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This post is about some of the best open-source applications for Android. Well, open-source apps offer much better privacy than non-opensource apps and they have very few or no trackers giving you complete control on your device. Below is a list of 5 Amazing opensource apps that you can download from F-Droid. Interestingly, all these apps are available on Google PlayStore as well.

1. Delta Chat: This application lets you chat over email making it very easy to communicate and it is compatible with Gmail, Outlook as well as other email providers.
The main highlights of this application include end-to-end encryption, a fast communication process, clean and elegant design and it is completely safe and open-source. One incredible feature in this application is that it’ll show you the messages from known users only, so you will definitely get a clean look without any spam.

F-Droid Link: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.b44t.messenger/

2. PDF Converter: This is definitely one of the best applications to play around pdf files. You can convert images to pdf, text to pdf, excel to pdf, merge pdf, split pdf, well there’s a lot more you can do with the pdf files here.

You can also add or remove passwords, add a watermark or remove duplicate pages which are some really good features.

F-Droid Link: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/swati4star.createpdf/

3. Scrambled Exif: An interesting open-source application indeed. So when you take any picture using your phone camera, it captures most of the information like the location where the photo is taken, if you have provided the location access. It also captures other information like the device model and name, focal length, exposure, aperture and ISO, all this comes under exif data.

So if you share your photo on social media or send it to someone else, all this personal information might be shared as well. That is where scrambled exif comes into picture. It helps in removing the exif data from your image so that you can share it without any concern.

F-Droid Link: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.jarsilio.android.scrambledeggsif/

4. Organic Maps: If you are looking for an alternative to Google maps, organic maps is the one you should be looking for. This application works offline, it’s free, open-source and has no trackers making it a great alternative to Google maps.

This application does not collect your data and provides you a neat and a clean interface to browse your favourite locations.

You get all the important features like searching for your favourite location or checking any hotel, bank, pharmacy, all at your fingertips. Dark theme is supported as well which looks much better on Amoled screens.

F-Droid Link: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/app.organicmaps/

5. LinkHub: When you are visiting any website and you want to save it, there are many ways to do it but linkhub is an amazing opensource application which allows you to save your links in a very organized manner.

You can create folders with names and multiple colors or create Links with title, subtitle, url and all these links and the Folders are sorted depending on your usage

There is a Swipe to delete function along with undo option and you can also Import and Export the data in JSON Format

If you are visiting any website and you want to save it, you can simply select the website and share it through linkhub and it’ll automatically create a title, subtitle and the url.

F-Droid Link: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.amrdeveloper.linkhub/

Well, that’s all about some of the best open-source apps available on F-Droid and i hope you enjoyed this post. You can watch my YouTube video on the above mentioned apps from the link below.