List of free and open-source Android applications

Most Android phones, like the Galaxy Nexus, allow installation of applications both from the Play Store or directly via APK files

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
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

Application name	Description	Website	Apk	Play Store	Sources	License	API	Note
Scummvm	Android Port of ScummVM (emulates gaming platforms)	ScummVM		Yes	svn	GNU GPL v2	1.5+	now officially merged into the main release
RetroArch	Android Port of RetroArch	[2]		Yes	git	GNU GPL (version?)

Application name	Description	Website	Apk	Play Store	Sources	License	API	Note
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	apk	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+
Warmux	A turn-based artillery game	Website	apk	Yes	svn	GPLv2	2.0+

Application name	Description	Website	Apk	Play Store	Sources	License	API	Note
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+
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	GPLv3	1.6+
PressureNET	Crowd-sourced barometer network	Cumulonimbus		Yes	git	MIT
Google IO	App for Google IO conference	google code		Yes	git	Apache 2.0
Tomdroid	Note taking application with online sync	Tomdroid	latest	Yes	bzr	GPLv3	1.6+	Port of Tomboy
Wikipedia	Access to Wikipedia	Wikimedia Foundation		Yes	github	GPLv2

Application name	Description	Website	Apk	Nightly	Play Store	Sources	License	API	Note
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

Application name	Description	Website	Apk	Play Store	Sources	License	API	Note
Prey (software)	Android version of Prey (anti-theft software)	Prey Project		Yes	git	GPLv3

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

	HPTS - Area Progetti - Edu-Soft - JavaEdu - N.Saperi - Ass.Scuola.. - TS BCTV - TSODP - TRTWE

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