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F-Droid Awarded Open Technology Fund’s FOSS Sustainability Grant (f-droid.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago by noodlejetski@lemm.ee to c/foss@beehaw.org

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We are excited to announce that F-Droid has been awarded $396,044 from the Open Technology Fund’s FOSS Sustainability Fund. This grant is specifically designed to support free and open-source software (FOSS) projects in addressing long-term sustainability challenges, and we are honored to be among the recipients.

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[–] witty_username 46 points 2 weeks ago

Well deserved. F-droid is a cornerstone of (mobile) FOSS

[–] plasticcheese@lemmy.one 15 points 2 weeks ago

That's truly excellent news

[–] mac@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hoping that accrescent starts seeing some more activity

[–] Zoop@beehaw.org 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I hadn't yet heard of Accrescent. Here's a link to their website for anyone interested:

https://accrescent.app/

A novel Android app store focused on security, privacy, and usability. Currently in alpha.

[–] frogman@beehaw.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

cool share both of you, thanks