Website is down?

If an app doesn’t support reproducible builds, the version you can download from F-Droid was built and signed by F-Droid, not by the dev

[…], from that point the app will be built by f-droid with their own digital signature.

This part of your comment is not quite true. One of the advantages of reproducible builds is that the app can be signed by the developer but fdroid can still verify that it has been built from the correct source code. You can check out the documentation here: https://f-droid.org/docs/Reproducible_Builds/

Cool but seems very unrelated?

Wouldn’t that hurt Russia as much as any other country?

Happy Fairphone 4 user here! 🙂

Though I’ve heared mixed things about the FP5…

linked to Chinese speaking groups

What is that even supposed to mean?

The project received some substantial funding recently, so I think I can see where this fear is coming from. However, I also think that a lot of what you say is not true.

The project wasn’t started “because chromium and Firefox have bad reputation” and the website doesn’t even mention either of them or privacy at all. It was the browser of serenityOS, a from-scratch OS created many years ago by Andreas Kling to help himself overcome drug addiction. The browser part simply got so much traction that he recently decided top split the projects.

The project uses the BSD 2-Clause license which is a very common, OSI approved open source license, so I’m not sure what concerns you have in this regard.

Furthermore, I don’t see where you got the “pay for privacy” claim. While they do not state whether the browser will require a license, I would be very surprised if it did, given the projects history. Lastly, a lot of open source projects post monthly updates online and Andreas has done so four many years now. Calling it “propaganda” seems unnecessary and inflammatory.

Please do some research before making big claims like this.

Have a good day, friend!

Tbf, they don’t claim that it is ready for regular use yet:

When is it coming?

We are targeting Summer 2026 for a first Alpha version on Linux and macOS. This will be aimed at developers and early adopters.

I use ntfy and have no problems. It’s very reliable. No idea about graphene though

Man I’m really tired of these headlines. In not more interested in reading your article of you try to make it sound like a wrestling match!

Have you tried Material Files (it’s on fdroid)? It’s genuinely great and it supports different remote protocols, although I haven’t personally tried this feature.

I don’t know about “simple”, but it’s very good. Been a happy user for many years

Looks nice, but please be careful. Stacking big glass containers like this seems like asking for trouble…

Wunderground was great before they got acquired by IBM

I totally get where you’re coming from and if there was a lean and stable app for files, calendar, contacts and tasks I would be very happy to check it out. But last time I searched there wasn’t anything I would trust.

Also, it looks like roundcube is now part of nextcloud 🤷

Fair enough, I guess, but what if I wanna selfhost?

This is great news! 👏

Honest question… Is there a better alternative?

It really isn’t. While the requirements are less strict than for the main repo, there is a review process to add a new app and I think they also have some automated checks. Additionally, Izzy (the maintainer of izzyondroid) is (was?) a member of the fdroid team.

Does this mean that every app there is legitimate? Of course not, but the same can be said about any other app store/repository.