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Yes, #Fedilab has some differences between its Google Play version and its #FDroid version.
There are mostly due to restrictions from Google.

In the Google app we had to remove:

- Donation links
- Register an account on Mastodon (as they don't want to understand that the app doesn't collect emails).
- Filter some search results with #Peertube to exclude "YouTube Downloader" videos

To Google users, keep in mind you can easily switch to FDroid, we would be happy to help if you have questions

I am so appreciative of #FDroid, but holy fuck, it needs to improve fundamentally. Whether it's the recent server issues, which prevent new apps from being released because they didn't wanna upgrade their servers or just the whole release process. It all needs an overhaul.

Don't get me wrong, I'm entitled AF. I hold my hands up and admit that. But I'm an #Android enthusiast. I really enjoy my devices and look forward to each software update. F-Droid is supposed to offer peace of mind, enabling users to get open source software without the security concerns that would arise from random GitHub APKs. They often say to developers, submit your software and 3 days later it'll be in the repo. To me, that's not good enough. But as I said, I'm entitled. Honestly though, waiting 3 days for what could be a security critical release just isn't good enough. But I watched something get submitted 6 days ago and it's still not in the repository. The developer reached out and asked if anything was wrong and the response was "Nothing is wrong. Not sure when it will be available though." Huh? So even when you exceed your three days, doubling it, you can't even provide an explanation? F-Droid is a massive project being run like it's an after school project. It needs to be better because a lot of people rely on it. If other repositories can update daily, so should F-Droid be able to too.

FYI: KOReader just got a version update to 2025.08 nicknamed "Parasol" and the inline/OTA update for my Kobo Libra 2 ereader went fine. It should reach F-Droid at some point soon for Android-based devices (Boox, older Tolino, etc.). Wallabag seems fine with the update though I didn't check all of the installed plugins.
github.com/koreader/koreader/r

An ebook reader application supporting PDF, DjVu, EPUB, FB2 and many more formats, running on Cervantes, Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook and Android devices - koreader/koreader
GitHubReleases · koreader/koreaderAn ebook reader application supporting PDF, DjVu, EPUB, FB2 and many more formats, running on Cervantes, Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook and Android devices - koreader/koreader

I'm seeing a lot of people are confused about my frustration with #FDroid's #ReproducibleBuild system, so let me explain:

Sometimes, F-Droid compares their build result with the developer's, meaning both parties (F-Droid and the app dev) agree on the expected result. Other times, they just build their own APK a second time in the same environment, never checking if the developer got the same result.

Both these cases are labeled "Reproducible Build", despite the huge differences.

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Coming to #Pachli Current in a few days - support for translating posts on your device.

Helpful if your server doesn't support translation, and can be used to translate posts your server refuses to translate.

Won't be available in the #FDroid and #GitHub releases, as this feature uses the same non-free Google machine learning libraries as the "Warn if you're posting in the wrong language" feature.