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OSS Tracker RE – a fork that grew up #28

@monsivamon

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@monsivamon

Hi @jroddev,

Hope you're doing well! 👋

I wanted to let you know that your excellent android-oss-release-tracker
became the foundation for something that has grown far beyond what I
originally imagined.

I forked your project a while ago under the name OSS Tracker RE,
and it has now evolved through several major releases (currently v0.2.3).
Here's a quick summary of what has been added since the fork:

  • Background APK download engine (OkHttp + Foreground Service)
    with pause / resume / cancel and real‑time progress
  • One‑tap install after download, plus a Download‑Only mode
  • Stable vs Pre‑release separation with collapsible cards
  • Automatic update check (WorkManager) with notifications
  • Light / Dark / System theme
  • Download history with version numbers, release types, error reasons,
    and GitHub / GitLab provider badges
  • Pull‑to‑refresh, drag‑free reordering, and many UX refinements

The UI still carries a lot of your original DNA, but internally almost
every subsystem has been rebuilt or extended. I've kept your original
MIT license and credited you in the README — this project wouldn't exist
without your clean foundation.

If you're still active on GitHub, I'd love for you to take a look.
Any feedback would definitely boost my motivation to keep developing this.

Repository: https://github.com/monsivamon/OSS-Tracker-RE

Thank you again for making your work open source.
Best regards,
monsivamon

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