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We didn't choose the pastel colors

This Week in F-Droid TWIF curated on Friday, 12 Jun 2026, Week 24 F-Droid core F-Droid and F-Droid Basic were updated to 2.0-alpha10. We tooted a toot that you can read here, and yes, we are like an inch (or 25.4 mm if you’re on metric) close to release, do...

Take a pause, meditate

This Week in F-Droid TWIF curated on Friday, 05 Jun 2026, Week 23 Community News AirPlay Server, AirPlay receiver implementation with video and audio support, was just added pairing with Mirror for streaming between devices or straight from other AirPlay compatible devices out there. Bold Bitcoin Wallet has a huge...

Long changelogs for the afternoon

This Week in F-Droid TWIF curated on Friday, 29 May 2026, Week 22 Community News ArcaneChat was updated to 2.50.0 with many fixes and improvements. Calls are no longer experimental, same for channels, location streaming is better and more. FluffyChat was updated to 2.6.0 with updated translations, design fixes, sync...

Building trust through software rather than giving it

Security and privacy come from trust The experience we have with our devices usually feels private and secure. If no one else is looking at our screen, it seems like no one is watching. Unfortunately, this feeling is misplaced. Apps come bundled with trackers, websites seek to profile users to...

New financial support for F-Droid thanks to FLOSS/Fund

Some exciting news from 2025, F-Droid was awarded $50,000 in funding from FLOSS fund, an initiative dedicated to supporting critical, impactful, and valuable Free/Libre and Open Source projects globally. This support comes when the project needs it most. Our volunteer-run app ecosystem is growing stronger with open source mobile tech...

I heard you liked categories, so I added...

This Week in F-Droid TWIF curated on Friday, 22 May 2026, Week 21 F-Droid core Exploring user feedback for client version 2.0, we heard users articulating the need to easily find apps. One way to improve this is search, and we’ve made great strides there. Another way is with Categories,...

Mapping updates

This Week in F-Droid TWIF curated on Thursday, 14 May 2026, Week 20 Community News aFreeRDP was updated to 3.26.0 with an UI overhaul and a lot of fixes. The old BlackCandy app was archived as the developer lost the key. Hence the app got a new app ID and...

One can't have enough RAM

This Week in F-Droid TWIF curated on Friday, 08 May 2026, Week 19 F-Droid core F-Droid and F-Droid Basic were updated to 2.0-alpha9, but that’s old news by now. Go update and test! We also fixed our website generation, as build cycles added apps updates, new apps and posts, yet...

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