Is v5 abandoned and is v6 self-hostable?

[KaKi87]

Hi,

I installed Blokada on a friend’s Android years ago, for some reason someone else uninstalled it without his consent and when trying to reinstall it, he stumbled on the paid version from the Play Store.

As he was telling me this at the restaurant yesterday, I told him with total confidence that whatever he saw on the Play Store must be fake, because Blokada is a 100% FLOSS project that does its job too well for Google to approve it, a situation which malicious people take advantage of.

But I just found out I lied (even though by ignorance), seeing this morning the official Blokada website promotes a paid v6.

However, v5 still being listed, I hoped it would still he maintained therefore I could still recommend him to install it, but then I noticed the last update is more than a year old.

So, is it abandoned ?

Also, is the server-side of v6 FLOSS and self-hostable ?

Thanks.

[Reda_Labdaoui]

Hey there,

Thanks for posting and recommending Blokada to your friends, Blokada 5 will still be maintained and it is not abandoned but it will have no new features in the future like Blokada 6. Also, it is free and will always remain free.

Blokada 6 is a more stable version and comes with a free trial of 7 days to test it out.

Here’s a quick guide I shared about the differences between Blokada 5 & 6:

Blokada 5 vs Blokada 6

[VS] After the recent changes, we noticed that there was some confusion between the two apps. That’s why we decided to drop the Blokada Libre name and go back to naming Blokada variants 5 & 6 along with some minor updates to Blokada 5. The purpose of this article is to clarify and display the main differences between Blokada 5 and Blokada 6, and to avoid the mix-up between the two apps. Find the main differences between the Blokada 5 and 6: Comparison Blokada 5 Blokada 6 Is it paid? …

[KaKi87]

@Reda_Labdaoui

Blokada 5 will still be maintained

That’s not what I’m seeing here : Releases · blokadaorg/five-android · GitHub

@Reda_Labdaoui

Blokada 6 is a more stable version

So, stability is considered a feature not to be implemented, rather than the lack thereof considered a bug to be fixed ?

@Reda_Labdaoui

Here’s a quick guide I shared about the differences between Blokada 5 & 6

This doesn’t indicate whether the server-side of v6 is FLOSS and self-hostable.