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Best for: Installing and updating free and open source Android apps without a Google account

Best for: Android users of F-Droid clients who want apps missing from the main repository

Free and open source, donation supported, no ads

Free to add and use from any F-Droid client.

• No account needed and no tracking of what you install
• All apps in the main repository must be free and open source software and are built from source by F-Droid
• Checks repo index signatures and APK hashes and can install updates automatically
• Nearby feature lets you send and receive apps offline with people near you

• Around 1,400 open-source apps, many missing from the main F-Droid repo
• Official developer builds with additional screening
• Daily update checks and index refreshes
• Web catalog with filters for license, category and anti-features

• Requires enabling installation from unknown sources because a regular Android app cannot act as a package manager
• Only FLOSS apps without proprietary tracking or advertising SDKs are accepted in the main repository
• Requires Android 7.0 or newer (version 2.0-rc1)

• Needs an F-Droid client such as F-Droid or Droid-ify to install apps
• Apps are developer builds, not built from source by the repository

• Official website
• Full listing and sources

Sources for F-Droid

• f-droid.org/packages/org.fdroid.fdroid
• f-droid.org
• f-droid.org/en/about
• gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/fdroid%2Ffdroidclient
• f-droid.org/en/tutorials/swap
• f-droid.org/en/docs/Inclusion_Policy
• gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/-/raw/master/README.md

Catalog checked September 20, 2026

• Official website
• Full listing and sources

Sources for IzzyOnDroid

• apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid

Catalog checked September 23, 2026