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The new F-Droid app will be able to download and install several updates simultaneously. Also, it will ask for confirmation before download, if needed (and supported on newer Android versions). #fdroid

F-Droid 1d ago

This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is live since yesterday:

* #EU #DMA for you and me
* @mimi89999 gives us a reason to activate #NFC #Passkeys #FIDO2
* get the app phone manufacturers hate: #CircleToSearch
* #PeerTube is ready for creators
* #QUIK #SMS got a new appid, did you switch yet?
+ 19 new apps
& 160 updates
- 2 app archived

Touch that special place: https://f-droid.org/2025/12/18/twif.html

Free your secure key | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

This Week in F-Droid TWIF curated on Thursday, 18 Dec 2025, Week 51 Community News Tech Policy Press has a series of posts titled “Symposium on Digital Marke...

F-Droid Dec 12

This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is live:

* @marcprux caught on video
* Schedule your #39C3 #CCC visit
* Switching relays in #ArcaneChat #DeltaChat
* #Thunderbird drops #MaterialDesign3 🤯
+ 8 new apps
& 156 updates
- 1 app archived

Click play: https://f-droid.org/2025/12/11/twif.html

Keeping it open (video version) | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

This Week in F-Droid TWIF curated on Thursday, 11 Dec 2025, Week 50 F-Droid core We had great reach with our “F-Droid and Google’s Developer Registration Dec...

F-Droid Dec 9

Kuketz-Blog 🛡Dec 9

Unsere Einschätzung zu einem aktuellen Thema: Syncthing-Fork.

Der Code wirkt nach dem Maintainer-Wechsel unauffällig, teils sogar sicherer. Das Vertrauen hinkt jedoch hinterher: Schlüsselübergabe wenig transparent, Governance offen. Praktisch bleiben drei Wege: alte Version einfrieren, neuen Zweig bewusst nutzen oder auf nel0x warten. Vertrauen lässt sich nicht einfach vererben. 👇

https://www.kuketz-blog.de/syncthing-fork-unter-neuer-kontrolle-vertrauen-laesst-sich-nicht-einfach-vererben/

#android #fdroid #syncthing #syncthingFork

Syncthing-Fork unter neuer Kontrolle: Vertrauen lässt sich nicht einfach vererben

Seit die offizielle Android-App eingestellt wurde, hat sich Syncthing-Fork als Hauptlösung für Syncthing auf Mobilgeräten etabliert. Die App ist ein…

F-Droid Dec 6

This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is live:

* website maintenance w/ #reproduciblebuild info
* #FSFE @llas on #EU #DMA vs #FLOSS
* #Dib2qm depreciated, jump ship now
* #Jami talks about #FLOSS importance
* #NWS weather widget broken
* #SessionMessenger protocol v2 #PFS #PQC
+ 10 new apps
& 214 updates
- 2 apps archived

Check yo' signer: https://f-droid.org/2025/12/05/twif.html

Signed by... whom? | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

This Week in F-Droid TWIF curated on Friday, 05 Dec 2025, Week 49 F-Droid core Since F-Droid is an Android “package manager”, we advise users to “use the F-D...

F-Droid Nov 27

This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is so quick:

* news from below, sneak peek on our infra
* more #Ente partnerships
* #K9Mail #Thunderbird one year later #JMAP
* fourth #ProtonPrivacy app included (still not #ProtonMail)
* #Saracroche inclus, appels de spam exclus
* #StatusIM goes legacy, new app soon
* #Syncthing Fork drama, #ReproducibleBuild to the rescue?
+ 11 new apps
& 211 updates

Expand your repertoire: https://f-droid.org/2025/11/27/twif.html

Practical results | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

This Week in F-Droid TWIF curated on Thursday, 27 Nov 2025, Week 48 F-Droid core In the process of doing all this development work, we ran mass rebuilds of t...

F-Droid Nov 26

15 years fly by like last week, when you're the package manager for #Android, but you feel the technical debt more and more.

What to do? Rip it out and start over? Improve bit by bit? RiiR?

Find out how #FDroid prepares for the next 15 here: https://f-droid.org/2025/11/24/an-experiment-in-automated-building-from-source-15-years-later.html

An experiment in automated building from source, 15 years later | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

15 years ago this month, @CiaranG started “an experiment in automated building from source”. And so F-Droid began to automate building all our apps from sour...

F-Droid Nov 25

Hans-Christoph Steiner Nov 25

I spoke on a panel at #DigitalCommonsPolicySummit2025 about how free software commons projects like F-Droid sustain themselves organized by the #EuropeanCommission and @NGICommons

https://www.youtube.com/live/831Vohsqyhk?si=LDXC7JZomUVG4XZU&t=8459

#FreeSoftware #FOSS #sustainability #DigitalCommons #DigitalEurope #OpenSource #EDIC #DCPS25

NGI Policy Summit Day 2

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F-Droid Nov 21

This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is live:

* We are still ironing out the wrinkles in our new setup, things are slow while we prepare to get faster ⏳
+ 16 new apps
& 158 updates
~ 1 downgraded

Ready. Set. Go! https://f-droid.org/2025/11/20/twif.html

Fastest week so far | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

This Week in F-Droid TWIF curated on Thursday, 20 Nov 2025, Week 47 Community News MBCompass was updated to 1.1.11 after we missed three versions. What’s new...

F-Droid Nov 17

Sovereign Tech Agency Nov 14

We are pleased to announce the Call for Participation for the second "Funding the FOSS Ecosystem" devroom at FOSDEM 2026, along with @fsfe, @linuxfoundation @nlnet, and @PrototypeFund 🥳

This devroom is for developers to gain insights into funding strategies, and encourages funders to better understand and support developer needs in FOSS projects.

Call for participation is open until December 1, 2025!

➡️ https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2026/cfp

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