# albertomosconi/foss-apps

a list of 100+ awesome open source android apps 📱

Repository: https://github.com/albertomosconi/foss-apps
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/foss-apps
Homepage: https://albertomosconi.github.io/foss-apps
Language: Python
License: CC0-1.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: android, foss, applications, privacy, open-source, list, best, apps, top
Last push: 2024-03-06T10:35:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2221, "days_push": 910, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1174, forks 41 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:52.266120+00:00)

## What it is
A curated list of 100+ free and open-source Android apps organized into categories like browsers, email, launchers, and privacy tools. It serves as a discovery resource for replacing proprietary apps with FOSS alternatives, mostly available on F-Droid.

## Use cases
- find open source alternatives to proprietary android apps
- discover foss apps available on f-droid
- find privacy-respecting android apps
- find open source launchers keyboards or email clients for android
- de-google my android phone with open source apps
- browse categorized lists of free android software

## When to choose
- you want a curated, categorized directory of FOSS Android apps
- you are de-googling or improving privacy on an Android device
- you want apps that are verifiably open source and often on F-Droid

## When to avoid
- you need iOS, desktop, or cross-platform app recommendations
- you need detailed reviews or comparisons rather than a link list
- you want actively maintained app metadata rather than a static curated list

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools
- domain: android-tools, privacy, awesome-lists
- platform: -
- tags: awesome-list, foss, curated-list, f-droid, open-source-apps, android

## Member repositories
- albertomosconi/foss-apps (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:52.266120+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:28:16.843988+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/albertomosconi/foss-apps (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:52.266120+00:00, sha d0eef841a402)
  - homepage: https://albertomosconi.github.io/foss-apps (fetched 2026-08-29T12:33:33.497531+00:00, sha 183892caad0b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.