"Free and Open-Source Software" (FOSS) is a term for software that is simultaneously considered both Free software and open-source software.
FOSS (free and open-source software) allows the user to inspect the source code and provides a high level of control of the software's functions compared to proprietary software.
What is FOSS?
According to Wikipedia, Free and open-source software (FOSS) are the software that can be classified as both free software and open-source software i.e. anyone is freely licensed to use, copy, study, and change the software in any way, and the source code is openly shared so that people are encouraged to voluntarily improve the design of the software. You can read more about FOSS here.
Open Source Android apps bring an ad-free experience for free to consumers.
There is a variety of open-source Android apps that are very purposeful although they might have not received the kind of attention they deserve.
So, here are some must-have Free and Open Source Android applications for you that may be useful for you. 🤗
All the apps are safe and the links provided are redirected to F-Droid and some of the apps are officially on Google Play Store too with the links to their source code.
1. Feeder
An awesome Free and Open Source RSS Feedreader.
If you are tired of bloated, non-free readers that sell your data to third parties, Feeder is a fully free/libre feed reader. It supports all common feed formats, including JSONFeed. It doesn't track you.
It doesn't require any setup. It doesn't even need you to create an account! Just set up your feeds, or import them from your old reader via OPML, then get on with syncing and reading.
Features
• Parses HTML and displays it in a native
• TextView
• Offline reading
• Background synchronization
• Notifications
• OPML Import/Export
• Handy access to enclosure links
• Material design and many more..........
Google Play Store Link: Feeder
For Source Code click here.
Tired of ads on a WhatsApp Web Client for Mobile Phones?
I mean, who wants ads on a web client app.
Here's something for you.
Whatsapp Web To Go lets you access WhatsApp Web on your mobile phone or tablet. It has full support for sending pictures, audio, and video - with a clean and easy interface and Ad-Free 😇
Google Play Store Link: N/A
For Source Code click here.
3. NetGuard
NetGuard provides simple and advanced ways to block access to the internet - no root required.
Applications and addresses can individually be allowed or denied access to your Wi-Fi and/or mobile connection.
Blocking access to the internet can help:
• reduce your data usage
• save your battery
• increase your privacy
Features
• Simple to use
• No root required
• 100% open source
• No calling home
• No tracking or analytics
• No advertisements
• Actively developed and supported
• Android 5.1 and later supported
• IPv4/IPv6 TCP/UDP supported
• Tethering supported
• Multiple device users supported
• Optionally allow when screen on
• Optionally block when roaming
• Optionally block system applications
• Optionally notify when an application accesses the internet
• Optionally record network usage per application per address
• Material design theme with light and dark theme
There is no other no-root firewall offering all these features.
Google Play Store Link: NetGuard
For Source Code click here.
NotificationLog logs the system notifications locally and allows to view, export, and delete all of them or all of one App.
It uses the notification access and the list of the installed Apps for this.
It sorts the notification based on apps. When you click on say, for example, Instagram, it shows all the notifications received from Instagram.
It is one of the best notification log app available in the market that is ad-free and Open Source.
Google Play Store Link: NotificationLog
For Source Code click here.
5. LibreTorrent
LibreTorrent is an original Free as in Freedom torrent client/downloader for Android 5+, based on libtorrent. Download any .torrent files and share files directly on your device.
Features
* DHT, PeX, encryption, LSD, UPnP, NAT*PMP, µTP
* IP filtering (eMule dat and PeerGuardian)
* Ability to fine-tune (network settings, power management, battery control, UI settings, etc.)
* Supports torrents with a large number of files and big files
* HTTP\S and magnet links support
* Support proxy for trackers and peers
* Ability to move files while downloading
* Ability to the automatic movement of files to another directory or to an external drive at the end of a download
* Ability to specify file and folder priorities
* Ability to select which files to download
* Ability to download sequentially
* Material Design
* Dark and Black theme
* Tablet optimized UI
* Scheduling
* RSS manager
* Android TV support
* Ability to create torrents
* Streaming of any selected files
* And more
Google Play Store Link: LibreTorrent
For Source Code click here
Conclusion
So whether be it for the purpose of learning or taking a break from the vicious ads network tracking your internet usage throughout, you can rely on open source Android apps to help you. Do you think we can include some other open source apps for Android in this list? Let us know in the comments below.
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