Category
Communication
Calling, messaging and contacts, without the ad network in the middle.
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Apps
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Free software
Rivo
Phone · GPL-3.0+
Rivo is a modern, fully open-source replacement for the stock dialer and contacts apps, with T9 search, dual-SIM handling, call recording and a deeply themeable Material 3 Expressive interface.
GitHub release
Free software
16.5 MB
Inugram
Telegram · MIT
Inugram is a careful patchset on top of the official Telegram Android client: the annoying bits get removed, quality-of-life features get added, and every change stays auditable and individually switchable.
GitHub release
Free software
59.3 MB
Fossify Messages
SMS · GPL-3.0
Fossify Messages is a modern default SMS handler: no ads, no analytics, no cloud relay, and a full Material You theme that follows your wallpaper.
F-Droid
Free software
6.3 MB
Fossify Contacts
Contacts · GPL-3.0
Fossify Contacts is a clean local address book — import and export vCard and .vcf, merge duplicates, favourite people, and never phone a server to show you a contact.
F-Droid
Free software
8.2 MB
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Mascot Clock
Clock · Proprietary
Mascot Clock is the long-running Android clock whose face is an animated character instead of a grid of digits. It is the default pick for anyone who wants an alarm clock that feels like a toy rather than a spreadsheet.
No channel
Closed source
Lawnchair
Launcher · Apache 2.0
Lawnchair is the launcher that looks and behaves like the stock Pixel home screen, but as a standalone open-source project you can actually build, audit and sideload.
GitHub release
Free software
17.2 MB
Material Files
File Manager · GPL-3.0+
Material Files is the file manager that ships from the AOSP source tree. It is small, ad-free, handles archives and SMB natively, and is maintained by an Android platform engineer.
F-Droid
Free software
10.4 MB
Fulguris
Browser · MPL-2.0
Fulguris is a maintained fork of Firefox for Android, stripped of the telemetry and heavyweight features most users never install, and shipped with uBlock Origin built in.
F-Droid
Free software
8.9 MB
Aurora Store
App Store · GPL-3.0+
Aurora Store is a complete Google Play client. It signs in with an anonymous account, keeps the real Google account on the device, and downloads and updates apps without the Play Services dependency.
F-Droid
Free software
8.9 MB
Rhythm
Music · GPL-3.0
Rhythm plays the music already on your phone and leaves it there. No streaming account, no listening history leaving the device, and a Material 3 interface that respects your system theme.
F-Droid
Free software
29.8 MB
Iris Gallery
Gallery · Apache 2.0
Iris Gallery is an offline gallery built for browsing large libraries quickly: a fast grid, a capable editor, and a full EXIF inspector that shows you exactly what the camera recorded.
F-Droid
Free software
7.9 MB
REX Player
Video · Proprietary
REX Player is a long-running Android video player built around MediaCodec, so playback is handled by the hardware decoder rather than a software transcoder. It opens the file formats the stock gallery app refuses.
GitHub release
Closed source
99.0 MB
Fossify Voice Recorder
Voice Recorder · GPL-3.0
Fossify Voice Recorder captures audio in the formats you actually need, keeps the files local, and has no ads, no accounts and no upload step.
F-Droid
Free software
6.9 MB
Breezy Weather
Weather · LGPL-3.0
Breezy Weather talks to more than a hundred weather providers and lets you mix and match them per data type — your forecast from one service, your rain radar from another, your air quality from a third.
F-Droid
Free software
19.8 MB
Easy Notes
Notes · GPL-3.0+
Easy Notes is a small, fast note-taking app written for people who want text and a little structure — Markdown, folders, search, and a light and dark Material You theme that looks native.
F-Droid
Free software
3.7 MB
Material You Calculator
Calculator · AGPL-3.0+
Material You Calculator is a Compose calculator that follows your system colour palette, keeps a persistent history, and adds a proper unit converter for length, volume, energy, data and more.
GitHub release
Free software
14.7 MB
KeePassDX
Passwords · GPL-3.0+
KeePassDX opens KeePass databases on Android with no account and no sync server. Biometric unlock, autofill for apps and browsers, and passkey support — all on device.
F-Droid
Free software
16.0 MB
FUTO Keyboard
Keyboard · FUTO Source First License 1.1
FUTO Keyboard is a fork of the AOSP LatinIME keyboard with predictive text rewritten, layouts added, and every network call removed. Nothing you type leaves the device unless you ask it to.
GitHub release
Source available
133.7 MB
Fossify Camera
Camera · GPL-3.0
Fossify Camera is the camera app you actually want to fall back on: it launches fast, writes straight to storage, and has no overlay, no analytics and no account.
F-Droid
Free software
9.8 MB