Collection:Replicant-expanded
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This collection is maintained by the Free software replacement project team.
Contents
Free programs
Please sort all entries alphabetically in the "Free program" and in the "Replacement for" columns.
Misc
| Type | Free program | Alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Repository client | F-droid | Google play |
| Dialer | Fossify Phone koler |
Google Phone Drupe |
| SMS client | QUIK SMS | Google Messages Pulse SMS |
| News aggregator | Feeder | Feedly Google News |
| Radio | Transistor | di.fm |
| Clock | Fossify Clock Beta (stopwatch, alarm) | Google Clock Alarm Clock Xtreme |
| Calculator | Fossify Calculator Beta | Google Calculator |
| Gallery | Photok Secure photo viewer Stingle Photos |
Google Photos Flickr Photobucket F-Stop Media Gallery Piktures ShoeBox Picmix |
| Screensaver | xscreensaver | |
| Voice recorder | Audio recorder | Easy Voice Recorder Hi-Q MP3 Voice Recorder Samsung Voice Recorder |
| Keyboard | hacker's keyboard FlorisBoard AnySoftKeyboard |
Gboard Microsoft SwiftKey Multiling O Keyboard Fleksy Grammarly Keyboard |
| Flashlight | simple flashlight | |
| Application launcher | KISS launcher | NOVA launcher |
| Tasks | Tasks.org 1list |
Google Tasks Todoist Taskade |
| Notes | Standard notes joplin Notally Carnet Markor p!n |
Obsidian NoteLedge Notion Microsoft OneNote Google Keep Evernote Roam Research Zoho Notebook |
| Firewall | NetGuard DNS66 RethinkDNS |
Mobiwol AdProtect NoRoot Firewall Blok: Simple Fast Firewall |
| Two-Factor Authentication (2FA TOTP) | Aegis Authenticator | Authy Google Authenticator Microsoft Authenticator |
| Reading | Librera Reader KOReader Kinoko |
FBReader Amazon Kindle Moon+ Reader ReadEra |
| Podcast | AntennaPod Escapepod Podverse |
Google Podcasts Pocket Casts Podcast Addict Overcast |
| Audiobook | Voice AudioAnchor |
Smart AudioBook Player Listen Audiobook Player |
| Instant messenger client | Element.io - Matrix Conversations - XMPP/Jabber Revolution IRC |
Slack Google hangouts Viber |
| Dating app | Alovoa | Tinder |
| Song identification | Audile | Shazam |
Advertisement blocking
| Application name | Description | Availability | License | API | Note | Replacement for | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aptoide | Google Play | F-Droid | ||||||
| Adblock Plus | Ad blocker | yes | yes | no | GNU GPLv3 | L7 / 2.1+ | UserNotice warning ⚠ | Ghostery NextDNS AdClear |
Web browsers
| Application name | Description | Availability | License | API | Note | Replacement for | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aptoide | F-Droid | Google Play | ||||||
| Bromite | GNU Project version of Chromium | no | no | no | GPLv3 | 4.0.3+ | Chrome Chromium | |
Communication
| Application name | Description | Availability | License | API | Note | Replacement for | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aptoide | F-Droid | Google Play | ||||||
| Briar | Peer-to-peer encrypted messaging and forums | no | yes | yes | GPLv3 | 4.0+ | Bridgefy | |
| Conversations | XMPP client | no | yes | yes | GPLv3 | 5.0+ | ||
| Element | Decentralized, encrypted chat & collaboration powered by Matrix | yes | yes | Apache 2.0 | 5.0+ | |||
| GNUnet | ||||||||
| I2P | Anonymizing network layer | yes | yes | Apache 2.0 | 2.3+ | I2P also maintain their own F-Droid repo. | ||
| Tutanota | Client for end-to-end encrypted email service | yes | yes | GPLv3 | ||||
| WordPress | Official WordPress client | yes | no | GPLv2 | 2.3+ | |||
Emulators
| Application name | Description | Availability | License | API | Note | Replacement for | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aptoide | F-Droid | Google Play | ||||||
| Dolphin | Nintendo GameCube and Wii | yes | yes | GPLv2+ | 5.0+ | Requires device with support for arm64-v8a ABI and OpenGL ES 3 or above | ||
| Mupen64Plus | Nintendo 64 emulator | yes | yes | GPLv3 | 2.0+ | Unofficial port as Mupen64 Plus AE. | ||
| openMSX | MSX | yes | yes | GPLv2+ | ||||
| PPSSPP | PlayStation Portable | yes | yes | GPLv2+ | 2.3+ | ePSXe | ||
| ScummVM | Emulates multiple gaming engines | yes | yes | GPLv2 | 1.5+ | Kosmi | ||
Games
| Application name | Description | Availability | License | API | Note | Replacement for | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aptoide | F-Droid | Google Play | ||||||
| Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup | Roguelike | yes | no | GPLv2+ | Text-based version also available | Moonshades | ||
| Freeciv | Turn-based strategy game similar to Sid Meier's Civilization | yes | no | GPLv2 | 2.0+ | Civilization Europa Universalis Empire Earth | ||
| Frozen Bubble | Tile-matching puzzle game | yes | yes | GPLv2 | 1.6+ | Port of Frozen Bubble | Utilizer Deluxe | |
| Minetest | Sandbox similar to Minecraft | yes | yes | Minecraft | ||||
| OpenArena | First-person shooter similar to Quake 3 | yes | no | GPLv2 | 1.6+ | Unofficial port by "pelya" using SDL 1.2 | Quake | |
| OpenTTD | Business simulation game similar to Transport Tycoon Deluxe | yes | no | GPLv2 | 1.6+ | pelya SDL port | ||
General
| Application name | Description | Availability | License | API | Note | Replacement for | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aptoide | F-Droid | Google Play | ||||||
| Dasher | Accessible text-input method | yes | yes | GPLv3 | Also available for iOS | |||
| OpenLP | Worship presentation software | yes | yes | GPLv3 | ||||
Multimedia
| Application name | Description | Availability | License | API | Note | Replacement for | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aptoide | F-Droid | Google Play | ||||||
| AntennaPod | Podcatcher | yes | yes | MIT | 2.3.3+ | Google podcasts Pocket Casts Podcast Addict | ||
| Kodi (formerly XBMC) | Media player and center | yes | yes | GPLv2+ | Multi | Emby | ||
| Popcorn Time | Media player utilizing BitTorrent protocol | no | no | GPLv3+ | Netflix | |||
| Rockbox | Media player | GPLv2+ | ||||||
| Tux Paint | Simple drawing program for children | yes | nonfree | GPLv2 | Version on Google Play is published by a 3rd-party & contains proprietary ad libraries in violation of upstream developers' license | Paintastic Painty | ||
| VLC | Media player | yes | yes | GPLv2+ | 4.2+ | MX Player KMPlayer GOM player | ||
Reading
| Application name | Description | Availability | License | API | Note | Replacement for | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aptoide | F-Droid | Google Play | ||||||
| FBReader | e-book reader | yes | yes | GPL | 1.5+ | Amazon Kindle Moon+ Reader ReadEra | ||
| Kiwix | Offline Wikipedia reader | yes | yes | GPLv3 | 4.0+ | |||
| orgro | Org Mode file viewer | no | yes | yes | GPLv3 | |||
Science and education
| Application name | Description | Availability | License | API | Note | Replacement for | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aptoide | f-droid | google play | ||||||
| BOINC | Participate in distributed grid computing initiatives | yes | no | LGPL/GPLv3+ | 2.3+ | DreamLab | ||
| GCompris | Educational activity suite for children aged 2–10 | yes | yes | GPLv3 | Member project of KDE | |||
| GNU Octave | Scientific programming language syntax with built-in plotting and visualization tools | no | GPLv3 | MathStudio HP Prime Graphing Calculator | ||||
| SageMath | Client for mathematical software | yes | yes | GPLv3 | 2.0+ | MATLAB | ||
| Stellarium | Planetarium software | yes | GPLv2 | |||||
| AnkiDroid | Flashcard spaced repetition for memorization | yes | yes | GPLv3 | Memrise | |||
| gnuplot | Plotting | yes | yes | GPLv3 | GeoGebra | |||
Security
| Application name | Description | Availability | License | API | Note | Replacement for | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aptoide | f-droid | google play | ||||||
| Bitwarden | Password manager | yes | yes | GPLv3 | 4.4+ | LastPass Authy 1password | ||
| Haven | Monitoring system to protect against evil maid attacks | yes | yes | GPLv3 | 4.1+ | Developed by Edward Snowden under the auspices of The Guardian Project]], and Freedom of the Press Foundation | ||
| KeePassDroid | Password manager | yes | yes | GPLv3 | 1.5+ | Port of KeePass | Enpass Dashlane Google smart lock | |
| Prey | Anti-theft and monitoring | yes | yes | GPLv3 | 4.0+ | |||
System and utilities
| Application name | Description | Availability | License | API | Note | Replacement for | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aptoide | f-droid | google play | ||||||
| F-Droid | Graphical package manager for app repositories | no | yes | GPLv3+ | 4.0+ | F-Droid team also maintain an application repository | Google play | |
| Mycroft | Voice assistant companion | GPLv3 | Amazon echo Google Assistant Siri | |||||
See also
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