Obtainium
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Obtainium allows you to install and update apps directly from their releases pages, and receive notifications when new releases are made available.
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
- Obtainium
- F-Droid
- Android TV
- OpenAPK
Features
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Featured in Lists
Into the Cyberverse
The ultimate list of apps/services for better Security, Privacy & Anonymity; Defense against Surveillance.
What sets this list apart is its commitment to authenticity:
No Sponsorship: Choices are made without commercial bias.
No Affiliate Links: Purely user-benefit-focused.
No Brand Deals: Independent and unbiased evaluations.
Strict criteria ensure the tools prioritize user welfare and software quality:
Opensource Preference: Prioritizing transparent and community-driven software.
Cross-Platform Availability: Emphasizing tools usable across multiple systems.
Active Development and Security Updates: Selecting only actively maintained tools with regular security enhancements.
Proven Track Record: Requiring a history of reliability and positive feedback.
GrapheneOS Starterpack
A list of apps I use on GrapheneOS, but most also make sense on other operating systems.
Install "F-Droid Basic" and Obtainium, add a few repos to F-Droid by searching for "F-Droid known repositories"
Android - Open-Source, Privacy, and convenience
The best Android apps for privacy and convenience. Open-source preferred. Remember, the most secure way to download an app is from its repo, such as Github. The Google Play store is actually more secure than F-Droid, as long as the app is trustworthy.
All of these have been tested as working on GrapheneOS and Android.
But remember, the more apps, the higher the attack surface.













Comments and Reviews
This app combines lots of sources and even has a search function!
Its use case is to download Android apps directly from the official releases, instead of from F-Droid for example.
You can share your sources via a backup, making adding them less painful.
You can use the F-Droid source links for most apps, or even search for them.
Github, Codeberg, Gitlab and more work without a problem, some have trouble. Also the Developers dont always supply precompiles APKs so you may need F-Droid
Best way to pull apps from source! The user experience is far better than F-Droid ever was for me.
+Install and update apps straight from GitHub/Codeberg etc.
-UI is overloaded and confusing
The best way to keep apps that are not available on any store up to date!
My preferred way to update apps with direct APK downloads (GitHub for example). Would use it to download and update apps instead of Aurora Store or F-Droid.
Great alternative of f-droid and f-droid have some problems with signing app keys
Although you can set up something like an RSS feed yourself for any app pretty easily, this makes it very easy, and is FOSS.