Android
No Google Services needed :3
Operating System:
Various Android distributions (also known as "custom ROM").
ArrowOS is an AOSP based project started with the aim of keeping things simple, clean and neat. We added just the right and mostly used stuff that will be actually USEFUL at the end of the day, aiming to deliver smooth performance with better battery life.
- Android ROM
- Free • Open Source
- Android
Root:
Tools for granting root permission on your phone, or tools that you coild use with root access.
Installing Magisk will give you ROOT, a super powerful Systemless Interface, Magisk Modules support, and hide from tons of integrity tests like SafetyNet!.
- Android Root Manager
- Free • Open Source
- Android
- Android Tablet
microG GmsCore is a free software reimplementation of Google Play Services. It allows applications calling proprietary Google APIs to run on AOSP-based ROMs like .
- Free • Open Source
- Android
An ad blocker that uses the hosts file. The hosts file contains a list of mappings between hostnames and IP addresses. When an app requests an ad, that request is directed to 127.0.0.1 which does nothing.
- Ad Blocker
- Free • Open Source
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
It lists activities, broadcast receivers, services, providers, permissions, signatures, shared libraries, etc. of any app
- Privacy Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
App store:
Google Play Store alternatives.
The F-Droid Repository is an easily-installable catalogue of free and open source apps for Android. With F-Droid, it's easy to browse and install apps on your device, and keep track of updates. You can also browse the repository with a web browser, and download the app...
- App Store
- Free • Open Source
- Online
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
Aurora Store is an unofficial, FOSS client to Google's Play Store with an elegant design. Not only does Aurora Store download, update, and search for apps like the Play Store, it also empowers the user with new features.
- App Store
- Free • Open Source
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
Aurora Droid is an unofficial, FOSS client to FDroid and FDroid-compatible repositories with an elegant design. Not only does Aurora Store download, update, and search for apps like the Official FDroid client, it also empowers the user with new features.
- App Store
- Free • Open Source
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
Launcher:
Lawnchair is an open-source Android home application based on Launcher3 from the Android Open Source Project (AOSP).
- Application Launcher
- Free • Open Source
- Android
- F-Droid
Trebuchet launcher is an AOSP (Android Open Source Project) based launcher developed by LineageOS team.
- Application Launcher
- Free • Open Source
- Android
Browser:
A free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite. Firefox is highly extensible, with thousands of third-party add-ons available.
- Web Browser
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- BSD
- iPad
- AppImageHub
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- PortableApps.com
- Haiku
- Flatpak
- Homebrew
- Chocolatey
- Gecko
Browser using the Gecko layout engine to render web pages, which implements current and anticipated web standards.
- Web Browser
- Free • Open Source
- Android
- F-Droid
The Tor software protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers all around the world: it prevents somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you visit, it prevents the sites you visit from learning...
- Web Browser
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- OpenBSD
Bromite is a Chromium fork with support for ad blocking and enhanced privacy.
- Web Browser
- Free • Open Source
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
Camera:
Open Camera is an Open Source Camera app for Android phones and tablets. Features:
- Camera App
- Free • Open Source
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
Libre Camera is a free and open source camera app to take pictures and record videos written in Flutter and Dart.
- Camera App
- Free • Open Source
- Android
- F-Droid
Photo gallery:
Simple Gallery is a highly customizable offline gallery. Organize & edit your photos, recover deleted files with the recycle bin, protect & hide files and view a huge variety of different photo & video formats including RAW, SVG and much more.
- Photo Manager
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
Utilities:
FlorisBoard is an open-source keyboard aimed at providing you with an easy way to type while respecting your privacy.
- Mobile Keyboard
- Free • Open Source
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
Your calendar is a record of your life. Proton Calendar helps keep it private.
- Calendar App
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- Tor
Material design open source calendar for Android.
- Calendar App
- Free • Open Source
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
Translate You is a Translator App built with Material Design 3 (You) using the LibreTranslate API.
- Translator
- Free • Open Source
- Android
- F-Droid
Geometric Weather is a light and powerful weather app that provides you with real-time temperature, air quality, 15-days weather forecast, and accurate time-sharing trends.
- Weather Forecast Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Android
- F-Droid
OsmAnd is a map and navigation application with access to the free, worldwide, and high-quality OpenStreetMap data.
- GPS Navigation Service
- Freemium • Open Source
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- OpenStreetMap
- F-Droid
- Kindle Fire
Organic Maps is a privacy-focused and community-developed GPS navigation app for drivers, hikers, and cyclists.
- GPS Navigation Service
- Free • Open Source
- Android
- iPhone
- HUAWEI AppGallery
- Flathub
- F-Droid
- Linux
- iPad
- Android Tablet
Aegis Authenticator is a free, secure and open source app to manage your 2-step verification tokens for your online services.
- Authenticator
- Free • Open Source
- Android
- F-Droid
E-mail client:
Secure email with absolutely no compromises, brought to you by MIT and CERN scientists.
- WebMail Provider
- Freemium • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- iPad
- Tor
Tuta is an all-in-one email, calendar and contacts app which protects your data with full end-to-end encryption and it requires zero personal information. Tuta is built with open source software so you can inspect every piece of code running on your devices so you can be sure...
- WebMail Provider
- Freemium • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Flathub
- F-Droid
K-9 is an open source email client for Android with multi-folder sync, email signatures, Bcc-to-self, return-address configuration, keyboard shortcuts, Exchange Support, message flagging, IMAP deletes, saving attachments, configurable notifications and more.
- Email Client
- Free • Open Source
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
Notes:
Noto is an opensource minimal Note-Taking app that meets customer expectations with privacy in mind.
- Note-taking Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Android
- F-Droid
A (work-in-progress) cross-platform libre notes app. Please note that this app is still in early stages and not ready to trust with your notes yet.
- Note-taking Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
Standard Notes is a simple and private notes app. It allows you to write and sync your notes across all your devices, iOS, Android, Linux, Windows, MacOS, and web browser.
- Note-taking Tool
- Freemium • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- F-Droid
Record You is a voice and screen recorder app built with Material Design 3 (You).
- Audio Recorder
- Free • Open Source
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
Media Player:
VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework. Owned by the non-profit organization VideoLAN.
- Audio Player
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- BSD
- iPad
- AppImageHub
- Apple Watch
- Snapcraft
- Google Chrome
- Apple TV
- Flathub
- PortableApps.com
- F-Droid
- Kindle Fire
- Haiku
- Android TV
- Homebrew
- Chocolatey
Best material design music player for Android. Metro is a fork of Retro Music with Google Play API removed and all pro features unlocked.
- Audio Player
- Free • Open Source
- Android
- F-Droid
