List of free and open-source Android applications
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This is an incomplete list of notable applications (apps) that run on the Android platform that meet the guidelines for free software or open-source software. For further apps, see the far more extensive lists in the External links section below.
Communication
Application name | Description | Website | Apk | Play Store | Sources | License | API | Note |
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APG | Android Privacy Guard | APG | apk | Yes | svn | Apache 2.0 | 1.5+ | |
ConnectBot | Android SSH and telnet client | ConnectBot | apk | Yes | git | Apache 2.0 | 1.5+ | |
Chromium | Android version of the Chromium web browser | [1] | No | |||||
Firefox for Mobile | Android version of the Firefox web browser | Firefox Mobile | Yes | MPL | ||||
Funambol | Android Sync client | Funambol Client for Android | apk | Yes | svn | aGPLv3 | 2.0+ | |
Orbot | Android client for TorProject.org network | Orbot | apk | Yes | git | BSD/GPL | 1.6+ | |
Sipdroid | Free SIP/VoIP client for Android | Sipdroid | apk | Yes | svn | GNU GPL v3 | works on 1.5 | |
Linphone | Open source video SIP VOIP client for Linux, windows, mac, iphone, android | Linphone | apk | Yes | git | GNU LGPL v2 | ||
CSipSimple | SIP application for Android devices | CSipSimple | apk | Yes | svn | GNU GPL v3 |
Emulators
Application name | Description | Website | Apk | Play Store | Sources | License | API | Note |
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Scummvm | Android Port of ScummVM (emulates gaming platforms) | ScummVM | Yes | 1.5+ | now officially merged into the main release | |||
RetroArch | Android Port of RetroArch | [2] | Yes |
Games
Application name | Description | Website | Apk | Play Store | Sources | License | API | Note |
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Fish Fillets NG | Underwater puzzle game. | Fish Fillets NG | Yes | tgz | GPLv2 | 1.6+ | Port of Fish Fillets NG | |
Freeciv | A turn based strategy game similar to Sid Meier's Civilization | Freeciv for Android | apk | Yes | git | GPLv2 | 2.0+ | |
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 | |
GLtron | Lightcycle game. | Android-gltron Wiki | Yes | git | GPLv2 | 2.2+ | Port of GLtron | |
Nethack Android | NetHack | homepage | list | Yes | svn | GPLv2 | 1.5+ | Port of NetHack |
robotfindskitten | A "Zen Simulation" | Website | apk | Yes | Source Dir | GPL | 1.6+ | |
Simon Tatham's Puzzles | A great portable collection of puzzle games, ported to Android | Android Puzzles | apk | Yes | git | MIT | 1.5+ | |
SkyRiot Free | A 2d flying shooter physics based platform action game. | Website | Yes | svn | CC SA | 2 | ||
Warmux | A turn-based artillery game | Website | apk | Yes | svn | GPLv2 | 2.0+ |
General
Application name | Description | Website | Apk | Play Store | Sources | License | API | Note |
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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 | ||
FBReader | e-book reader | site | apk | Yes | git | GPL | 1.5+ | (fbreader's port) |
Google Authenticator | Authentication | Project page | Yes | git | Apache 2.0 | 2.1+ | ||
MyTracks | GPS tracking application | site | Yes | git | Apache 2.0 | 1.5+ | ||
OsmAnd | Offline mapping program using OpenStreetMap data | site | Yes | git | GPL v3 | 1.6+ | ||
PressureNET | Crowd-sourced barometer network | Cumulonimbus | Yes | git | MIT | |||
Tomdroid | Note taking application with online sync | Tomdroid | latest | Yes | bzr | GPLv3 | 1.6+ | a port of Tomboy to android |
Wikipedia | Access to Wikipedia | Wikimedia Foundation | Yes | github | GPLv2 |
Multimedia
Application name | Description | Website | Apk | Nightly | Play Store | Sources | License | API | Note |
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Rockbox | Music player / jukebox | [3] | [4] | [5] | No | svn | GPLv2 | officially "unusable", early development version | |
Subsonic Android Client | Streaming Media Player | Subsonic | Yes | svn | GPLv3 | ||||
VLC | Media player | [6] | [7] | [8] | Yes | git | GPLv2+ | 2.1+ | beta |
XBMC | Media center | [9] | No | GPL |
Security
Application name | Description | Website | Apk | Play Store | Sources | License | API | Note |
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Prey (software) | Android version of Prey (anti-theft software) | Prey Project | Yes | git | GPLv3 | |||
DroidSheep | [10] | No | GPLv3 |
References
External links
There are a number of third-party maintained lists of open sources Android applications, including: