Open-source Android apps, checked file by file

• Windscribe
• Audio Recorder
• V VPN Hotspot
• App Lock
• Shattered Pixel Dungeon
• Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup
• Brogue CE Android
• VCMI
• OpenRCT2
• OpenTTD
• SuperTuxKart
• Mindustry

• OsmAnd~
• Canta
• Neo Store
• Nextcloud
• Immich
• Nova Video Player
• ArchiveTune
• Intra
• WG Tunnel
• SimpMusic
• Meshtastic
• VIVI Music
• mpvExtended
• PipePipe
• SmartTube
• Fossify Calendar

• Fold Craft Launcher
• Vita3K
• Unciv
• Zalith Launcher 2
• Mindustry
• The Battle for Wesnoth
• Moonlight
• Shattered Pixel Dungeon

• Obtainium Alternatives: 4 Open-Source Tools to Install and Update Apps Four open-source alternatives to Obtainium for installing and updating Android apps outside Google Play. Sources, silent installs and tracking flags compared.
• Play Heroes III, RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 and Transport Tycoon on Android VCMI, OpenRCT2 and OpenTTD rebuild three classic PC strategy games as open source for Android. What each needs from the original game, and how to set it up.
• Customize Android: 6 Open-Source Apps, From Launcher to System UI Six open-source apps to customize Android, from launchers and a desktop-style taskbar to system-wide icon packs and Quick Settings styling. What each needs.
• Fossify: 10 Open-Source Replacements for Simple Mobile Tools The Fossify apps that carry on Simple Mobile Tools, from gallery and dialer to keyboard and launcher. None requests internet access; all ten share one signing key.
• 12 Open-Source Android Games With No Ads or In-App Purchases Twelve open-source Android games, from strategy and roguelikes to racing and sandbox, whose files contain no ad libraries, no billing code and no trackers.
• LSPosed Modules: 9 Open-Source Xposed Modules Worth Installing Nine open-source LSPosed and Xposed modules, from fixing old app installs to icon packs and freezing background apps. Xposed API confirmed in every APK, no trackers.
• Minecraft Java on Android: 3 Open-Source Launchers Compared Three open-source launchers that run Minecraft Java Edition on Android, Amethyst, Zalith Launcher 2 and Fold Craft Launcher, compared on versions, mods and devices.
• NewPipe and 5 Alternatives: Open-Source YouTube Apps Compared NewPipe, PipePipe, LibreTube, FreeTube Android, SkyTube and Tubular compared on features, how they reach YouTube, upkeep and devices. Every APK checked.
• Open-Source Roguelikes: Shattered Pixel Dungeon, DCSS and Brogue Compared Shattered Pixel Dungeon, Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup and Brogue CE compared on controls, depth, online features and who makes each Android version. All free, no ads.
• Open-Source Strategy Games: Mindustry, Unciv and Wesnoth Compared Mindustry, Unciv and The Battle for Wesnoth compared on pace, online play, data downloads, controllers and Android support. Every APK signature-checked.
• KernelSU vs APatch vs Magisk: Which Root Solution Fits Your Phone KernelSU and APatch root Android from the kernel; Magisk patches the boot image. Kernel support, modules and requirements compared, with APKs checked.
• Shizuku Apps: 15 Open-Source Tools, Each Checked for the Shizuku API Fifteen open-source Android apps that use Shizuku for ADB-level access without root. We confirmed the Shizuku API inside every APK and scanned each for trackers.
• Termux Add-ons: What All 7 Plugins Do, and Which Build You Need What each Termux plugin adds, from Termux:API to Termux:GUI, how to set it up, and why plugins must come from the same source as Termux. All seven checked.
• Open-Source VPN and Proxy Apps for Android, Compared WG Tunnel, OpenVPN for Android, OpenConnect, Tailscale, Shadowsocks, NekoBox and Windscribe compared by protocol and what you need to connect. Every APK checked.
• YouTube Music Clients: 8 Open-Source Apps Compared Metrolist, ArchiveTune, Kreate, VIVI Music, Gyawun, SimpMusic, OuterTune and Bloomee compared on sources, accounts, lyrics and devices. Every APK signature-checked.

• Root & Mods 11 apps Root solutions and the modules that run on them.
• Customization 8 apps Apps that change how Android looks and how you get around it: launchers from Pixel-style to search-only, a desktop-style taskbar, a module that carries your icon pack into Settings and Recents, and a system UI theming app for Pixel and AOSP ROMs.
• Network & Privacy 21 apps VPN clients and proxies, ad blocking and firewalls, a Private DNS switcher, an HTTPS inspection add-on, and apps that link your phone to other hardware and services, from a ship-tracking radio dongle and off-grid mesh radios to your PC.
• Media 32 apps Music and video: open-source YouTube Music clients, YouTube players that need no Google account, VLC, Kodi, a Jellyfin client, and players built on mpv and Media3.
• System Tools 37 apps Tools for installing, updating and managing apps and files, and for working with your device at a lower level: Termux and its plugins, app updaters, and apps that use Shizuku for ADB-level access without root.
• Cloud & Sync 3 apps Apps for keeping files and photos in storage you choose.
• Productivity 10 apps Open-source replacements for the apps a phone comes with: a dialer, contacts, a calendar, notes, a clock and two keyboards.
• Reading & Maps 3 apps Apps for reading and for finding your way that keep working without a connection once you have the files.
• Strategy Games 4 games Open-source strategy games, real-time and turn-based: factory building and tower defence, empire building on a hex map, tactical fantasy battles, and an engine for Heroes of Might and Magic III that runs your own copy of the game.
• Adventure & RPG 4 games Open-source adventure and role-playing games, where you build up a character or a ship over a long game, and roguelikes: dungeon crawls with a new layout every run and permanent death.
• Minecraft Launchers 3 tools Launchers that run the PC (Java) edition of Minecraft on Android, mods and modpacks included.
• Console Emulators 6 tools Open-source console emulators.

1. Signed index. We read the IzzyOnDroid and F-Droid repositories only after checking their signatures against the certificates they publish.
2. Exact file. The APK’s SHA-256 hash must match the one in that signed index, byte for byte.
3. Right signer. The signing certificate inside the APK must be the one the index lists for that app.
4. Opened up. We record its permissions, CPU support and Android versions, and scan its code against the Exodus Privacy tracker list.

Some game emulators and launchers come from the project’s own GitHub releases instead; those have their own checks. These checks show a file is the developer’s own, unmodified release. They don’t show the app is safe or bug-free, and we don’t claim they do.