Why “F-Droid” is being discussed
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I have mentioned F-Droid many times in they official Matrix before they moved to Discord and not been banned. You might be misunderstanding what actually happened or have not as…
by ysnp · Sep 2, 2026
or APKUpdater, which covers besides F-Droid as well APKMirror, Aptoide, IzzyOnDroid, APKPure, GitLab and GitHub https://github.com/rumboalla/apkupdater thoug…
by Markoff · Sep 2, 2026
I’m using microG without signing in. Could you tell me a bit about what apps you’re using that you’re having trouble with? A good way to sidestep all those issues is getting you…
by notpushkin · Sep 2, 2026
Yeah, the experience isn't great and there are better alternatives but F-Droid was there before anything else existed. It's also great to just have it as an option.
by anon5739483 · Sep 2, 2026
My understanding is that F-Droid is hosted out of some home servers (instead of some universities like other similar package managers) so the bandwidth leaves much to be desired…
by cyberrock · Sep 2, 2026
Ok, you clearly don't know what F-Droid is. F-Droid builds all apps by themselves, which especially with their old servers took a lot (between detecting that the update exists,…
by g-b-r · Sep 2, 2026
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F-Droid is a free and open source (FOSS) app store and software repository for Android, serving a similar function to the Google Play Store. The main repository, hosted by the project, contains only free and open source apps. Applications can be browsed, downloaded, and installed from the F-Droid website or the client app without registering an account. "Anti-features" such as advertising, user tracking, or dependence on non-free software are flagged in app descriptions. Read more on Wikipedia