The ultimative guide for a good open source android experience

Alternative Android OS

Name	Device List	Min. Android Version
LineageOS	Click	Version
/e/	Click	8.1
GrapheneOS	Click	Version
CalyxOS	Click	12
KaiOS	Click	Version
Sailfish OS	Click	Version
Ubuntu Touch	Click	Version
Plasma Mobile	Click	Version
postmarketOs	Click	Version
Tizen	Click	Version
PureOS	Click	Version
iode	Click	Version
Divestos	Click	Version
Havoc-OS	Click	11

App Store

Aurora Store

Website Gitlab

FDroid

Download Website

Apk Mirror

Website

G-Services

micro G

Check if your App work with the service https://plexus.techlore.tech/

Website

Dialer

Simple Dialer

Emerald Dialer

• Dark Mode

Koler

• 💰 Google Play
• Modern UI

Mailer

Fairmail

• Dark Mode
• Advanced Preferences
• Pro Version

K9 Mail

• Dark Mode

Calender

Etar

• Dark Mode

Tasks

Nextcloud Deck

Tasks.org

Navigation

OsmAnd

Organic Maps

Open-source, community-driven maps for travelers, tourists, cyclists & hikers

Website

Contacts

Simple Contacts

• Darkmode

Messaging

Elements (Matrix)

Theema

• 💰 Google Play
• FDroid needs a shop license

Signal

Nextcloud talk

• No push notifcations on FDroid

Jitsi Meet

Payment

Browser

Chromium Forks

Bromite

Bromite is a Chromium fork with ad blocking and enhanced privacy; take back your browser

Website

Brave

Firefox

Source

Mull

This is a privacy oriented and deblobbed web browser based on Mozilla technology. It enables many features upstreamed by the Tor Uplift project using preferences from the arkenfox-user.js project. It is recommended to install 'uBlock Origin'.

Gitlab

Search Engine

Duck Duck Go

• Can used as search bar
• Proxy to block tracking

Brave

See Brave App

Password Management / F2A

Aegis

Aegis Authenticator is a free, secure and open source app to manage your 2-step verification tokens for your online services.

Bitwarden

A secure and free password manager for all of your devices.

Yubico Authenticator

Store your unique credential on a hardware-backed security key and take it wherever
you go from mobile to desktop. No more storing sensitive secrets on your mobile
phone, leaving your account vulnerable to takeovers. With the Yubico Authenticator
you can raise the bar for security.

Keyboard

Simple Tools Keyboard

AnySoftKeyboard

• Very Customizable
• Many Emoticons(Kaomojis, Emojis, Ascii )

Any Soft Keyboard is an open-source, on-screen keyboard with multiple languages support with an emphasis on privacy.
This is one of the most customizable keyboards available.

Android Keyboard (AOSP)

By LineageOS

Mirror

Device Security & Management

App Manager

• Detailed display of apps

A full-featured open source package manager for android.

FindMyDevice

Gitlab

Backup

Seedvault

A backup application for the Android Open Source Project.

Weather

Weather

Small Weather App with data from OpenWeatherMap.org

Source

Geometric Weather

• Fancy implementation of weather
• Some widgets are buggy

Geometric Weather is a free and open-source Android weather app.
This build flavor has all proprietary dependencies and related code stripped out to make it eligible for inclusion on F-Droid.

Entertainment

New Pipe

A libre lightweight streaming front-end for Android.

ReVancied

The official ReVanced Manager based on Flutter. Patches Youtube, Youtube Music, Twitch, TikTok

Musicplayer

Auxio

Auxio is a local music player with a fast, reliable UI/UX without the many useless features present in other music players. Built off of Exoplayer, Auxio has superior library support and listening quality compared to other apps that use outdated android functionality. In short, It plays music.

Spotube

Open source Spotify client that doesn't require Premium nor uses Electron! Available for both desktop & mobile!

Debloat tools

Source

Android Phone buy list for Custom Os

• Fairphone
• Google Pixel
• Nothing One (not tested)

Sources

• https://restoreprivacy.com/

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