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F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (8 children)

I really like F-Droid for their scanning and privacy-first build system.

But I currently use Obtainium as I get way faster updates, where I would need to wait longer to get updates.

But a good in-between could be to get K-9 mail, Mull etc. from dedicated repos and use F-droids builds for less trusted apps.

Obtainium is only okay if you trust the developer. There is no scanning and apps may contain proprietary parts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I use Obtanium, but I also like to wander around fdroid categories and discovering apps to try. Is there something similar with obtanium? Where do you find new apps?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I use "F-Droid Basic" with some repos, most importantly IzzyOnDroid and use Obtainium for updating.

Yeah not perfect. But there is apps.obtainium.imranr.dev

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Great site! Thanks for the info

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

The goal is just to make harder apps to install easier. So it is not perfect.

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