The ULTIMATE list of Apps for the Librem 5

[Seven]

@david.boddie
As suggested by others, since I was asked to make a list of app suggestions as to not come off as spamming the community. This is an attempt to list apps that maybe very useful on the Librem 5. Some are already set for the Librem 5 form factor, others are still working on making that happen, and finally users could probably contact the organizations {Developers/Maintainers} and suggest that maybe they should look into making their app compatible for small screens/Librem 5. So here is my list. I hope many of you find these apps worth considering. If anyone is willing to contact these developers to suggest they consider adapting their apps for mobile, please do.
@Caliga
As suggested I will update apps with the following:

@Caliga

- available (e.g. Gnome Web, Evince, Lollypop)
- in the works (e.g. Geary (I think on the roadmap of Purism), Foliate, Girens)
- wished for

Browsers
Gnome Web – Default browser. Add home button.
It has SSB (site specific browser) capability. Forerunner to PWAs
https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Web
GNU Icecat – the GNU version of Firefox
https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/
Midori - A fast and lightweight web browser
https://www.midori-browser.org/

Encrypted Vault
Cryptometer – Create an encrypted vault, in the cloud or local device, for your important documents.

Cryptomator - Free Cloud Encryption for Dropbox & Co

Email
Geary - Send and receive email
https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gnome.Geary

Calendar
Calendar - Calendar for Gnome (syncing between devices would be a good addition)
https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gnome.Calendar

Notes
Notes-Up - Your New Notebook
https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.github.philip_scott.notes-up
Notes - Notes for GNOME
https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gnome.Notes

Instant messaging and Videos/Voice over IP
GNU Jami – It has no central servers that can be raided, shut down, or forced to turn over data.
https://flathub.org/apps/details/net.jami.Jami
Riot - Like Jami, it has no central servers.
https://flathub.org/apps/details/im.riot.Riot
Tox – Like Jami, it has no central servers.
https://flathub.org/apps/details/io.github.qtox.qTox

Media player - Movies & TV
Girens – A Plex GTK client for playing movies, TV shows and music from your Plex library
Site states it already has small screen support.
https://flathub.org/apps/details/nl.g4d.Girens
Cinema - A video player for watching local movie files
https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.github.artemanufrij.playmyvideos

Video player
Celluloid - GTK+ frontend for mpv
https://flathub.org/apps/details/io.github.celluloid_player.Celluloid
Videos - official video player for GNOME
https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gnome.Totem

Music player
Lollypop - Play and organize your music collection
This is supposed to be the default music player for the Librem 5
https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gnome.Lollypop
Byte – Music player
https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.github.alainm23.byte
Musique - A finely crafted music player
https://flavio.tordini.org/musique
GNOME Music - Play and organize your music collection
https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gnome.Music

eBook reader
Foliate - A simple and modern eBook viewer (.epub, .mobi, .azw, and .azw3 files)
Site states working on small screen support.
https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.github.johnfactotum.Foliate
Bookworm – focused eBook reader (supports epub, mobi, PRC, PDF, FB2, CBR and CBZ formats)
https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.github.babluboy.bookworm
Books - An e-book manager application for GNOME
https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gnome.Books

Comics
OpenComic – Comic Reader (supports PDF, RAR, ZIP, 7Z, TAR, CBR, CBZ, CB7, CBT)

OpenComic | Apps | Electron

Audio-books
Cozy -A modern audio book player (Supports DRM free mp3, m4a [aac, ALAC…], flac, ogg, wav)
https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.github.geigi.cozy

Document viewer
Evince - Document viewer for popular document formats
https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gnome.Evince

Podcasts
Vocal
https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.github.needleandthread.vocal
Podcasts - Podcast app for GNOME
https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gnome.Podcasts

Maps
GNOME Maps - Find places around the world (Mapzen or HERE Maps integration would help with turn by turn navigation, traffic, etc.- https://www.mapzen.com/ or https://developer.here.com/develop/rest-apis )
Ability to sync Gnome Maps apps on multiple devices would be great.
https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gnome.Maps

Photo Gallary
Photos - Access, organize and share your photos on GNOME
https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gnome.Photos

RSS Feed reader
Feeds - News reader for GNOME
https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gabmus.gfeeds
Feedreader - RSS client for various webservices
https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gnome.FeedReader

Weather
Meteo - Know the forecast of the next hours and days with data and maps
https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.gitlab.bitseater.meteo
Weather - Show weather conditions and forecast
https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gnome.Weather

YouTube Client
MiniTube (does NOT require google account. Like New Pipe)
https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.tordini.flavio.Minitube

Sound Recorder
Sound Recorder - A simple, modern sound recorder for GNOME
https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gnome.SoundRecorder

Games
SuperTuxKart - A 3D arcade racer with a variety of characters, tracks, and modes to play.
https://flathub.org/apps/details/net.supertuxkart.SuperTuxKart
HexGL - Space racing game
https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gnome.HexGL
Teeworlds - Online multiplayer shooter game
https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.teeworlds.Teeworlds

[ruff]

Sorry but what do you want from purism to do with this list? If the app is

a) included into debian upstream or published on flathub and
b) using libhandy (or otherwise adoptive interface)

you should be able to install it and use it right from the phone. And if it isn’t - i don’t think Purism can (and should) take burden of ownership/maintainership for these apps - that should be done by their owners/developers/maintainers.

[Seven]

@ruff
No need to be sorry about anything. I’m not. As I am not asking Purism to do anything. If you had read the beginning of the my post you would see that I mention, in part;

This is an attempt to list apps that maybe very useful on the Librem 5. Some are already set for the Librem 5 form factor, others are still working on making that happen, and finally users could probably contact the organizations {Developers/Maintainers} and suggest that maybe they should look into making their app compatible for small screens/Librem 5.

So I make it very obvious from the beginning that indeed people should reach out to them in efforts to gain support and motivate them {Developers/Maintainers} to contribute to this project. So do you ask the same question whenever anyone else suggests software for the Librem 5? My understanding is that this form was created by Purism so that potential users and buyers could share ideas and make suggestions. That is exactly what I’m doing. This list was even at the suggestion of a moderator to this very forum. Some have already favorited this topic. So it’s clear there are those who do have an interest in what I’ve posted. Cheers.

[2disbetter]

Thanks for the list. Often time, especially for people new to Linux, such lists are crucial. So thank you for your efforts, and keep up the good work.

The more lists the better. Just need to have them intuitively accessible for them to be useful.

[johan-bjareholt]

What’s the difference here to the other app list in the Community Wiki?
Seems like it would make more sense to add to that one instead as there anyone can contribute.

List of Apps in Development · Wiki · Librem5 / Librem 5 Community Wiki

Librem 5 — List of Apps in Development

You are working on an app for the Librem 5? please let everybody know! don’t be ashamed to add “simple” or “experimental” things simplest way: drop a URL to your git repo right below here. Someone with an account will then add it to that list. Of course, you can also sign up for a community-wiki account, but I thought it’ll be simpler (and easier to discover) this way for those who already frequent the forum. For general discussion on the community forum see Community WIKI for Librem 5

[david.boddie]

Thanks for taking the time to create the list!

Hopefully some of the apps will make it into the list of apps in development, which @johan-bjareholt has just mentioned.

I see this list as more of a wishlist, or list of suggestions, and I think that some of the apps on the list are already being made mobile-friendly.

[Caliga]

I would suggest to mark each with a status like
- available (e.g. Gnome Web, Evince, Lollypop)
- in the works (e.g. Geary (I think on the roadmap of Purism), Foliate, Girens)
- wished for

I think it would also make sense to add some more of the apps we already know about, e.g. from the apps in development and possibly from the daily videos.
Especially, I’d include Chatty/Chats and Fractal, as they are intended to replace or complement Riot.
Likewise, there’s already a note taking app (Xournal) and at least one ebook reader. So, if an app is wished for, it would be good to know there’s already an alternative for it.

(To give a more uniform look, remove the previews from links by indenting the line with a space)

[Seven]

@johan-bjareholt
I wasn’t aware there was already a list. Had I known I may have done just that. Some of what I have suggested is on there, other apps are there which I was not aware of, still others are not on there at all. Again, had I known. So thank you for letting me know

[tracy]

Actually, if you can one-up the subject line and call it “Penultimate”.

[Seven]

@tracy
Not likely. Cheers

[tracy]

… Magnificent! …

[henry-nicolas]

@Seven could you please add a file browser in the list ? like nautilus/files, maybe Documents too