You're interested in Reproducible Builds for Android apps? We've just updated our Wiki on those:

https://gitlab.com/IzzyOnDroid/repo/-/wikis/Reproducible-Builds/

There are new pages for setting up build recipes, and debugging/fixing RBs – which should help you when running your own builder. Which you btw can set up on your Linux machine within 5 minutes using the scripts provided at https://codeberg.org/IzzyOnDroid/rbuilder_setup

Developers also find pages there on making/keeping their apps RB.

Welcome to the RB family, Farhan

https://apt.izzysoft.de/packages/ly.com.tahaben.farhan

Farhan empowers you to take control of your digital experience. Say goodbye to manipulative strategies used by other apps and get ready to focus on what matters to you.

Thanks to the work of Taha Ben Ashur, its developer, the app is now RB

Welcome to the RB family, WalkersGuide

https://apt.izzysoft.de/packages/org.walkersguide.android

WalkersGuide is a navigational aid primarily intended for blind and visual impaired pedestrians. It calculates routes and shows nearby points of interest.

Thanks to the help by its developer, the app is RB now

Welcome to the RB family, Rattlegram

https://apt.izzysoft.de/packages/com.aicodix.rattlegram

Rattlegram lets you transmit short text messages over COFDMTV encoded audio signals.

Thanks to joined efforts with its developer, Rattlegram (along with its 2 sister-apps) is now RB

Welcome to the RB family, Inure

https://github.com/Hamza417/Inure

Inure is a powerful open source applications manager and analyzer with a good-looking & easy to use interface.

Joint efforts from 3 parties at work here. Most work was done by the developer (thank you, Hamza!) F-Droid devs joined in, and IzzyOnDroid's new builder tools finally brought in the victory on the developer's side. With the next sync, Inure will be available at IoD and F-Droid as RB

Cheers

555 apps (43.1%)

"Over the last few releases, we changed our build infrastructure to make package builds reproducible. This is enough to reach 90%. The remaining issues need to be fixed in individual packages. After this Change, package builds are expected to be reproducible. Bugs will be filed against packages when an irreproducibility is detected. The goal is to have no fewer than 99% of package builds reproducible."

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-43-Expect-Reproducible

Wanted to run your own builder for #reproducibleBuilds and were disappointed our RBuilder Setup was only available for Debian-based systems? Then we have good news for you: a few min ago, 2 PRs have been merged. The setup scripts now also support RPM & Arch based systems

RPM/Arch lack packages for apksigner & dexdiff (which are needed for debugging). We're on it, those will follow hopefully soon™.

Thanks to @Iamlooker and Patrick (from FlorisBoard) for your help!

https://codeberg.org/IzzyOnDroid/rbuilder_setup

We just got our first feedback on our RB builder setup scripts (https://codeberg.org/IzzyOnDroid/rbuilder_setup) today, and that made us really happy, seeing a goal achieved:

> I did set up and ran your scripts in my Ubuntu server (noble) and found the process of setting it up a breeze, and it helped me a lot into finding the source of the issue.

So if you're an Android dev looking into getting your app RB, it might be worth a try!

A salute to Douglas Adams: RB coverage at the IzzyOnDroid repo now reached 42% (covering 536 apps)

For our "automated builder setup", I've just prepared a PR adding support for RPM based systems. The PR is still marked WIP as I don't have any RPM test system at hand here – so I'm calling out for help:

Anybody willing to test the setup scripts on Fedora, RHEL, CentOS or the likes?

(more tests on Debian-based systems (Debian, Ubuntu, Mint …) are of course welcome, too)

https://codeberg.org/IzzyOnDroid/rbuilder_setup/pulls/4

Welcome to the RB family, Minimo Launcher

https://apt.izzysoft.de/packages/com.minimo.launcher

Designed for users who want to de-clutter their home screen, Minimo offers a clean and intuitive minimalist interface that prioritizes functionality without unnecessary distractions.

And thanks to the efforts by its developer, its new release today is RB

RB status at IoD now: 530 apps (41.7%)

Welcome to the RB family, RadioUpnp

https://apt.izzysoft.de/packages/com.watea.radio_upnp

RadioUpnp reads any internet radio. Minimalist and full customizable. With support for UPnP/DLNA. And thanks to the efforts by its developer, with its latest release today it is reproducible

So the current RB status at the IzzyOnDroid repo is: 508 apps (40.6%)

New day, new Milestone: now 500 apps at #IzzyOnDroid are #reproducibleBuilds

oops… the Easter egg hatched early! We've just reached a goal we hoped to achieve around Easter:

At #IzzyOnDroid 40% – so 2 out of every 5 apps – are now #reproducibleBuilds

So whenever you see one or more green shields next to the version of an app in our repo browser at https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid you can be sure: this was built exactly from the source code it claims to be, nothing added or taken away.

Oh, and we should roll out those new shields soon™, so you see the independent builders

#AndroidAppRain at https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today just brings you 6 updated apps – but all of them are RB. Second time now that we can announce an "RB only" update

Want to try running your own builder – to confirm apps as #reproducibleBuilds or just to build your own apps? At #IzzyOnDroid we've just made "easy setup scripts" available which should take care for all requirements, while letting you choose which parts you want:

https://codeberg.org/IzzyOnDroid/rbuilder_setup

These scripts are not yet thoroughly tested (just a bit on Linux Mint/Debian/Ubuntu), so we'd welcome volunteers & their feedback.

Thanks to @nlnet for supporting us on this project! You're awesome