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The best open source alternative to F-Droid is Droid-ify. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to F-Droid and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to F-Droid are Aurora Store, Obtainium, Komi Store and Neo-Store.

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  1. Droid-ify icon

    Droid-ify

     143 likes

    Lightweight, minimal Android client for alternative app repositories with a clean interface, offering background updates, session, root, and Shizuku installs, customizable repos, manual updates, offline access after first sync, and settings for update preferences.

    29 Droid-ify alternatives

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
    • OpenAPK
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    Droid-ify vs F-Droid Comments
    Top Positive Comment
    meatzombie
    5

    Free and reliable app store with pleasantly looking modern interface

    zlelmefs
    0

    This is an extremely minor reskin of the fdroid client with no noticeable functionality changes. People say it has more apps, but that's just because it comes with the izzyondroid repository pre-installed. You can also add that to f-droid itself for the same effect.

    Myrano
    Positive
    1

    Is faster and has a better UI than F-Droid

    3 of 7 comments
    • Droid-ify is Free and Open SourceF-Droid is also Free and Open Source
    • Droid-ify is MinimalisticF-Droid is not according to our users
  2. Aurora Store icon

    Aurora Store

     360 likes

    Open source platform for searching, downloading, and updating Android apps from Google Play, supporting login with personal or anonymous accounts, device and locale spoofing, privacy tracker insights, manual older version downloads, and app compatibility checks.

    78 Aurora Store alternatives

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • F-Droid
    • OpenAPK
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    Top Positive Comment
    zlelmefs
    1

    Both Aurora and F-Droid allow users to access large libraries of safe, official APKs and keep them updated. However, the F-Droid library focuses on marking apps that have potentially unwanted behaviors, and entirely excluding malicious behaviors like ads. The Aurora store is just an anonymous way to access Google Play, and the apps on it are not screened for antifeatures- because Google loves antifeatures!

    Top Negative Comment
    Mr Gaylord
    7

    While you can optionally update apps installed through F-droid via Aurora, you can't add F-droid repositories to it, so, as the other comment states, it's a play store alternative and not a F-droid one.

    coffee415
    Negative
    0

    As many people have mentioned, it's a Google Play storefront.

    3 of 8 comments
    • Aurora Store is Free and Open SourceF-Droid is also Free and Open Source
  4. Obtainium icon

    Obtainium

     140 likes

    Obtainium allows you to install and update Open-Source Apps directly from their releases pages, and receive notifications when new releases are made available.

    67 Obtainium alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
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    Obtainium vs F-Droid Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    1

    It is a lightweight android app install manager,you can use it download many app on different source and it doesn’t need so many privilege like F-droid/F-droid basic.

    Dejan Stanojevic
    Positive
    0

    It gives much more freedom to the user than F-Droid. It has different style - no app is suggested, but search is available, and F-Droid repo is just one of available choices. If you know what you are looking for, you'll probably find it. More freedom, less convenient - but I come to love Android because of the freedom it gives its users. We'll see what happens soon, after Android changes.

    • Obtainium is Free and Open SourceF-Droid is also Free and Open Source
  5. Komi Store icon

    Komi Store

     53 likes

    Free, open-source app store for GitHub releases supporting Android, Linux, MacOS, and Windows. Offers one-click install, platform-aware asset presentation, README and changelogs, intelligent discovery features, and GitHub login with rate-limit handling.

    21 Komi Store alternatives

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    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  7. Neo-Store icon

    Neo-Store

     100 likes

    The modern and feature-rich F-Droid client for everyone! (Unofficial F-Droid client)

    43 Neo-Store alternatives

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
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    Neo-Store vs F-Droid Comments
    metallicdoritos
    Positive
    2

    Much cleaner UI/UX than F-Droid IMO. Plus, option to auto-update, multiple app repository syncing and better search engine.

    showcase2
    0

    Has a nice Interface and more options than F-Doid, but also a major downside: It doesn't list the Links for Creator-Websites or the Source-Code of apps

    • Neo-Store is Free and Open SourceF-Droid is also Free and Open Source
  8. IzzyOnDroid icon

    IzzyOnDroid

     82 likes

    An independent, privacy-focused repository for open-source Android applications; distributing developer-signed open-source applications with additional security, provenance, and transparency checks.

    62 IzzyOnDroid alternatives

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    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
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    IzzyOnDroid vs F-Droid Comments
    zlelmefs
    Negative
    0

    This is a repository of apps that(mostly) are missing from F-Droid for one reason or another. IoD does not have any app of its own. You can add this repository to the F-Droid app and use both together, so calling this an alternative is misleading.

    LinuxDoge
    Positive
    0

    Another free and opensource appstore thats supposed to be faster than F-Droid

    Make sure to add their repo to the many available F-Droid apps!

    • IzzyOnDroid is Free and Open SourceF-Droid is also Free and Open Source
  9. OpenAPK icon

    OpenAPK

     45 likes

    Repository offering free, tested, and updated open-source Android apps in APK format, sourced from platforms including GitHub and GitLab. All downloads are privacy-respecting, with no ads or tracking, curated for safety and security across diverse categories.

    56 OpenAPK alternatives

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    • Online
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  10. G-Droid icon

    G-Droid

     53 likes

    G-Droid is a client application to browse the F-Droid repository. It has a slighly different approach of UI design to the F-Droid client.

    61 G-Droid alternatives

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
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    G-Droid vs F-Droid Comments
    LinuxDoge
    1

    Very good approach with important added data. F-Droid just has no ratings, searching by Developer, Commenting. But it is no longer developed and unstable, so no good alternative poorly.

    Guest
    Positive
    6

    Same repository as F-Droid, but adds more information (such as author, and other apps by said author) Github/Gitlab(?) rating and release cycle/rolling stages.

    As of writing this (January 8, 2019) G-Droid is still BETA but very functional, I personally use it (along side F-Droid)

    Kezxo
    Negative
    0

    I was about to say that no other F-Droid app allows for deep searching of your repos but then I discovered that Droid-ify does that now so consider use that instead.

    (You should still have regular F-Droid installed of course)

    • G-Droid is Free and Open SourceF-Droid is also Free and Open Source
  11. Accrescent icon

    Accrescent

     37 likes

    A novel Android app store focused on security, privacy, and usability.

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    Home Page
     
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    Accrescent vs F-Droid Comments
    Nickname
    Positive
    1

    Independent of GPlay or F-Droid, more security focused alternative to F-Droid etc. Very interesting project, not as OpenSource focused but otherwise great(still in early Alpha).

    mr person
    Positive
    1

    much much more secure than fdroid, while being just as open. still in development, not many apps, but extremely promising

    • Accrescent is Free and Open SourceF-Droid is also Free and Open Source
    • Accrescent is Security-focusedF-Droid is not according to our users
  12. Fossdroid icon

    Fossdroid

     80 likes

    The project's aim is to promote free and open source software on the Android platform. Fossdroid takes its data from F-Droid and organizes the apps in an attractive Google Play-like arrangement, with the ability to view apps by what’s new / trending / most popular.

    55 Fossdroid alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
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  14. App Lounge icon

    App Lounge

     12 likes

    App Lounge is the second iteration of the application store embedded within /e/OS. It allows everyone to access millions of applications directly from their phone home screen.

    9 App Lounge alternatives

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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