List of open source Android applications

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Most Android phones, like the Galaxy Nexus, allow installation of applications both from the Android market or directly via APK files

Android is a Linux-based operating system for phones and other mobile devices (tablets, ereaders, media players, etc.).

1 Known free software / open-source Android applications
2 External links

[edit] Known free software / open-source Android applications

This is a list of notable applications that run on the Android platform that meet the guidelines for free software and open-source software.

[edit] Communication

Application name	Description	Website	Apk	Market	Sources	License	API
APG	Android Privacy Guard	APG	apk	Yes	svn	Apache 2.0	Android 1.5+
ConnectBot	Android SSH and telnet client	ConnectBot	apk	Yes	svn	Apache 2.0	Android 1.5+
Funambol	Android Sync client	Funambol Client for Android	apk	Yes	svn	aGPLv3	Android 2.0+
Orbot	Android client for TorProject.org network	Orbot	apk	Yes	git	BSD/GPL	Android 1.6+

[edit] Emulators

Application name	Description	Website	Apk	Market	Sources	License	API	Note
Scummvm	ScummVM Android Port	ScummVM					Android 1.5+	now officially merged into the main release

[edit] Games

Application name	Description	Website	Apk	Market	Sources	License	API	Note
Fish Fillets NG	Underwater puzzle game.	Fish Fillets NG		Yes	tgz	GPLv2		Port of Fish Fillets NG
Frozen Bubble	Knock the bubbles down by making clusters of three or more bubbles in the same color.	Frozen Bubble		Yes	svn	GPLv2	3.0	Port of Frozen Bubble
Nethack Android	NetHack	homepage	list	Yes	svn	GPLv2	1.5+	Port of NetHack
Simon Tatham's Puzzles	A great portable collection of puzzle games, ported to android	Android Puzzles	apk	Yes	git	MIT	1.5+
Warmux	A turn-based artillery game	Warmux	apk	Yes	tar.bz2	GPLv2	2.0+

[edit] General

Application name	Description	Website	Apk	Market	Sources	License	API	Note
Android's Fortune	Quotes and Fortune Cookie program	Project Page	apk	Yes	bzr	GPLv3
Barcode Scanner	Barcode reader	ZXing Project	latest	Yes	svn	Apache 2.0
FBReaderJ	e-book reader	site	apk	Yes	git	GPL	Android 1.5+	(fbreader's port)
Rockbox	Music player / jukebox	[1]	[2]	No	svn	GPLv2		officially "unusable", early development version
Tomdroid	Note taking application with online sync	Tomdroid	latest	Yes	bzr	GPLv3	Android 1.6+	a port of Tomboy to android

[edit] External links

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v t e Android

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