r/fossdroid

17K archived posts · Dec 2011 – Sep 2026

FOSS for Android

r/fossdroid

A community for sharing and promoting free/libre and open-source software (freedomware) on the Android platform. This means software you are free to modify and distribute, such as applications licensed under the GNU General Public License, BSD license, MIT license, Apache license, etc., and software that isn’t designed to restrict you in any way. Think of free software as free as in freedom of speech, not free potatoes.

Created Dec 17, 2011

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A community for sharing and promoting free and open-source software (freedomware) on the Android platform. This means software you are free to modify and distribute, such as applications licensed under the GNU General Public License, BSD license, MIT license, Apache license, etc. Think of free software as free as in freedom of speech, not free potatoes. Do not recommend or post links to pirated software.

Relevant subreddit

r/lineageos

A free/open source Android repository and community:

F-Droid

The most popular open source alternative Android firmware:

LineageOS

100% free alternative Android firmware:

Some pages with free/open source Android software (lists might not be 100% clean; use as starting points):

What free (as in freedom) software is and why it's important:

See also:

#Links to (pages with) proprietary software will be removed, and will lead to bans.

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