I’ve been browsing f-droid when I noticed a bunch of apps like “Fossify calendar” that looked similar to apps starting with “Simple” - simple gallery, simple file manager, etc. I wanted to understand more on what are the ties and apparently, simple mobile tools are no good
So does someone know if Fossify are legit? Page looks iffy but code seems to be just forks.
Anyone has some info on them?
I had the exact same question! Thanks for posting!
Bit of context, the simple apps were sold to a large Corp who put a bunch of adds and tracking in (later cut down by my understanding) so people forked the projects and continued maintenance under fossify
Exactly, that’s the community fork of SimpleMobileTools. However there is also Goodwy that have forked them in the name of Right Apps. Right Calendar, Right Gallery, Right Messages, Right Files and Right Contacts.
Yes, Fossify came precisely as a continuation for the Simple apps. The https://github.com/FossifyOrg org and the website https://www.fossify.org/ are linked from the F-Droid metadata so they should be legit as well.
See also: https://f-droid.org/2024/01/04/twif.html
Fossify is a fork of Simple Mobile Tools, after SMT got sold to a shady ad company.
They look a lot like the simple collection, I would look into their heritage first. https://simplemobiletools.com/
Simple Mobile Tools was sold a while back, IIRC to an ad company. As a consequence, the Fossify forks were created.
