I just noticed today that i no longer have “Simple Gallery Pro” on my phone. It vanished from f-droid, too: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.simplemobiletools.gallery.pro/

I know Simple Mobile tools have been sold to ZipoApps and their future is unclear, but I did not expect the apps to just disappear on f-droid and my phone!

Do you know of any forks yet?

What would be the closest alternative for the gallery?

Can I expect all my “Simple Mobile Tools” apps to just disappear?

Edit: It seems it F-Droid just automatically upgraded to “Fossify Gallery”. It just did not replace the icon shortcut in my launcher. So no vanishing, just a silent replacement. I can live with that :). Thanks for all of your helpful replies.

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There’s a fork called Fossify that is expected to replace the Simple Mobile Tools. There’s a Gallery and File Manager app already. I am not sure how it’s different from the pro version though. It’s a fork of the Simple Gallary app that was in Fdroid.

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And you can already get these forks through your fdroid client by adding the IzzyOnDroid repo! There’s also the calendar that released!

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This one is already available in the official f-droid repo: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.fossify.gallery/

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Otherwize there is another (very IMHO) good alternative FOSS gallery: AVES

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Aves is amazing.

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if you don’t mind the ownership part , you can download simple gallery from github : https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-Gallery

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Here’s a gallery app I switched to: https://github.com/IacobIonut01/Gallery Just know it’s only for android 11 and higher. F-Droid link: https://www.f-droid.org/en/packages/com.dot.gallery/

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I’ll check this one out. Thanks!

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