# Beginner's Resources # Beginner's Resource Collection Let's use this topic to collect some resources a beginner might find useful. Keep this user-centric, there's other categories for development and other discussions. \*\*Official Jolla Resources\*\* \* \[Jolla Store\] [https://shop.jolla.com/](https://shop.jolla.com/) get your SailfishOS licenses here! \* \[SailfishOS Blog\]( [https://blog.jolla.com/](https://blog.jolla.com/) ) for news, announcements and things \* \[Jolla Together\]( [http://together.jolla.com/](http://together.jolla.com/) ): legacy discussion and support forum (read-only, may go away) \* \[Jolla Service and Support\]( [https://jolla.com/support/ )](https://jolla.com/support/)) a.k.a. Jolla Care \* \[Jolla@Zendesk\]( [https://jolla.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/](https://jolla.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/) ) Jolla customer care, where you can \[create a new request\]([https://jolla.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new](https://jolla.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new) ) and \[search\]( [https://jolla.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/search](https://jolla.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/search) ) for others \* \[SailfishOS Wiki\]([https://sailfishos.org/wiki/SailfishOS](https://sailfishos.org/wiki/SailfishOS) ) (developer-centric, with some user-related things) \* \[SailfishOS Cheat Sheet\]([https://sailfishos.org/wiki/Sailfish\_OS\_Cheat\_Sheet](https://sailfishos.org/wiki/Sailfish_OS_Cheat_Sheet) ) for Power Users, and aren't we all \* \[Community News\]([https://forum.sailfishos.org/tag/community-news](https://forum.sailfishos.org/tag/community-news) ) monthly-ish news series on this forum \*\*Official User Guides\*\* \* \[User Guides\]([https://jolla.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/categories/200392647-User-guides](https://jolla.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/categories/200392647-User-guides) ) the base (see also below links) \* \[Jolla User Guide\]([https://jolla.com/guide/en/index.html](https://jolla.com/guide/en/index.html) ) SF1.0 (outdated) \* \[Jolla Tablet User Guide\]([https://jolla.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/206260208-Jolla-Tablet-User-Guide](https://jolla.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/206260208-Jolla-Tablet-User-Guide) ) SF2.0 (outdated) \*\*Community Resources\*\* \* \[The Awesome SailfishOS Collection\]([https://github.com/molan-git/awesome-sailfishos/blob/master/README.md](https://github.com/molan-git/awesome-sailfishos/blob/master/README.md) ) a, well, awesome list of resources just like this one, by @molan et. al. more current version [here](https://sailfishos.wiki/books/beginners-resources/page/awesome-sailfish) \* \[List of Android -> Sailfish OS applications\]([https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/list-of-android-sailfish-os-applications/6866](https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/list-of-android-sailfish-os-applications/6866) ) \* \[Android apps and their Sailfish equivalents\]([https://github.com/sailfishos-community/equivalentsinsailfish](https://github.com/sailfishos-community/equivalentsinsailfish) ) also more current version [here](https://sailfishos.wiki/books/beginners-resources/page/android-equivalents-in-sailfish) also includes entries from the forum list above \* \[SailfishOS forum on maemo.org\]([http://talk.maemo.org/forumdisplay.php?f=52](http://talk.maemo.org/forumdisplay.php?f=52) ) the mother of all forums \* unofficial app resource: \[OpenRepos\]([http://openrepos.net](http://openrepos.net) ) \* Telegram Group: \[Sailfish OS Fan Club\]([https://t.me/+KeJKDDA60uU2M2Q0](https://t.me/+KeJKDDA60uU2M2Q0) ) \* More discussion channels are linked in \[this post\]([https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/sailfish-community-news-11th-march/5409](https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/sailfish-community-news-11th-march/5409) ), including links for different messaging platforms and languages. \*\*Third Party Resources\*\* \* Sony \[Open Devices\]([https://developer.sony.com/develop/open-devices/](https://developer.sony.com/develop/open-devices/) ) \*\*Technical Resources/Guides\*\* \* \[Guide: Installing Sailfish X on Xperias\]([https://gitlab.com/Olf0/sailfishX#guide-installing-sailfishx-on-xperias](https://gitlab.com/Olf0/sailfishX#guide-installing-sailfishx-on-xperias) ) especially: \* \[Increasing the "root" LVM volume size\]([https://gitlab.com/Olf0/sailfishX#33-increasing-the-root-lvm-volume-size](https://gitlab.com/Olf0/sailfishX#33-increasing-the-root-lvm-volume-size) ) \* \[Guide: Creating partitions on SD-card, optionally encrypted\]([https://gitlab.com/Olf0/guide-creating-partitions-on-sd-card-optionally-encrypted](https://gitlab.com/Olf0/guide-creating-partitions-on-sd-card-optionally-encrypted) ) \* \[Guide: Externalising android\_storage and other directories or files to SD-card\]([https://gitlab.com/Olf0/guide-externalising-android\_storage-and-other-directories-files-to-sd-card](https://gitlab.com/Olf0/guide-externalising-android_storage-and-other-directories-files-to-sd-card) ) Note that externalising Android storage does not work for AlienDalivik (AAS) on Xperia XA2, 10, 10 II ans 10 III, yet. \* \[Guide: Fix certificate issues on SailfishOS, e.g. DST X3 root certificate on older SailfishOS (e.g. Jolla1 with 3.4)\]([https://gitlab.com/Olf0/guide-fix-certificate-issues-on-sailfishos](https://gitlab.com/Olf0/guide-fix-certificate-issues-on-sailfishos) ) \* \[Some export (backup) functionality\]([https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/how-can-i-issue-system-backup-over-ssh/4112/3](https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/how-can-i-issue-system-backup-over-ssh/4112/3) ) \*\*App Stores / Repositories Guides\*\* (enlisted here or in a separated thread ?) \* \[How to install app's thread\]([https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/how-to-install-apps-in-sailfish-x-guide-for-noobs-like-me/1726](https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/how-to-install-apps-in-sailfish-x-guide-for-noobs-like-me/1726) ) # Awesome Sailfish A curated list of awesome Sailfish OS resources. Sailfish OS is a mobile operating system based on open source and developed by the Finnish mobile company Jolla Ltd. and the Sailfish OS community. ### Sailfish OS - [Sailfish OS Forum](https://forum.sailfishos.org/) - Official discussion forum - [Sailfish OS Release Notes](https://forum.sailfishos.org/tag/release-notes) - Sailfish OS and SDK release notes - [Sailfish OS Documentation](https://docs.sailfishos.org/) - Documentation for Sailfish OS and app developers and translations - [Sailfish OS Community](https://sailfishos.org/community/) - About the Sailfish OS community - [Sailfish OSS](https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/SailfishOSS) - List of the different components of Sailfish OS and whether they are OSS - [Community Hardware Adaptations](https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/community-hardware-adaptations/14081) - List of unofficial Sailfish OS ports ## Jolla - [Jolla Website](https://jolla.com/) - official Jolla website - [Jolla Shop](https://shop.jolla.com/) - download and/or buy official Sailfish OS ports - [Jolla on Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/jollaofficial) - official Facebook account - [Jolla on Twitter](http://twitter.com/jollahq) - official Twitter account ## Application Sources / Stores - [Openrepos.net](https://openrepos.net/) - Unofficial app website maintained by the community - [Storeman app for Openrepos.net (Github)](https://github.com/storeman-developers/harbour-storeman) - Sailfish OS client for openrepos.net - [Sailfish OS Chum Community Repository (Github)](https://github.com/sailfishos-chum/main) - provides a collection of applications, tools and libraries - [Sailfish OS Chum GUI](https://chumrpm.netlify.app/) - Sailfish OS client for the chum community repository - [Sailfish OS Chum web catalog](https://sailfishos-chum.github.io/ "Chum web catalog") - [Android app compatibility search](https://sailfishos.app "Search for compatible Android apps") ## Useful Communications Apps - [Communi](https://openrepos.net/content/thaodan/communi) - IRC client - [Sailtrix](https://openrepos.net/content/hengyedev/sailtrix) or [Hydrogen](https://sailfishos-chum.github.io/apps/harbour-hydrogen/ "Hydrogen on Chum") - Matrix client - [Fernschreiber](https://openrepos.net/content/werkwolf/fernschreiber) or [Yottagram](https://openrepos.net/content/mistermagister/yottagram "Yottagram on openrepos")- Telegram client - [Tooter β](https://openrepos.net/content/molan/tooter-v) - Mastodon client - [Piepmatz](https://openrepos.net/content/werkwolf/piepmatz) - Twitter client - [Whisperfish](https://openrepos.net/content/rubdos/whisperfish-sailfishos-34 "Whisperfish on openrepos") - Signal client ## Tips and Tricks - [Sailfish OS Cheat Sheet](https://sailfishos.org/wiki/Sailfish_OS_Cheat_Sheet) - Collection of Development Commands - [Sailfish Useful Commands](https://github.com/olpeh/sailfish-useful-commands) - Collection of useful commands that are not so easy to remember - [Equivalents in Sailfish](https://github.com/maidis/equivalentsinsailfish) - List that shows Android apps and their Sailfish equivalents (outdated) moving [here](https://sailfishos.wiki/books/beginners-resources/page/android-equivalents-in-sailfish "android-equivalent") ## Instant Messaging, Social Media and other ### In English - Sailfish OS Fan Club (group chat for all things related to Sailfish OS) - [Information and chat rules](https://telegra.ph/Sailfish-OS-Fan-Club-05-19) - [Telegram](https://t.me/+KeJKDDA60uU2M2Q0) - [oftc.net IRC #sailfishos-fanclub bridge](https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=sailfishos-fanclub) - [Matrix bridge](https://matrix.to/#/#_oftc_#sailfishos-fanclub:matrix.org) - Sailfish OS News Channel - [Telegram](https://t.me/sailfishosnews) - [Mastodon](https://mastodon.social/@sailfishosnews) - SailfishOS-Meeting (official regular meetings by Jolla) - [Meeting announcements and information](https://forum.sailfishos.org/tag/community-meeting) - [oftc.net IRC #sailfishos-meeting](https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#sailfishos-meeting) - [Matrix bridge](https://matrix.to/#/#_oftc_#sailfishos-meeting:matrix.org) - [Telegram bridge (read-only)](https://t.me/joinchat/AAAAAFcbasJX67Fu-aGxxQ) - Sailfish OS on IRC (official channel by Jolla) - [oftc.net IRC #sailfishos](https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=sailfishos) - [Matrix bridge](https://matrix.to/#/#_oftc_#sailfishos:matrix.org) - Sailfish OS Porters (group chat about hardware adaptions) - [oftc.net IRC #sailfishos-porters](https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#sailfishos-porters) - [Matrix bridge](https://riot.im/app/#/room/#freenode_#sailfishos-porters:matrix.org) - [Telegram bridge](https://t.me/sailfishos_porters) - NemoMobile (Nemo Mobile UX group chat) - [Telegram](https://t.me/NemoMobile) - [IRC bridge](https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.freenode.net:+6697/#NemoMobile) - [Matrix bridge](https://riot.im/app/#/room/#freenode_#nemomobile:matrix.org) ### In German - [Sailfish OS Community](https://t.me/joinchat/CCMYXQnxqdpVWVooiTdWTQ) - Telegram group chat ### In French - [SailfishOS Francophonie](https://t.me/sfosfr) - Telegram group chat ### In Spanish - [Sailfish ES](https://t.me/sailfish_es) - Telegram group chat ### In Italian - [Jolla Community Italia](https://jollacommunity.it) - Website with Sailfish OS related news, guides, forum and other resources - [Jolla Community Italia Channel](https://t.me/jollait) - Telegram channel with news from the Italian community (read-only) - [Jolla Community Italia Club](https://t.me/jollaitclub) - Telegram group chat ### In Turkish - [SailfishOS TR](https://t.me/sailfishostr) - Telegram group chat - [Sailfish OS - MaxiCep](https://www.maxicep.com/forum/kategori/sailfish-os.765/) - Sub forum about Sailfish OS ### In Chinese - SailfishOS Fan Club - [Jolla-Sailfish OS 中文交流群](https://t.me/jollacn) - Telegram group chat - [IRC bridge](https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.freenode.net:+6697/#jolla-cn) - IRC-bridge to the Telegram group chat - [旗鱼俱乐部](https://sailfishos.club) - Community forum ### In Russian - [Sailfish OS / Aurora OS chat](https://t.me/sailfishos) - Telegram group chat ### In Arabian - Sailfish OS Arabic Community - [Telegram](https://t.me/SFOS_AR) - [Matrix bridge](https://matrix.to/#/#SFOS_AR:matrix.org) ## Academic - [Asterism: Decentralized File Sharing Application for Mobile Devices](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330758943_Asterism_Decentralized_File_Sharing_Application_for_Mobile_Devices) - [Method and Tools for Automated End-to-end Testing of Applications for Sailfish OS](https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3180065) - [Cross-platform development for Sailfish OS and Android: Architectural patterns and “dictionary trainer” application case study](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7892194) ## Related - [Awesome Qt](https://github.com/mikalv/awesome-qt-qml/blob/master/README.md) - Curated list of awesome Qt and QML libraries, resources, projects, and shiny things ## License [![CC0](http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/presskit/buttons/88x31/svg/cc-zero.svg)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) # Android Equivalents in Sailfish The following list includes some Android apps and their Sailfish equivalents. Some of the Sailfish apps are available on mutliple channels (Jolla harbour, Openrepos and Chum).
App TypeAndorid AppSailfish App
Weather[AccuWeather](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.accuweather.android)[MeeCast](https://openrepos.net/content/vasvlad/meecast)
[Sailfish Weather](https://jolla.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204755917-Weather)
[German Weather Service](https://openrepos.net/content/poetaster/german-weather-service "DWD german weather service on openrepos")
Music & Audio[Audio Recorder](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonymobile.androidapp.audiorecorder)[Recorder](https://openrepos.net/content/osetr/recorder-fork)
[Audiocut/works](https://sailfishos-chum.github.io/apps/harbour-audiocut/ "Audioworks on chum") editor
Audio PlayerMedia built in
[Unplayer](https://github.com/equeim/unplayer)
AntennaPod (podcast app)[PodQast](https://gitlab.com/cy8aer/podqast), [gPodder](https://github.com/gpodder/gpodder-sailfish/), kasts (from chum store)
Audiobooks [Talefish](https://openrepos.net/content/velox/talefish) player with [Slumber](https://openrepos.net/content/velox/slumber) sleep timer
[Spotify](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.music)[Hutspot](https://sailfishos-chum.github.io/pkgs/hutspot/) with [Librespot](https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/hutspot-for-aarch64/8231/54) (a tutorial can be found [here](https://sailfishos.wiki/books/native-spotify) )
Browser[Chrome](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android.chrome)Jolla browser
[Angelfish](https://sailfishos.wiki/books/apps/page/early-access-to-qt-6-libraries-and-apps "qt install page including angelfish")
Language[Google Translate](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.translate)[TAO Translator](https://openrepos.net/content/leppa/tao-translator-sailfishos)
[Duolingo](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.duolingo)[Wunderfitz multi-lingual local/remote](https://openrepos.net/content/werkwolf/wunderfitz "Wunderfitz translator")
Productivity[Dropbox](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dropbox.android)built into accounts
[ES File Explorer File Manager](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop)[File Browser](https://jolla.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/205281757-Using-the-File-Browser)
Maps & Navigation[Google Earth](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.earth)[Puremaps](https://sailfishos-chum.github.io/apps/harbour-pure-maps/ "Puremaps on chum") or [Oms Scout](https://openrepos.net/content/karry/osm-scout "Oms scout on openrepos")
GPSTester[GPSInfo](https://github.com/direc85/harbour-gpsinfo)
Strava/Opentracks[Kuri](https://openrepos.net/content/elboberido/kuri), [Laufhelden](https://openrepos.net/content/jdrescher/laufhelden), [OSM Scout](https://openrepos.net/content/karry/osm-scout)
Social Media[Facebook](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.katana)[Sailbook](https://openrepos.net/content/sailbook/sailbook)
Mastodon[Tooter](https://sailfishos-chum.github.io/apps/harbour-tooterb/ "Tooter on chum")
[Instagram](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.instagram.android)[Prostogram](https://openrepos.net/content/neochapay/prostogram)
discord[Sailcord](https://openrepos.net/content/roundedrectangle/sailcord "Sailcord discord client")
News & Magazines[Feedly](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devhd.feedly)[Feed Haven](https://github.com/donaggio/harbour-feedhaven)
[Feed Me](http://gitlab.unique-conception.org/apps-4-sailfish/feed-me)
[Kaktus](https://openrepos.net/content/mkiol/kaktus)
[Tidings](https://sailfishos-chum.github.io/apps/harbour-tidings/) rss reader
News (Nextcloud RSS) [Fuoten](https://github.com/Huessenbergnetz/Fuoten)
RedReader (Reddit client) [Quickddit](https://github.com/accumulator/Quickddit)
Health & Fitness[Fit](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.fitness)
Productivity[ForkHub](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.forkhub)[SailHub](https://github.com/black-sheep-dev/harbour-sailhub)
Communication[Gmail](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.gm)Jolla mail
YetAnotherCallBlocker (call blocker) [Phonehook](https://github.com/omnight/phonehook)
[Telegram](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.telegram.messenger)[Fernschreiber](https://openrepos.net/content/werkwolf/fernschreiber), or [Yottagram](https://openrepos.net/content/mistermagister/yottagram)
Signal[Whisperfish](https://gitlab.com/whisperfish/whisperfish)
Element (matrix)[Sailtrix](https://gitlab.com/HengYeDev/harbour-sailtrix), or [hydrogen](https://github.com/hydrogen-sailfishos/sfos-hydrogen)
Tox[jTox](https://openrepos.net/content/almindor/jtox)
News & Magazines[Hacker News](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.premii.hn)[SailHN](https://github.com/ilpianista/harbour-SailHN)
[Hacker News](https://github.com/neversun/sailfish-hackernews)
newsapi[All The News](https://sailfishos-chum.github.io/apps/harbour-allthenews/)
Entertainment[Imgur](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.imgur.mobile)[Sailimgur](https://openrepos.net/content/walokra/sailimgur)
Social Media
Productivity[KDE Connect](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp)[KDE Connect](https://openrepos.net/content/piggz/kde-connect)
[Sailfish Connect](https://openrepos.net/content/r1tschy/sailfish-connect)
MuPDF (PDF reader) [Documents](https://docs.sailfishos.org/Support/Help_Articles/Documents/) (built-in)
Printing (built-in) [SeaPrint](https://github.com/attah/harbour-seaprint)
Document scanner?[Fotokopierer](https://sailfishos-chum.github.io/apps/harbour-fotokopierer/)
Tool[Pebble](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.getpebble.android.basalt)[Rockpool](https://openrepos.net/content/abranson/rockpool)
[pebble](https://openrepos.net/content/smoku/pebble)
qrcode reader[QR Code Reader](https://docs.sailfishos.org/Support/Help_Articles/QR_Code_Reader/) (built-in), [BarCode](https://openrepos.net/content/slava/barcode)
AuthenticationAegis (TOTP) Google Authenticator[FoilAuth](https://github.com/monich/harbour-foilauth)
Keepassdx[ownKeepass](https://github.com/sailfishos-chum/ownkeepass)
MaterPassword[MPW](https://github.com/ilpianista/harbour-MPW)
Android Password Store[Passalic](https://openrepos.net/content/dvratil/passilic "passalic")
Health & Fitness[Runkeeper](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fitnesskeeper.runkeeper.pro)[MeeRun](https://openrepos.net/content/bwalter/meerun-sports-tracker-0)
[Laufhelden](https://openrepos.net/content/jdrescher/laufhelden)
Education[Symbolab](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devsense.symbolab)[SailorGram](https://openrepos.net/content/dax/sailorgram)
[sailwalpha](https://github.com/TeemuAhola/sailwalpha)[sailwalpha](https://github.com/TeemuAhola/sailwalpha)
[Ti85emu](https://openrepos.net/content/halftux/ti85emu)[Ti85emu](https://openrepos.net/content/halftux/ti85emu)
Tool[FingerTerm](https://openrepos.net/content/lourens/fingerterm-terminal-app)[FingerTerm](https://openrepos.net/content/lourens/fingerterm-terminal-app)
Social MediaTinder[Sailfinder](https://openrepos.net/content/minitreintje/sailfinder)
Twitter[Tweetian](https://openrepos.net/content/zaidk9/tweetian)
[Piepmatz](https://openrepos.net/content/ygriega/piepmatz)
[Pingviini](https://openrepos.net/content/dysko/pingviini)
Video[Youtube](https://openrepos.net/content/osetr/ytplayer-fork)[YTPlayer](https://openrepos.net/content/osetr/ytplayer-fork)
[microtube](https://openrepos.net/content/mistermagister/microtube)
Newpipe[Sailpipe](https://openrepos.net/content/flypig/sailpipe)
DroidShows[SeriesFinale](https://github.com/corecomic/seriesfinale)
Jellyfin (media server client) [Sailfin](https://github.com/heartfin/harbour-sailfin)
video editor[videoworks](https://github.com/poetaster/harbour-clipper)
# Sailfish OS blogs - [NCartron Sailfish OS tag](https://www.ncartron.org/tag_SailfishOS.html)