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Simple Gallery Pro vanished from F-Droid, any similar alternatives? (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by blubfisch@discuss.tchncs.de to c/fdroid@lemmy.ml
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I just noticed today that i no longer have "Simple Gallery Pro" on my phone. It vanished from f-droid, too: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.simplemobiletools.gallery.pro/

I know Simple Mobile tools have been sold to ZipoApps and their future is unclear, but I did not expect the apps to just disappear on f-droid and my phone!

Do you know of any forks yet?

What would be the closest alternative for the gallery?

Can I expect all my "Simple Mobile Tools" apps to just disappear?

Edit: It seems it F-Droid just automatically upgraded to "Fossify Gallery". It just did not replace the icon shortcut in my launcher. So no vanishing, just a silent replacement. I can live with that :). Thanks for all of your helpful replies.

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[–] nobloat@lemmy.ml 48 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There's a fork called Fossify that is expected to replace the Simple Mobile Tools. There's a Gallery and File Manager app already. I am not sure how it's different from the pro version though. It's a fork of the Simple Gallary app that was in Fdroid.

[–] MrCamel999@programming.dev 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And you can already get these forks through your fdroid client by adding the IzzyOnDroid repo! There's also the calendar that released!

[–] blubfisch@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 10 months ago

This one is already available in the official f-droid repo: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.fossify.gallery/

[–] fievel@lemm.ee 37 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Otherwize there is another (very IMHO) good alternative FOSS gallery: AVES

[–] beta_tester@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

Aves handles tags very well

[–] Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Aves is amazing.

[–] THE_ANON@lemmy.ml 17 points 10 months ago

Fossify gallery

[–] Aopen@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 10 months ago

Fossify is all about community-backed, open-source, and ad-free mobile apps. A fork of the @SimpleMobileTools, which is no longer maintained, and we're here to continue the legacy, bringing simple and private tech to everyone.

https://github.com/FossifyOrg

[–] Biorider@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Here's a gallery app I switched to: https://github.com/IacobIonut01/Gallery Just know it's only for android 11 and higher. F-Droid link: https://www.f-droid.org/en/packages/com.dot.gallery/

[–] sic_semper_tyrannis@feddit.ch 1 points 10 months ago

I'll check this one out. Thanks!

[–] bizdelnick@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago

https://lemmy.world/post/10344270