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Best for: Android users who install apps from developer release pages and want them kept updated

Best for: Tracking and updating Android apps straight from developer release pages

Free and open source under the GPL 3.0.

Free and open source

• Updates apps straight from GitHub, GitLab, F-Droid and other sources
• No central repository or Google account needed
• Material 3 Expressive interface
• Actively developed

• Supports many sources including GitHub, GitLab, Forgejo/Codeberg, F-Droid, IzzyOnDroid, SourceHut and direct APK links
• Crowdsourced app configurations available at apps.obtainium.imranr.dev
• F-Droid build is reproducible and bit-for-bit identical to the developer's release

• A fork, so features may diverge from upstream Obtainium
• No release builds published on the GitHub repository

• Some sources rely on web scraping that can break when a website's design changes
• Requires Android 8.0 or newer

• Official website
• Full listing and sources

Sources for ObtainX

• github.com/bikram-agarwal/ObtainX
• f-droid.org/packages/dev.bikram.obtainx

Catalog checked October 2, 2026

• Official website
• Full listing and sources

Sources for Obtainium

• github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/blob/main/README.md
• github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium
• api.github.com/users/ImranR98
• obtainium.imranr.dev
• f-droid.org/packages/dev.imranr.obtainium.fdroid
• wiki.obtainium.imranr.dev

Catalog checked September 20, 2026