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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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stargazing app? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It seems it does not run on Android, sadly

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

What do you mean? I use it frequently.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months 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/

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months 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/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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