Q1386210
Sign in to saveF-Droid is a free and open source 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 client app without the need to register an account. "Anti-features" such as advertising, user tracking, or dependence on non-free software are flagged in app descriptions.
Key facts
- Software.title
- F-Droid
- Software.name
- F-Droid
- Software.logo
- F-Droid Logo 4.svg
- Software.logo size
- 64px
- Software.logo alt
- Official F-Droid logo
- Software.screenshot
- 222px
- Software.caption
- Screenshot of F-Droid 1.19.0 on Android showing the latest apps
- Software.programming language
- Python (server tools), Jekyll (software) (site), Java (client)
- Software.operating system
- Android (client), Linux, macOS, Windows 10, Windows 11, FreeBSD (server)
- Software.genre
- Digital distribution of free software, Software repository
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Scope of project
- Client application
- Key management
- Security issues
- Reception
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
F-Droid is a free and open source 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 client app without the need to register an account. "Anti-features" such as advertising, user tracking, or dependence on non-free software are flagged in app descriptions.
The website also offers the source code of applications it hosts, as well as the software running the F-Droid server, allowing anyone to set up their own app repository.
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