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This Week in F-Droid

TWIF curated on Friday, 14 Aug 2026, Week 33

Community News

ArcaneChat was updated to 2.58.1 but only for armeabi-v7a and x86_64. Network glitches made the other 2 arches fail, and we are rebuilding them as we speak.

Aurora Droid, An alternative to the default F-Droid app, got an update after 5 years. What’s new? UI rewritten from scratch, modern tooling, four install methods, actions run in background, nicer notifications and better update logic.

Gadgetbridge and Bangle.js Gadgetbridge were updated to 0.93.0 with a nice changelog. But more interesting, also CoMaps - Hike, Bike, Drive Offline with Privacy was updated to 2026.08.07-3-FDroid, fixing a bug. Why mention these is one paragraph? Reading the Gadgetbridge changes we’ve noticed one killer feature: CoMaps: Add support for navigation instructions. Yes, you can now have, in a fully FLOSS package, your watch as a route helper in your voyages.

LocalSend was updated to 1.18.0 after a one and a half year pause. The changes look more like bug fixes, as the app was handsome enough already, yet we’ve seen it glitch a lot, specially when the user was switching to other apps. This update should make it not only more reliable but also faster.

Joplin was updated to 3.6.21. A few weeks ago users we’re asking why our Joplin is so old if the upstream tags 3.7.x already. In our wish to fix our “slowness” we’ve updated the recipe to 3.7.2 and call it done. Only to find out that now users also needed to update their servers to the newer versions too. It appears 3.7 is still considered unstable by the developer and we should, for now, stick with 3.6.x. This confusion was based on some missing bits of information regarding how upstream deems versions stable. This has been clarified, the “new” incompatible build was removed and users should make sure they run latest 3.6 now.

Prav was updated to 2.20.1+prav which brings it up to date with Conversations, its base app. What’s more important is that Prav covers the same use case Quicksy did, which was unfortunately, shut down last month. An XMPP client? Which case? If you and me, FLOSS enthusiasts, know and understand the importance (and privacy and security) of a self-hosted service, most big monopoly silo services users know one way to interact: phone number in-app. Prav is the only one left doing this now for a decentralized federated open protocol. You can visit its website to learn more.

@shuvashish76 takes a horse and jumps over a tower to bring us news:

Lichess developers are posting about the achievements of the first half of 2026. You’ll need 20 minutes to read about developers on-boarding, mobile app enhancements, site updates, events broadcasts (and their challenges), interviews, FIDE stuff and much more. Take a dive here.

Removed Apps

1 app was archived

  • Funkwhale for Android: The official client for Funkwhale

Newly Added Apps

46 apps were newly added

  • AgePony: Encrypt & Sign: Post-quantum file & message encryption with age. On-device, private, no ads.
  • Anonomi Messenger: Decentralized messaging for high-threat environments
  • Battery Tile: QS tile with detailed battery information.
  • BikeTrackd: A cycling speedometer and GPS tracker with offline maps and bike maintenance
  • BroadBoard: Large, high-contrast on-screen keyboard designed for low vision users
  • Chompass - Calorie Tracker: Ad-free AI calorie tracker. Snap, speak, or type meals.
  • CHRONOS: Schedule your SMS in advance, without replacing your default messaging app.
  • Clockwork: TOTP codes without a network permission. Offline by design, nothing stored.
  • Currency Converter: CBR & market rates: my currency, favorites, offline cache, daily summary
  • Cyclauncher: Fast, accessible launcher focused on speed and one-handed use
  • Droidrops: Droidrops RSS client
  • Eve Game Tracker: Track card game results.
  • FreeProxy: Route your traffic through a SOCKS5 or HTTP proxy, per app.
  • GeauxWeather: Clean, fast, no-ads weather with radar, storms, and places
  • Guandan 掼蛋: Guandan card game for four players over local Wi-Fi. No server, no account.
  • Harbor: Local, FOSS work-profile isolation and app management
  • Hermes Mobile: Remote control for your Hermes AI agent
  • Hestia: Local control of Shelly devices — no cloud, no account, no tracking.
  • Hupl: Upload files to any HTTP server from your device’s share menu.
  • King Post: Share videos to YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and other Android apps
  • Liseur: EPUB reader and Calibre-web or Komga client
  • Malarm: Flexible no-frills alarm scheduler
  • Match 3: Minimal Match-3 puzzle game
  • meine Gleitzeit - my flextime: A simple local app to track your working hours and flexitime.
  • motd: Native IRC client with a modern chat interface
  • N-Zik: A modern, multilingual YouTube Music client with offline support.
  • Neuron Encrypt: Local file encryption. No accounts. No internet. No compromise.
  • Nightbell: Uptime monitoring that runs on your phone. No server, no account.
  • Pageless: Offline-first audiobook player for your self-hosted Pageless server.
  • PDF Toolkit: All-in-one PDF and image toolkit
  • Personal Health Records: Record personal health measurements and view trends locally.
  • Quiet Grid: Privacy-first logic puzzles. No ads, no internet, no account required.
  • ReteKey: Hangul keyboard with Esc, Tab, Ctrl and F-keys. 470 KB, one permission.
  • SayWhen: One phrase — and it’s on your calendar. No forms, no fields.
  • SearchLauncher: Search apps, contacts and the web, and open results in an ad-free browser
  • Seenema: Movie Tracker: Track and rate the films and series you have watched. No account, no ads.
  • Shopping List for Nextcloud: A fast, offline-friendly shopping list that syncs with your Nextcloud server.
  • SmokingYou: Minimalist, data-oriented smoking tracker with analytics, widgets, and themes.
  • Terminator: Multi-session terminal emulator with Material UI theming and root support
  • Track Exploder: Extract, remix, and practice with barbershop learning tracks
  • Tubester: Scan Hitster cards and play their songs on YouTube
  • TypeAssist: AI-powered accessibility assistant for intelligent text transformations.
  • Unmukto: An offline Bengali keyboard using the Probhat layout. No permissions.
  • WhisperType Keyboard: Offline keyboard with QWERTY typing and on-device speech dictation
  • Windy Live Wallpaper: Live wallpaper visualizing local wind patterns
  • XMRPod: Podcast player with Monero tipping support.

Downgraded Apps

1 app was downgraded

Updated Apps

347 more apps were updated

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