Alternative search for apps

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Recently I implemented an alternative search based on fdroids app index. The UI is not polished or useful on mobile, but it meets my needs. Also, since it’s a hobby project, it can go offline or break at any time. However, maybe it’s useful for someone else.

Website: https://fdroidsearch.eu.pythonanywhere.com/
Source Code: Marph / F-Droid Alternative Search · GitLab

Features:

  • Searches are done only in the app title and summary. Case sensitivity is not distinguished. The use of a wildcard is possible.
  • Filtering is flexible:
    • You can exclude all apps with any anti-feature.
    • You can include only projects with a recent update.
    • You can combine multiple categories. For example search all apps that are categorized as “System” and “Time”.
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Sounds good. Here’s hoping f-droid incorporates it for better search into their website so users are subjected to f-droid policies instead of

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How about just DuckDuckGo?

Actually, I’ve submitted a search bar enhancement to search via meilisearch: Draft: Replace with meilisearch search bar (!696) · Merge requests · F-Droid / Website · GitLab. But unfortunately, it was not accepted.

The argument was that the author of the current searching implementation has the final say. So, as expected, they don’t like any replacements.

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It isn’t possible to filter directly for categories or anti-features on duckduckgo. Also getting a single list of fitting apps is convenient for me.

I had a similar impression. It seems to be difficult to get a change of the search into upstream. That’s why I decided to start a new project, as suggested here.

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Seems need more work

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That’s what I meant by

If I get the time for it, I will try to improve the layout. For now it’s plain HTML, intended for use on pc or smartphone with landscape mode.

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