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<p>Currently, the only way to install <a href="/tags/castlab/" rel="tag">#CastLab</a> is to use <a href="/tags/fdroid/" rel="tag">#FDroid</a> with our custom repository <a href="https://fdroid.fedilab.app" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>fdroid.fedilab.app</a></p>

<p><img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/fedifreu.de/gator.png" class="emoji" alt=":gator:" title=":gator:"> Slick move by band <a href="/tags/kinggizzardandthelizardwizard/" rel="tag">#KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard</a>: After they left <a href="/tags/spotify/" rel="tag">#Spotify</a> in July they changed all prices of their 27 albums on <a href="/tags/bandcamp/" rel="tag">#Bandcamp</a> to &quot;pay what you want&quot;: <a href="https://kinggizzard.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>kinggizzard.bandcamp.com/</a> 💪 </p><p><a href="/tags/rollingstone/" rel="tag">#RollingStone</a> coverage: <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard-bandcamp-name-your-price-1235424321/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard-bandcamp-name-your-price-1235424321/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.rollingstone.com/music/mus</span><span class="invisible">ic-news/king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard-bandcamp-name-your-price-1235424321/</span></a></p><p>In general <a href="/tags/kgatlw/" rel="tag">#KGATLW</a> takes a super liberal approach towards the distribution of their music: They embrace bootlegs by fans: <a href="https://kinggizzardandthelizardwizard.com/bootlegger" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="kinggizzardandthelizardwizard.com/bootlegger"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kinggizzardandthelizardwizard.</span><span class="invisible">com/bootlegger</span></a><br>There are dedicated bootleg channels on music platforms and there even is an app in <a href="/tags/fdroid/" rel="tag">#FDroid</a> called <a href="/tags/gizztapes/" rel="tag">#GizzTapes</a> where you find a ton of concert recordings: <a href="https://f-droid.org/en/packages/gizz.tapes.foss/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="f-droid.org/en/packages/gizz.tapes.foss/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">f-droid.org/en/packages/gizz.t</span><span class="invisible">apes.foss/</span></a> <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/fedifreu.de/gator.png" class="emoji" alt=":gator:" title=":gator:"></p><p><a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#Music</a> <a href="/tags/gizzverse/" rel="tag">#Gizzverse</a></p>

F-droid was the first thing I thought of when I saw the news come by of Google&#x27;s plan to turn Android more into iOS. Custom roms are already a dying breed due to all the crap that Google has been pulling, and now this.<br><br>It&#x27;s such a shame we&#x27;ve ended up with a smartphone OS duopoly. It could&#x27;ve been so much better, sigh.<br><br><a href="https://f-droid.org/en/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="f-droid.org/en/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">f-droid.org/en/2025/09/29/goog</span><span class="invisible">le-developer-registration-decree.html</span></a><br><br><a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#Android</a> <a href="/tags/fdroid/" rel="tag">#Fdroid</a> <a href="/tags/google/" rel="tag">#Google</a> <a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#FOSS</a> <a href="/tags/enshittification/" rel="tag">#Enshittification</a><br>

<p><a href="/tags/castlab/" rel="tag">#CastLab</a> 1.0.5 has been published.</p><p>- Create and manage playlists<br>- Autoplay support with automatic advancement to next media<br>- Remote casting from <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#PeerTube</a> and Youtube through <a href="/tags/invidious/" rel="tag">#Invidious</a><br>- Configurable Invidious instance settings<br>- Multiple theme modes: Light, Dark, Auto (Day/Night), and Custom</p><p>More about the project: <a href="https://codeberg.org/tom79/CastLab" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>codeberg.org/tom79/CastLab</a></p><p>The app is currently available on our <a href="/tags/fdroid/" rel="tag">#FDroid</a> repo but soon in the official repo.</p><p>APK also attached to: <a href="https://codeberg.org/tom79/CastLab/releases/tag/1.0.5" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="codeberg.org/tom79/CastLab/releases/tag/1.0.5"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">codeberg.org/tom79/CastLab/rel</span><span class="invisible">eases/tag/1.0.5</span></a></p>

<p>Thanks to the help of two persons <a href="/tags/castlab/" rel="tag">#CastLab</a> will be available on <a href="/tags/fdroid/" rel="tag">#FDroid</a> 🎉</p>

<p><a href="/tags/castlab/" rel="tag">#CastLab</a> should be available on <a href="/tags/fdroid/" rel="tag">#Fdroid</a> in coming days 🎉<br>This app allows to cast media (pictures, videos and audios) from your galleries to devices supporting UPnP protocol (such TV or softwares like Kodi).</p><p>You can get more details about this project here (full description and screenshots): <a href="https://codeberg.org/tom79/CastLab" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>codeberg.org/tom79/CastLab</a></p><p>We created a project on <a href="/tags/weblate/" rel="tag">#Weblate</a> to translate strings at <a href="https://hosted.weblate.org/engage/castlab/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="hosted.weblate.org/engage/castlab/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hosted.weblate.org/engage/cast</span><span class="invisible">lab/</span></a></p><p>Currently, you can download the app through our custom FDroid repo to test it.</p>

<p><a href="/tags/castlab/" rel="tag">#CastLab</a> is available on <a href="/tags/fdroid/" rel="tag">#FDroid</a> 🎉</p><p><a href="https://f-droid.org/packages/app.fedilab.castlab" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="f-droid.org/packages/app.fedilab.castlab"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">f-droid.org/packages/app.fedil</span><span class="invisible">ab.castlab</span></a></p>

<p>We are really happy that <a href="/tags/castlab/" rel="tag">#CastLab</a> reached the official <a href="/tags/fdroid/" rel="tag">#FDroid</a> repo. This was not so easy for us, but thanks to the help of two volunteers, they made it possible. So a big thank you to them.</p><p><a href="https://f-droid.org/packages/app.fedilab.castlab" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="f-droid.org/packages/app.fedilab.castlab"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">f-droid.org/packages/app.fedil</span><span class="invisible">ab.castlab</span></a></p><p>Concerning <a href="/tags/fedilab/" rel="tag">#Fedilab</a>, we keep working on fixes and enhancements thanks to your feedback. We already fixed several of them.</p>

<p>We&#x27;ve reopened registrations on <a href="/tags/holos/" rel="tag">#Holos</a>. The first phase helped us identify and fix a bottleneck. All registrations now go through the app. The web version shows where to download it at <a href="https://holos.social/signup" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>holos.social/signup</a> <br>Currently we only have our direct download link, but <a href="/tags/fdroid/" rel="tag">#FDroid</a>/<a href="/tags/altstore/" rel="tag">#AltStore</a> and Google Play/App Store (if they accept) are planned.</p>

<p><a href="/tags/fedilab/" rel="tag">#Fedilab</a> 3.36.0 is out! Lots of changes. Release notes: <a href="https://codeberg.org/tom79/Fedilab/releases/tag/3.36.0" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="codeberg.org/tom79/Fedilab/releases/tag/3.36.0"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">codeberg.org/tom79/Fedilab/rel</span><span class="invisible">eases/tag/3.36.0</span></a></p><p>For <a href="/tags/fdroid/" rel="tag">#FDroid</a> users who don&#x27;t use our repo, please expect a few days.</p>

<p>In the next release of <a href="/tags/fedilab/" rel="tag">#Fedilab</a>, I will work on adding a warning popup displayed once when starting the app.</p><p>&quot;Android will become a locked-down platform&quot;<br><a href="https://keepandroidopen.org/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>keepandroidopen.org/</a></p><p>It would be great if more developers maintaining a project on both Google Play and <a href="/tags/fdroid/" rel="tag">#FDroid</a> did the same.</p>

<p><a href="/tags/neodb_you/" rel="tag">#NeoDB_You</a> v1.0.6 is out! 🎉</p><p>✅ Should appear on <a href="/tags/fdroid/" rel="tag">#fdroid</a> soon: <a href="https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-/merge_requests/31338" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-/merge_requests/31338"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-</span><span class="invisible">/merge_requests/31338</span></a><br>✅ Slide on mark in detail page to edit or delete.<br>🌟 Brand new on-boarding page.</p><p>Some tech stuff：</p><p>* Kotlin 2.3<br>* Navigation 3 stable<br>* Agents.md (I still write most of the code btw...)<br>* Tested on Android 16! (Thanks to Lineageos)</p><p><a href="https://github.com/heddxh/NeoDB-You/releases/tag/v1.0.6" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="github.com/heddxh/NeoDB-You/releases/tag/v1.0.6"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/heddxh/NeoDB-You/re</span><span class="invisible">leases/tag/v1.0.6</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/neodb/" rel="tag">#NeoDB</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/fedilab/" rel="tag">#Fedilab</a> 3.36.1 has been published. Full release notes at <a href="https://codeberg.org/tom79/Fedilab/releases/tag/3.36.1" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="codeberg.org/tom79/Fedilab/releases/tag/3.36.1"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">codeberg.org/tom79/Fedilab/rel</span><span class="invisible">eases/tag/3.36.1</span></a></p><p>For <a href="/tags/fdroid/" rel="tag">#FDroid</a> users, please wait a few days if you don&#x27;t use our custom repo.</p>

<p><a href="/tags/holos/" rel="tag">#Holos</a> will be available on <a href="/tags/fdroid/" rel="tag">#FDroid</a> soon, and we hope to get more feedback to improve the project. While <a href="/tags/fedilab/" rel="tag">#Fedilab</a> uses server APIs, here we can do much more to improve your <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> experience with an <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> server running directly on your device. We already introduced E2EE DMs and personal identity. We will go further with automatic deletion, even at posting level. You decide the availability of a message. We will also work on interaction controls from <a href="/tags/gotosocial/" rel="tag">#GoToSocial</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/holossocial/" rel="tag">#HolosSocial</a></p>

<p>The <a href="/tags/fdroid/" rel="tag">#FDroid</a> website has a new banner on top to remind visitors that <a href="/tags/google/" rel="tag">#Google</a> did not change course and <a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#Android</a> will be locked-down in under 200 days.</p><p>If you care about the freedom to control your devices and care about the privacy of you data, please contact your representative and make your voice heard.</p><p><a href="https://keepandroidopen.org/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>keepandroidopen.org/</a> (thanks <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@marcprux" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>marcprux</span></a></span>) has the resources to guide you.</p><p>We know users will rarely visit the site so the Client(s) will get a banner soon too.</p><p>Thank you for your support!</p>

<p>Not sure where <a href="/tags/google/" rel="tag">#Google</a> asked for feedback about their developer verification program, but they surely didn&#x27;t talk with <a href="/tags/floss/" rel="tag">#FLOSS</a> devs, civil society, privacy organisations or their <a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#Android</a> users</p><p><a href="/tags/fdroid/" rel="tag">#FDroid</a> did since September, and interacted with folks in the Fediverse, forum, email and in person</p><p>They all voiced one opinion: &quot;developer verification must be stopped&quot;</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@marcprux" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>marcprux</span></a></span> has written an open letter, signed by likeminded organisations who want to <a href="/tags/keepandroidopen/" rel="tag">#keepandroidopen</a></p><p>Click: <a href="https://f-droid.org/2026/02/24/open-letter-opposing-developer-verification.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="f-droid.org/2026/02/24/open-letter-opposing-developer-verification.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">f-droid.org/2026/02/24/open-le</span><span class="invisible">tter-opposing-developer-verification.html</span></a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/castlab/" rel="tag">#CastLab</a> 1.1.0 has been published<br>Main additions:</p><p><a href="/tags/fcast/" rel="tag">#FCast</a> protocol support, Android screen sharing, M3U/M3U8 playlists, USB-C display output, and improved <a href="/tags/dlna/" rel="tag">#DLNA</a> discovery (some TVs were not discovered).</p><p>More about this release: <a href="https://codeberg.org/tom79/CastLab/releases/tag/1.1.0" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="codeberg.org/tom79/CastLab/releases/tag/1.1.0"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">codeberg.org/tom79/CastLab/rel</span><span class="invisible">eases/tag/1.1.0</span></a></p><p>Already available on our custom <a href="/tags/fdroid/" rel="tag">#FDroid</a> repo.</p>

<p><a href="/tags/holos/" rel="tag">#Holos</a> 1.0.0 is available! With this release, Holos moves from release candidate to production. This version adds a reverse timeline option to display posts oldest-first.</p><p>A lot of improvements have also been made to the relay, especially around Bloom filter performance, that are not always reflected in app changelogs.</p><p>Available on <a href="/tags/fdroid/" rel="tag">#FDroid</a> custom repo:<br><a href="https://fdroid.fedilab.app" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>fdroid.fedilab.app</a></p><p>Direct download: <a href="https://framadrive.org/s/SwXt6GbBC97pZJ4" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="framadrive.org/s/SwXt6GbBC97pZJ4"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">framadrive.org/s/SwXt6GbBC97pZ</span><span class="invisible">J4</span></a></p><p>Release notes: <a href="https://codeberg.org/tom79/Holos-App/releases/tag/1.0.0" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="codeberg.org/tom79/Holos-App/releases/tag/1.0.0"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">codeberg.org/tom79/Holos-App/r</span><span class="invisible">eleases/tag/1.0.0</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/holossocial/" rel="tag">#HolosSocial</a></p>

<p>Did you know that, we also build <a href="/tags/castlab/" rel="tag">#CastLab</a>? An open-source app to cast your photos, videos and audio to your TV or any DLNA/UPnP and FCast device. Create playlists, filter your media and prepare your viewing sessions. No Google Cast, no cloud, just your local network.<br>Only available on <a href="/tags/fdroid/" rel="tag">#FDroid</a>: <a href="https://f-droid.org/packages/app.fedilab.castlab/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="f-droid.org/packages/app.fedilab.castlab/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">f-droid.org/packages/app.fedil</span><span class="invisible">ab.castlab/</span></a></p>

<p>The rework on <a href="/tags/untrackme/" rel="tag">#UntrackMe</a> is almost over. When set as default, it will act as a proxy and strip any tracking parameters before delegating the action to another app.<br>If it detects a supported front end (for YouTube, X links etc.), it will automatically redirect you to the alternative front-end of your choice.<br>If it detects a shortened or hidden URL (like t.co, etc.), you will be warned with full details before proceeding.<br>Only on <a href="/tags/fdroid/" rel="tag">#FDroid</a>: <a href="https://f-droid.org/packages/app.fedilab.nitterizeme/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="f-droid.org/packages/app.fedilab.nitterizeme/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">f-droid.org/packages/app.fedil</span><span class="invisible">ab.nitterizeme/</span></a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/holos/" rel="tag">#Holos</a> 1.1.2 has been published.<br>This release fixes backup to disk that was incorrectly opening a share dialog, a timeout issue with push registration, and reply mentions showing as <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Unknown" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Unknown</span></a></span> in the local timeline. Also fixed signup that could misleadingly suggest registration on a custom domain.</p><p>Available in <a href="/tags/fdroid/" rel="tag">#FDroid</a> (custom repo) and Framadrive : <a href="https://framadrive.org/s/fsnpxkdSct4JH7k" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="framadrive.org/s/fsnpxkdSct4JH7k"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">framadrive.org/s/fsnpxkdSct4JH</span><span class="invisible">7k</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/holossocial/" rel="tag">#HolosSocial</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/castlab/" rel="tag">#CastLab</a> 1.2.0 has been released on <a href="/tags/fdroid/" rel="tag">#FDroid</a>.</p><p>This version improves device discovery by listening for network announcements from TVs that were previously missed. It also warns when a video format may not be supported by the target device.</p><p>Several casting issues have been fixed, including compatibility with Macast and PeerTube on strict DLNA devices.</p><p><a href="https://codeberg.org/tom79/CastLab/releases/tag/1.2.0" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="codeberg.org/tom79/CastLab/releases/tag/1.2.0"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">codeberg.org/tom79/CastLab/rel</span><span class="invisible">eases/tag/1.2.0</span></a></p>