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F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device.

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Are there any good open source star gazing apps out there?

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[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago

I like Sky Map. Originally developed by Google, open-sourced in 2012.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Map

[–] Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also stellarium. It's open source and really the best. https://github.com/Stellarium/stellarium

[–] gigachad@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It seems it does not run on Android, sadly

[–] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What do you mean? I use it frequently.

[–] d_k_bo@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Stellarium Mobile doesn't seem to be FOSS which is weird because Stellarium uses GPLv2.

Their issue tracker has a bot that says:

This site actually does not discuss the Mobile version. Please use its own feedback system: https://www.stellarium-labs.com/support/

[–] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That is weird. Thank you for bringing that distinction to my attention, I'd always assumed it was FOSS and just locked a few features behind a paywall on Google Play.

Looks like the mobile version is created by the same person who initially created Stellarium (and the current project coordinator for the FOSS version), but forked and taken closed source? Very confusing.

https://www.stellarium-labs.com/about/

[–] gigachad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I couldn't find it anywhere on the github page linked. Glad to hear I was wrong.

[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)