Questions tagged [f-droid]

questions dealing with the F-Droid open-source "app market" or its app. Note that questions related to publishing or otherwise interacting with F-Droid in a development capacity are off-topic.

F-Droid is an alternative „App-Store“. As with , you can browse apps and install them unto your device. It has a website you can visit with your browser – and a client app for your Android device, taking care for installing and updating your apps. But other than with Google Play Store you don't need an account, and your privacy is respected not only by the "store" itself but also by the apps available there.

If you are interested in a detailed description, including how to install and use F-Droid, you could e.g. take a look at the article F-Droid: The privacy-friendly alternative to Google Play Store by Izzy¹.


¹ Disclosure: I (Izzy) inserted this link here on request. It goes to my site.

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Is there a reason to install, say, VLC from F-droid instead of play store?

I'm a fan/contributor/user of FOSS, but not an RMS-style purist. Is there some advantage I'd get installing OSMAnd or VLC, etc. from there instead of the playstore? Some privacy thing or frequent updates? I'm basically worried that I'd be hurting…
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How to see only new apps (not updates, or shows apps) in F-Droid "Latest" view?

I'd like to receive or browse new apps in F-Droid's app store. Currently, it shows both new & updates. Furthermore, I'd love to filter out apps by category, or by keywords, in F-Droid's "Latest" view or in "Categories". is there a way to acheive it…
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How to get F-Droid to detect updates of itself - how to remove "ignored updates"?

I'm using F-Droid and noticed that there are newer versions of the F-Droid app available that are not shown when F-Droid checks for updates. I found that when looking at F-Droid's options > installed applications that F-Droid is listed there, but…
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F-Droid v1.15.2: archive.newpipe.net/fdroid/repo: Error getting F-Droid index file => null All other repos didn't create errors

I'm trying to add the custom F-Droid repository, and when I do I am getting this error? archive.newpipe.net/fdroid/repo: Error getting F-Droid index file => null All other repos didn't create errors. What am I doing wrong? I've tried a few times…
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