Alternative Android Apps for Better Privacy - General Topics

Web Browsers:
FOSS Browser: fully open source, no telemetry, Material You.
GitHub - scoute-dich/browser: A simple Android webbrowser based on webview.
A simple Android webbrowser based on webview. Contribute to scoute-dich/browser development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
Mull: unblobbed Firefox fork.
DivestOS Mobile / Mull-Fenix · GitLab
Build scripts for a web browser built upon Mozilla technology
gitlab.com
App Stores:
F-droid: only open source apps.
F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device.
f-droid.org
Aurora Store: Play Store front-end.
Aurora OSS / AuroraStore · GitLab
An Open Source alternative for Google Play Store
gitlab.com
Music Players:
Auxio: Material You, highly customizable.
GitHub - OxygenCobalt/Auxio: A simple, rational music player for android
A simple, rational music player for android. Contribute to OxygenCobalt/Auxio development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
Messengers:
Session: encrypted, decentralized, open source.
GitHub - oxen-io/session-android: A private messenger for Android.
A private messenger for Android. Contribute to oxen-io/session-android development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
Social Media Clients:
Nitter: Twitter client.
Nitter for Android | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
Android client for the popular Twitter frontend, Nitter.
f-droid.org
RedReader: customizable Reddit client.
RedReader | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
Client for reddit.com
f-droid.org

maoosonyourdesk said:
Web Browsers:
FOSS Browser: fully open source, no telemetry, Material You.
GitHub - scoute-dich/browser: A simple Android webbrowser based on webview.
A simple Android webbrowser based on webview. Contribute to scoute-dich/browser development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
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Very valuable post but value might even enhance if you provide the links to the XDA threads like this one for the FOSS Browser of @Gaukler_Faun:
[App] [7.+] FOSS Browser [Open Source]
"FOSS Browser" is a fully free (as in freedom) open source Android software. The intention is to provide a simple and lightweight, but powerful and privacy-friendly browser with a modern user interface. - Your privacy - your data. Wiki |...
forum.xda-developers.com
Regards
Oswald Boelcke

Oswald Boelcke said:
Very valuable post but value might even enhance if you provide the links to the XDA threads like this one for the FOSS Browser of @Gaukler_Faun:
[App] [7.+] FOSS Browser [Open Source]
"FOSS Browser" is a fully free (as in freedom) open source Android software. The intention is to provide a simple and lightweight, but powerful and privacy-friendly browser with a modern user interface. - Your privacy - your data. Wiki |...
forum.xda-developers.com
Regards
Oswald Boelcke
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i was planning to improve it
thanks for the reply

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[APP] GITHUB - Keep Up With Your Projects On Your Mobile Device

One of the key aspects of Android is its open-source nature, and one of the biggest players in the open-source community is GitHub. What better way to tie that all together than for GitHub to release an Android app? So here it is
GITHUB​
" GitHub is the best way to collaborate with others.
Create, manage, and discuss issues and stay up to date with an integrated news feed for all your organizations, friends, and repositories.
View your issues dashboard to stay connected with all the issues you've reported, been assigned, or participating in the discussion on. You can also view and filter a repository's issue list and bookmark it for quick access."​
As you might expect, the entire application is open-source, and GitHub has invited users to take a look through their app's repository to see exactly how the application was built. Fitting right in with the latest Android style, the GitHub app uses a nice implementation of the Android UI guidelines (AKA "Holo"), which should be a good basis for other application developers to derive their own application themes from.
The GitHub application requires an account to use, but it's free to sign up, so go check it out.
Credits (Source /copied) - Android Police , Playstore
Enjoy!!
Cheers!!
If it's not done already, you really should post this in a more generic app thread.
I'll try the app to follow up on CM9/AOKP.
Thanks.

Project Articul8

Hi everyone,
I am a privacy guy and I just started a new project called Articul8 with the aim of building a new lightweight Android ROM that is both secure and has privacy built in to the core. I recently wrote about the project on LinkedIn (but I am not allowed to post links yet on this forum) and there has been quite a lot of interest from the privacy arena.
The plan is to develop apps which host all their data off the device on private remote servers - but more than that, the project will seek to develop popular apps which are hosted serverside, to prevent tracking and profiling.
I have already written a serverside Twitter app which does exactly this (I just need to write the client interface for Android) some time ago as explained in the linked article and I have also recently written a contacts app for Android using Ionic Framework. The purpose of this post is to try and gather some feedback and support in developing the project further. I expect this project to be a long term project which grows significantly over time and I am already planning server hosted apps for LinkedIn, Facebook, G+ as well as looking into SIPjs to create a VOIP client as well. What I haven't managed to plan out yet is how to build the ROM with most of the native apps stripped out and replaced with these new remote services.
I would like to make the entire project open source and publicly available - none of the apps will include any advertising or third party APIs - the whole point of the project is to firewall the device from all third parties as well as firewalling all the data from the device (in the event the device is compromised). All services should require passwords to open to prevent data being compromised should a device be stolen or taken from the owner. In essence the hardware will become dumb.
All feedback appreciated and if you are interested in contributing, please get in touch.

[APP][4.1] Numix Hermes - Material IRC Client

Market Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.numixproject.hermes
BETTER MOBILE IRC EXPERIENCE:
Hermes is a IRC app created to be feature rich, yet be very easy to use. Everything is just a tap or two away and the design makes your experience pleasant.
SIMPLE, YET VERSATILE:
You will find that Hermes can do everything most IRC clients and even more.
Some of the key features are:
- Join as much servers and rooms as you wish.
- Easily join rooms to which you've connected and set rooms to auto-join.
- Mention and servers connectivity badges
- Emojis
- System and user messages separation
- User list
- SSL encryption
- And much more
ANDROID INTEGRATION:
Hermes is fully material designed, follows Google's design guidelines and integrates perfectly with Android Lollipop services and notifications. If you are running pre Lollipop Android you will still get material designed app.
NO PAYMENT REQUIRED:
You can use Hermes complete functionality for free. If you wish to remove the ads, use the "Remove ads" function.
OPEN SOURCE:
Hermes is GPL licensed and its source code is available on GitHub: https://github.com/numixproject/org.numixproject.hermes
Based on YAAIC:
For its backend Hermes uses the backend of "Yet Another Android IRC Client": https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.yaaic
How can i add a default server item to the source ?

F-Droid repository with WebSocket fork of TextSecure (no need for GApps)

I have published experimental F-Droid repository with independent builds of WebSocket-based fork of TextSecure. This fork works without GCM,
so you don't need Google Play Services on your phone. If you are already using TextSecure builds from my main F-Droid repository,
you can upgrade to WebSocket fork without loosing app data (private keys, messages history, etc.), because it is signed by same key.
I will actively maintain this repository.
You can find my F-Droid repository here:
https://fdroid.eutopia.cz
TextSecure WebSocket fork is developed by JavaJens, source code is here:
https://github.com/JavaJens/TextSecure
UPDATE:
Moxie Marlinspike apparently doesn't like the idea of independent builds of TextSecure and RedPhone so much, that he started with legal threats on Twitter. Independent builds of TextSecure have been therefore renamed to TextLibre and RedPhone to PhoneLibre. Application IDs are still the same, so you will not lose data after upgrade.
TextSecure & RedPhone builds renamed to TextLibre & PhoneLibre
Moxie Marlinspike apparently doesn't like the idea of independent builds of TextSecure and RedPhone so much, that he started with legal threats on Twitter. Independent builds of TextSecure have been therefore renamed to TextLibre and RedPhone to PhoneLibre. Application IDs are still the same, so you will not lose data after upgrade.
Thanks a lot. You are the best!

does this app considered pretty safe compared to others?(feeder)

Feeder | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
An awesome Libre and Open Source RSS feed reader
f-droid.org
I was curious so I installed it. It seems safe. I usually trust F-Droid in general. But what is a "Feeder" though, lol. It seems interesting

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