Breezy Weather: An open-source, privacy-friendly Android weather app forked from the now-unmaintained Geometric Weather

Screenshots:

https://f-droid.org/repo/org.breezyweather/en-US/phoneScreenshots/01-main-header-1.pnghttps://f-droid.org/repo/org.breezyweather/en-US/phoneScreenshots/04-main-daily-hourly-1.pnghttps://f-droid.org/repo/org.breezyweather/en-US/phoneScreenshots/05-main-daily-hourly-2.pnghttps://f-droid.org/repo/org.breezyweather/en-US/phoneScreenshots/06-main-daily-hourly-3.pnghttps://f-droid.org/repo/org.breezyweather/en-US/phoneScreenshots/07-air-quality-pollen.pnghttps://f-droid.org/repo/org.breezyweather/en-US/phoneScreenshots/08-ephemeris-details.pnghttps://f-droid.org/repo/org.breezyweather/en-US/phoneScreenshots/10-widgets-1.pnghttps://f-droid.org/repo/org.breezyweather/en-US/phoneScreenshots/11-widgets-2.png

Breezy Weather is a free and open-source Android weather app, forked from Geometric Weather, adding new features, sources, modernizing code, fixing bugs, updating dependencies for security reasons, etc., while keep having a smooth user and developer experience in mind.

Features

  • Weather data

    • Daily and hourly forecasts up to 16 days
      • Temperature
      • Air quality
      • Wind
      • UV index
      • Precipitation
      • Feels like temperature
    • Hourly forecasts
      • Humidity / Dew point
      • Pressure
      • Cloud cover
      • Visibility
    • Precipitation in the next hour
    • Air quality
    • Pollen & Mold
    • Ephemeris (Sun & Moon)
    • Severe weather and precipitation alerts
    • Real-time weather conditions
      • Temperature
      • Feels like
      • Wind
      • UV index
      • Humidity
      • Dew point
      • Atmospheric pressure
      • Visibility
      • Cloud cover
      • Ceiling

  • Multiple weather sources

  • Large selection of home screen widgets for at-a-glance information

  • Live wallpaper

  • Custom icon packs

    • Geometric Weather icon packs
    • Chronus Weather icon packs

  • Automatic dark mode

  • Looking for radar? Check out this document

  • Free and Open Source

    • No proprietary blobs/dependencies (versions 5.0.0-alpha and later)
    • Releases generated by GitHub actions, guaranteeing it matches the source code
    • Fully works with Open-Meteo (FOSS source)

  • Privacy-friendly

    • No personal data collected by the app (link to app privacy policy)
    • Multiple sources are available, with links to their privacy policies for transparency
    • Current location is optional and not added by default
    • If using current location, an IP location service can be used instead of GPS to send less accurate coordinates to weather source
    • No trackers/automatic crash reporters

Note: If the link isn’t working for you or if you can’t find the app, update the default F-Droid repository in your F-Droid client.

noodlejetski,

it also supports Gadgetbridge integration, so I get the weather data from it on my watch.

ace_garp,
@ace_garp@lemmy.world avatar

Here’s the TIL I need.

Thanks noodlejetski (c:

harald_im_netz,

Same, thanks original commenter!

Ashen,

Can this be used on the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4?

noodlejetski,

gadgetbridge.org/gadgets/

GenderNeutralBro,

My favorite feature is the 1-row weekly weather widget for my home screen. I have that next to its 1x1 widget for everything I want at a glance using minimal space.

Lemming6969,

Customized widgets is my number 1 desire for most apps

freebee,

yeah maybe i’m dumb, but for example in the put a few cities widget they offer, I don’t seem to have the option to show for example air pollution instead of temperature. Bummer.

traction,

I was searching for a new weather app a few months ago and landed on Breezy - definitely the best one currently out there for Android!

deweydecibel,

Recently discovered it myself. Absolutely excellent.

TDCN,
@TDCN@feddit.dk avatar

How is the report generated andwhere is the data sourced from? I often have huge issues with weather reports being very wrong or not up to date fast enough to be useful so I end up just using the national report but their app is terrible.

Canadian_Cabinet,

You get to choose. I use NWS

uzay,

I’ve been using it for a while now and I love it. FOSS and pretty and customisable.

UKFilmNerd,
@UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk avatar

I discovered this after giving up on the BBC weather app because it wants me to sign in.

It’s been really good, I love the details and it’s been getting regular updates. Recommended.

ChallengeApathy,

Best weather app I’ve used. FOSS but unlike most FOSS weather apps, it doesn’t FEEL like your typical FOSS alternative.

phoenixz,

So it doesn’t feel better than the typical bloated half working must pay now and “sacrifice your first born” app?

helenslunch,
@helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar

I think they mean it doesn’t feel like it was designed in 1999

phoenixz,

In my experience, FOSS apps are not the alternative, they are what any app should be. They look, feel and work better than any paid app, yet people continue to call them “alternatives”

helenslunch, (edited )
@helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar

They’re often “alternatives” to significantly more polished and popular apps that have names that people actually recognize. That’s why they’re called alternatives.

You could just as easily say the mainstream app is an “alternative” to the FOSS one, and it still doesn’t mean either one is necessarily better than the other, but most people wouldn’t know WTF you’re talking about.

brbposting,

Lack of polish stems from open source apps having engineers write the code without necessarily having input from a UX designer, would you think?

Meanwhile if you have a paid app, you can use your budget to hire UX/QA etc.?

helenslunch,
@helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar

I mean you can attribute it to any number of things. Most of it being probably lack of funding.

Someone or several someones are volunteering their time to create this, and may not take the additional time required to make it “polished”, and only enough time to make it functional.

brbposting,

Heroes, they are. <3 FOSS devs

phoenixz,

Any idea how many UX designers help with open source? KDE looks way better than windows (IMHO) and having used it for 20 years I just seriously wonder why people pay hundreds of dollars for windows crap while they can have something better for free

Peffse,

I guess I’ll keep this in the back of my mind, but I already migrated over to QuickWeather when Geometric Weather went unsupported. It stinks that I can’t swipe between locations anymore, but the built-in radar and higher information density outweigh switching back for me.

helenslunch,
@helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar

LOL this requires a subscription…

Peffse,

What? I didn’t have to subscribe to anything. Are you not choosing Open-Meteo?

helenslunch,
@helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar

I have no idea what that is and it’s asking for a bunch of information without telling me where or how to get it.

Lettuceeatlettuce,
@Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml avatar

My weather app of choice for about a year now. Really nice interface and solid performance.

Quill7513,

I’ve landed on it as the best blend of accurate and not terrifying for security

Thann,
@Thann@lemmy.ml avatar

What’s with all of the permissions?

flumph,
@flumph@programming.dev avatar

The release notes mention why they request each one.

phoenixz,

Is this “breezy weather” in the google play store? It looks similar but that’s an app with 100M users, doesn’t sound Ned…

khannie,
@khannie@lemmy.world avatar

I installed mine from fdroid. Just searched on the play store and couldn’t see the same one on there or even anything with the same name.

The icon is a yellow Pinwheel on a blue background.

Armand1,

I’d been using Geometric Weather for many years, and I noticed a few weeks ago that it was misbehaving, not fetching data sometimes. I didn’t realise it had not had an update for almost 3 years!

I had switched to Google’s weather app, but maybe I’ll switch to this instead. Thanks for the heads-up.

Kowowow,

A lock screen daily or weekly display would make this perfect

csm10495,
@csm10495@sh.itjust.works avatar

Cool looking app. I wish it was available on Google Play for people not familiar with third party app downloads.

helenslunch,
@helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar

Uploading to Google Play involves significantly more work.

csm10495,
@csm10495@sh.itjust.works avatar

Understood. I just think it could spread and be enjoyed by lots more via that path. Of course, it’s all up to the devs.

critical,

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