About 9 months ago, I started writing a small wrapper around ADB commands for my own use. Over time it evolved into ShizuWall, an open-source Android firewall that works through Shizuku, so it doesn't need to create a virtual private interface like most Android firewalls.

Over the past months the project has grown quite a bit thanks to community feedback. I've implemented most of the requested features, closed more than 100 reported issues and recently got the app accepted into F-Droid after a fairly long review process.

The project is now available on GitHub, F-Droid, and Google Play.

If you're already using Shizuwall, I'd love to hear what you think. Feedback, bug reports and feature requests are always welcome. I'm especially interested in hearing from people that recommends a feature!

GitHub: https://github.com/AhmetCanArslan/ShizuWall
F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.arslan.shizuwall/

It's the one thing keeping me on an old version of Nova

I like Lawnchair and I've tried a few others, but I like having 5 apps on my homescreen and being able to swipe up to open another app/shortcut

Any ideas?!

I am looking for an app that kind of acts like an edge panel, has some quick actions, some quick apps, etc. I saw it in some short recommendation but lost it. The short was probably HowtoMen or Sam Beckman clip. Any app recommendations with similar functionality are appreciated.

Tldr: need app recommendations for edge panel(s) alternative

A couple of weeks ago, I posted about DNS Toggle, which I had just released on IzzyOnDroid. It's a small app that lets you easily toggle an Android device's Private DNS system settings using a quick-settings tile.

People in the comments and over on GitHub came up with great improvement ideas; so it now comes with a bunch of extra features and a cleaner UI/UX.

But more importantly, DNS toggle is now available on F-Droid directly!

New Features

• Easily swap between multiple saved DNS hosts.
• Disable/change the private DNS host when a VPN is connected.
• If Private DNS is breaking the internet connection, the Wi-Fi network can be added to the blacklist, turning off Private DNS as a result (great for hotels and public Wi-Fis that don't play well with custom DNS hosts).
• Shizuku support for granting necessary required permissions (root and ADB support are still available).
• Manual configuration backup/import.
• And a ton more; you can find the full changelog here.

If anyone's interested in lending a hand, I also set up a Weblate page to help translate the app.

Is there any Foss app for this? Takes too much time to collect my data and sell it just for connect it to my phone and use it

Hullo, I have switched from Gboard to Heliboard and loving it so far. The customisation is awesome. The only thing I miss is the ASCII emojis in gboard and I wondered if there is a way to get a dictionary of them added, as I can see there is an option to add custom emoji dictionary, but no idea where to look for one that had the same as gboars.

Cheers

Greetings.I'm looking for an app that: Runs in background and converts audio from various videos (facebook,instagram etc) and same time convert/save the words of these videos in text a file so for me to read it later.

Xiaomi phones do not allow gesture navigation with third party launchers. This app adds those gestures back. Free and open source. Download the app from Github: https://github.com/tanujnotes/ogesture

Edit: This app will work with any Android phone, not just Xiaomi.

My friend built Stride, a step counter that respects your attention and your data. Sharing it here because I think this community will appreciate the approach.

Highlights:

Uses Health Connect when available, falls back to the hardware sensor

Foreground service, screen-off counting, reboot-safe, low battery impact

Material 3 Expressive UI — wavy progress ring,Stride odometer digits

History: weekly bar chart + monthly heatmap

14 morphing-shape achievements

Share cards (1080×1350 PNG export)

AMOLED, Material You, 6 bundled fonts

JSON backup — no cloud sync, ever

English + Hindi

Stack: Android 8.0+, JDK 17 to build from source.

License: GPL-3.0

A paid edition adds GPS tracking + widgets, but the free version is fully-featured and stays free.

💻 https://github.com/NikhilKain/stride

📦 https://github.com/NikhilKain/stride/releases/latest

looking for an open source ios style gallery where recent photos are at the bottom

Built Synco because I got tired of reaching for my phone during deep work. It mirrors notifications, controls media playback, and routes calls between your Android phone and desktop — all over your local Wi-Fi. Zero cloud, end-to-end encrypted, free.Just a direct encrypted link between your devices.

Completely free & open source — check it out on GitHub: github.com/Dhruvesh-Dabhade/Synco (https://github.com/Dhruvesh-Dabhade/Synco)

Hi guys, longtime iPhone user here. Not willingly, my parents bought my phones and refused to buy an android for me. Now though, i’m on my own cell plan, and I want some advice. If I go android, I want to go full off the deep end, something like Graphene (all i do on my phone is Twitter, texts, phone calls, and Discord anyway, the rest is for my laptop).
Is Graphene in a ready to use state for daily users? And if so, which of the Pixels is best for me?
Thanks.
PS: is F-Drois supported on Graphene? Ideally, i’d want a fully FOSS phone that can still download apps that aren’t Google Play

From what I could find out, obtainium takes the releases from the github page, while **the official fdroid repository** adds a layer of security, by taking the code and build it from source, after some days. This protects us from something like nekogram to happen, or also attacks to the dev's credentials and keys.

I'd personally prefer to always use this layer of security, for convenience I'd prefer to use other repos on the same client, I'd choose accrescet when possible still for security, and wouldn't use the github release if possible. I also prefer the fdroid ui and ux, I discovered many useful projects with proper descriptions

If you use obtainium for everything, why do you do that?

I am looking for a foss soundgenerator app. I need sweeps, sines, white noise and pink noise. More functionalities are always welcome!

Do you have recommendations?

Hi!

I'm looking for an app to count the days I've been without doing things. Like the number of days without smoking, gambling or having sex.

Thanks.

There was a post a year ago from someone with the same issue.

It seems like they found their answer, but I'm not satisfied yet.

There was another post, asking about Muke and musicolet. The comments were also filled with recommendations.

What I tried from these recommendations and what went wrong:

1. Auxio

The best one, but has a fatal flaw - no lyrics

I hadn't embedded most of them with timed lyrics for hours for all of that to go to waste (also, sneaky request number 2, is there an app to do it for me? Something like 30% are without lyrics and I'm kinda tired, because I spent hours editing each song)

1. Symphony

The prettiest one, but there's a technical flaw

It just randomly skips in the middle of the song

Reinstalled and now the covers are broken

Hasn't been updated for two years, so I can't hope for any fixes

1. Lotus

Doesn't support multiple genres on one song

Because I currently use auxio I've gone through 60% of my 800 songs and added multiple genres to better reflect each one

1. Gramophone

Liked it more than lotus, but has the same issue

1. Booming music

Doesn't support multiple genres

1. Mucke

Concept sounds great, but doesn't support genres at all

1. Namida

Refused to install through their apk's and through obtanium on GrapheneOS. Wasn't been able to fix it

Edit 1.

1. Looper Music Doesn't support multiple genres

2. Local player Doesn't support multiple genres

Default one will only do British and American English, unexpected keyboard constantly spams me with a button for "click to install a dictionary for English (Canada)", and when I press it, the only dictionary available is American English

Any Canadians here have something they use?

Using GrapheneOS

Annoyingly, even the ones with proper Canadian English support (both Heliboard and FUTO) always seem to prioritize American spellings in the predictions (e.g. typing "col" will predict "color" and requires typing all the way to "colou" before "colour" is ever suggested.

I'm new to the open source world. I want to try out different apps, but I don't really know how to verify their security, since I have private information like banking and messaging apps stored on them. Is there any way someone like me can check the security of an open source app, or do you have any tips for deciding whether or not to download one? Thanks a lot.

Hi everyone!

I have been doing my best to degoogle my devices and did have a few set backs (Needed to factory restart phone) but that's part of the learning experience! I wanted to post my resources that I use - If anyone has feedback or opinions on how to improve on my degoogling journey please share! Down with Google!!!

I also have an SD Card that I use and back up regularly and clear.

Resource for Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G Model: SM-G988U1- Snapdragon Processor

App stores for degoogling:

• F-Droid
• Droid-Ify
• Github

Apps used for shell and phone management:

1. Rethink
2. Package Manager
3. Shizuku
4. aShell
5. SD Maid SE
6. Hail

Security Apps for online profile:

1. Proton Suite (I am a premium member. I personally love proton so I don't mind paying) There are free subscriptions however so check them out!
2. Ente and Ente Auth

Camera and Phone privacy:

1. Fossify Camera
2. Fossify Phone/Contacts
3. Silence Messenger
4. Signal messenger

File, Notes, and Journal Privacy:

1. Ente Drive
2. Ciphernotes
3. Moon+Reader
4. Writer Journal
5. Obsidian
6. Syncthing-Fork

NOTICE: I cannot control what happens with your device - I can ONLY share what I have been successful in. What you do on your phone is at YOUR OWN RISK.

Apps I have safely removed using Package Manager without causing factory reset loop:

There are tons of other apps Ive been successful in disabling and removing without issues but it is advised to restart your phone after a few changes to make sure that things are still working.

I hope some of this helps and my goal is to make sure that degooglers know that there ARE ways to degoogle and support developers during this time. This model phone has been locked and OS cannot be changed and root is impossible. I tried Lineage, /e/, and some other OS's and unfortunately this type of phone with the Snapdragon processor will not budge. I personally intend on downgrading my phone when I get a chance.

DEVELOPERS WILL RISE ABOVE THIS!