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List of free and open-source Android applications

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ6621352 ↗
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This is a list of notable applications (apps) that run on the Android platform which meet guidelines for free software and open-source software.

Advertisement blocking

Web browsers

Office Suites and synchronisation

Communication

Privacy or security focused

Emulators

Games

General

Health

Multimedia

Navigation

Reading

Science and education

Security

System and utilities

See also

List of free and open-source software packages

List of free and open-source iOS applications

List of open-source mobile phones

List of custom Android distributions

List of open-source hardware projects

Free Software Directory

References and notes

External links

There are a number of third-party maintained lists of open-source Android applications, including:

Android Open Source resources and software database

F-Droid Repository of free and open-source Android software

PRISM Break – curated list of security focused open-source alternatives to mitigate some threats of PRISM, XKeyscore and Tempora.

Droid-Break – curated list of general purpose open-source alternatives. Inspired by PRISM-break.

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