • SlideIT
    SlideIT

  • swype
    Swype

  • Swift Key
    SwiftKey

  • go
    Go




Hacker's Keyboard


Hacker's Keyboard


Hacker's Keyboard offers support for different languags and completion support. It's also great for Tab/Ctrl/Esc keys, a number bar and arrow keys, in case you are missing a hardware button.





Google Playstore F-Droid repository QR code




AnySoftKeyboard


AnySoftKeyboard


AnySoftKeyboard offers multiple anguages with completion support, swipe gestures, multitouch and much more.





Google Playstore F-Droid repository QR code


We are still missing some good alternatives here. Know any? Write an email or fork the project on GitHub and add your favourite FOSS keyboard app via pull-request.

Cloud^















ProprietaryFree alternativeNotes


  • Dropbox
    Dropbox

  • Google Drive
    Google Drive

  • Sky Drive
    Sky Drive

  • Mega
    Mega




owncloud


ownCloud


Connects to an ownCloud instance.

  • Price: 0.79 €(Google Play), free(F-Droid)

  • Min. Android version: 2.2

  • Source code






Google Playstore F-Droid repository QR code


We are still missing some good alternatives here. Know any? Write an email or fork the project on GitHub and add your favourite FOSS cloud app via pull-request.

Office^















ProprietaryFree alternativeNotes


  • Kingston
    Kingston Office

  • MS Office Mobile
    MS Office Mobile




opendocumentreader


OpenDocument Reader


An office application that can read .odf documents.





Google Playstore F-Droid repository QR code




mupdf


MuPDF


A lightweight PDF reader.





Google Playstore F-Droid repository QR code




vudroid


VuDroid


A document reader for DjVu and PDF files.





Google Playstore F-Droid repository QR code


We are still missing some good alternatives here. Know any? Write an email or fork the project on GitHub and add your favourite FOSS office app via pull-request.

Misc^














ProprietaryFree alternativeNotes


  • Flashlights

  • Barcode Scanner

  • System Tools

  • Geocaching

  • E-book reader

  • Anti-theft




oi flashlight


OI Flashlight


Simple flashlight that uses either display or the camera LED.





Google Playstore QR code




Minimal Open Source Flashlight


Minimal Open Source Flashlight


Minimalistic approach to a flashlight: just one switch in the middle of the screen.





Google Playstore QR code




barcode scanner


Barcode Scanner


Scans barcodes and QR-codes





Google Playstore F-Droid repository QR code




cgeo


c:geo


Geocaching client for geocaching.com. With OpenStreetMap and offline support.





Google Playstore F-Droid repository QR code




fbreader


FBReader


FBReader supports the most common e-book formats as well as a couple of e-book stores. Expandable with add-ons. Does not read PDF files yet.





Google Playstore F-Droid repository QR code




prey


Prey


Prey tracks your stolen phone/tablet and gives you full control over it like camera, GPS, SMS, e-mail etc





Google Playstore QR code


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