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lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="F-Droid" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-Droid" title="F-Droid – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="F-Droid" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-Droid" title="F-Droid – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="F-Droid" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-Droid" title="F-Droid – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="F-Droid" data-language-autonym="Euskara" 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:F-Droid_Logo_4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Official F-Droid logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/F-Droid_Logo_4.svg/64px-F-Droid_Logo_4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="64" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/F-Droid_Logo_4.svg/96px-F-Droid_Logo_4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/F-Droid_Logo_4.svg/128px-F-Droid_Logo_4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FDroid_1.19.0_on_Android_13.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/FDroid_1.19.0_on_Android_13.png/222px-FDroid_1.19.0_on_Android_13.png" decoding="async" width="222" height="481" class="mw-file-element" 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title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Initial release</th><td class="infobox-data">29 September 2010<sup id="cite_ref-wikidata-39bc4952bd01a7ef0de2416ad5f9643bc30b2bb0-v18_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikidata-39bc4952bd01a7ef0de2416ad5f9643bc30b2bb0-v18-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span 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style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Stable release</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="margin:0px;">1.22.0<sup id="cite_ref-wikidata-827dd4741bf78f9713cee24c42de693dbedff682-v18_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikidata-827dd4741bf78f9713cee24c42de693dbedff682-v18-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>&#160;<span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1386210?uselang=en#P348" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, 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title="Python (programming language)">Python</a> (server tools), <a href="/wiki/Jekyll_(software)" title="Jekyll (software)">Jekyll (software)</a> (site), <a href="/wiki/Java_(programming_language)" title="Java (programming language)">Java</a> (client)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">Operating system</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a> (client), <a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>, <a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Windows_10" title="Windows 10">Windows 10</a>, <a href="/wiki/FreeBSD" title="FreeBSD">FreeBSD</a> (server)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_categories#Categorization_approaches" title="Software categories">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Digital_distribution" title="Digital distribution">Digital distribution</a> of free software, <a href="/wiki/Software_repository" title="Software repository">Software repository</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th><td class="infobox-data">GNU Affero General Public License, version 3.0 or later<sup id="cite_ref-wikidata-7257a7d46f7db2094d3ca2d31bd2b44d35479aef-v18_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikidata-7257a7d46f7db2094d3ca2d31bd2b44d35479aef-v18-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>&#160;<span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1386210?uselang=en#P275" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://f-droid.org">f-droid<wbr />.org</a></span>&#160;<span class="penicon autoconfirmed-show"><span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1386210?uselang=en#P856" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>F-Droid</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Free_and_open_source" class="mw-redirect" title="Free and open source">free and open source</a> <a href="/wiki/App_store" title="App store">app store</a> and <a href="/wiki/Software_repository" title="Software repository">software repository</a> for <a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a>, serving a similar function to the <a href="/wiki/Google_Play" title="Google Play">Google Play</a> store. The main repository, hosted by the project, contains only <a href="/wiki/Free_software" title="Free software">free and open source apps</a>. 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 <a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">non-free software</a> are flagged in app descriptions.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The website also offers the <a href="/wiki/Source_code" title="Source code">source code</a> of applications it hosts, as well as the software running the F-Droid server, allowing anyone to set up their own app repository.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TN_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TN-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=F-Droid&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Commits_by_year_month.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Commits_by_year_month.png/220px-Commits_by_year_month.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Commits_by_year_month.png/330px-Commits_by_year_month.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Commits_by_year_month.png/440px-Commits_by_year_month.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Development of F-Droid data over time from 2010 through 2018<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>F-Droid was founded by <a href="/wiki/Ciaran_Gultnieks" title="Ciaran Gultnieks">Ciaran Gultnieks</a> in 2010. The client was forked from <a href="/wiki/Aptoide" title="Aptoide">Aptoide</a>'s source code.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fdroidabout_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fdroidabout-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The project was initially run by the English nonprofit F-Droid Limited.<sup id="cite_ref-fdroidabout_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fdroidabout-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As of 2021, F-Droid Limited was no longer used for donations,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and was being shut down, according to spokesman Hans-Cristoph Steiner.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a 2014 interview for <a href="/wiki/Free_Software_Foundation" title="Free Software Foundation">Free Software Foundation</a>, Gultnieks said he was inspired to launch F-Droid because of "lock-down, lock-in and general nefarious behavior from software" on phones.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 2010 to 2015, F-Droid used the <a href="/wiki/GNU_Affero_General_Public_License" title="GNU Affero General Public License">AGPL</a>-licensed <a href="/wiki/Gitorious" title="Gitorious">Gitorious</a> repository system for development.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2015, it transitioned to <a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">proprietary</a> licensed <a href="/wiki/GitLab" title="GitLab">GitLab</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> when Gitorious was acquired by GitLab. According to Daniel Marti, Former F-Droid Developer, in 2013, removal of <a href="/wiki/AdAway" title="AdAway">AdAway</a> from the Google Play Store caused a spike in searches and downloads of F-Droid, and he estimated there were 30 to 40 thousand users.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Replicant_(operating_system)" title="Replicant (operating system)">Replicant</a>, a fully free software Android operating system, previously used F-Droid as its default and recommended app store.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2016, the Replicant project determined F-Droid did not comply with <a href="/wiki/GNU_Free_System_Distribution_Guidelines" class="mw-redirect" title="GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines">GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines</a>, on the grounds that some of the software it offers promotes or depends on non-free software. Replicant asked for assistance correcting it, but progress stalled.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In June 2022, Replicant announced they had removed F-Droid.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Guardian_Project_(software)" title="Guardian Project (software)">Guardian Project</a>, a suite of free and secure Android applications, started running their own F-Droid repository in early 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2012, <a href="/wiki/Free_Software_Foundation_Europe" title="Free Software Foundation Europe">Free Software Foundation Europe</a> featured F-Droid in their <i>Free Your Android!</i> campaign to raise awareness of the privacy and security risks of <a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">proprietary software</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014 F-Droid was chosen as part of the <a href="/wiki/GNU_Project" title="GNU Project">GNU Project</a>'s <i>GNU a Day</i> initiative during their 30th anniversary to encourage more use of free software.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2016, Hans-Christoph Steiner, a developer for Calyx Institute,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Debian" title="Debian">Debian</a>, F-Droid, and Guardian Project, said F-Droid was focusing on issues like security, building with Debian, reproducible builds, software requiring trust of as few people as possible, transparency, user privacy, non-internet distribution of apps, block avoidance, and media distribution.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2016, F-Droid partnered with the Guardian Project and <a href="/wiki/CopperheadOS" title="CopperheadOS">CopperheadOS</a> with the goal of creating "a solution that can be verifiably trusted from the operating system, through the network and network services, all the way up to the app stores and apps themselves".<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Follow-on project <a href="/wiki/GrapheneOS" title="GrapheneOS">GrapheneOS</a> does not include F-Droid, and is developing their own app distribution method for "higher robustness and security".<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 16 July 2019, the project published a "Public Statement on Neutrality of Free Software". This statement was issued to address the project's failure to prevent "oppression or harassment&#160;... at its communication channels, including its forum", controversy surrounding <a href="/wiki/Alt-tech" title="Alt-tech">alt-tech</a> social media website <a href="/wiki/Gab_(social_network)" title="Gab (social network)">Gab</a>, and to explain how <a href="/wiki/Fediverse" title="Fediverse">Fediverse</a> client Tusky blocking access to it, while client Fedilab allowed its users to choose, was consistent with their principles.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Action was considered against several applications, including <a href="/wiki/Purism_(company)" title="Purism (company)">Purism</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Purism_(company)#Librem_One" title="Purism (company)">Librem One</a>, to exclude them for allowing access to sites such as Gab or spinster.xyz.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to Ankush Das writing for ItsFoss.com in 2021, F-Droid is known for hosting open-source apps such as <a href="/wiki/Element_(software)" title="Element (software)">Element</a> or Tusky (later reinstated)<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="Reinstated on Google Play (October 2024)">when?</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> that have been removed from Google Play Store.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Scope_of_project">Scope of project</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=F-Droid&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Scope of project"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The F-Droid website lists the apps hosted, over 3,800;<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> the Google Play Store lists about 3 million apps.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The project incorporates several software sub-projects: </p> <ul><li>Client software for searching, downloading, verifying, and updating Android apps from an F-Droid repository</li> <li><i>fdroidserver</i> – tool for managing existing repositories and creating new ones</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jekyll_(software)" title="Jekyll (software)">Jekyll</a>-based website generator for a repository</li></ul> <p>F-Droid builds apps from publicly available and freely licensed source code. New apps, which must be free of proprietary software, are contributed by user submissions or the developers themselves.<sup id="cite_ref-inclusion-policy_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inclusion-policy-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> F-Droid tries to check the source code and remove issues, but warns that the checking is not exhaustive.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Many app stores, such and Google Play and Apple's App Store, screen apps mostly using automated tools only; malware with <a href="/wiki/Defeat_device" title="Defeat device">defeat devices</a> can pass these tests, by detecting when the software is being automatically tested and delaying malicious activity.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The project describes itself as having a core of volunteers;<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> some contributors have been paid for their work.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Client_application">Client application</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=F-Droid&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Client application"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Get_it_on_F-Droid_(material_design).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Get_it_on_F-Droid_%28material_design%29.svg/220px-Get_it_on_F-Droid_%28material_design%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="66" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Get_it_on_F-Droid_%28material_design%29.svg/330px-Get_it_on_F-Droid_%28material_design%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Get_it_on_F-Droid_%28material_design%29.svg/440px-Get_it_on_F-Droid_%28material_design%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1128" data-file-height="336" /></a><figcaption>"Get it on F-Droid" badge</figcaption></figure> <p>F-Droid is not available on the Google Play Store. To install the F-Droid client, the user has to allow installation from "Unknown sources" in Android settings<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and retrieve the F-Droid <a href="/wiki/Android_application_package" class="mw-redirect" title="Android application package">Android application package</a> (.apk file) from the official site. </p><p>The client was designed to be resilient against surveillance, censorship, and unreliable Internet connections. To promote anonymity, it supports HTTP proxies and repositories hosted on <a href="/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network)#Onion_services" class="mw-redirect" title="Tor (anonymity network)">Tor onion services</a>. Client devices can function as impromptu "app stores", distributing downloaded apps to other devices over local <a href="/wiki/Wi-Fi" title="Wi-Fi">Wi-Fi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bluetooth" title="Bluetooth">Bluetooth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The F-Droid client app automatically offers updates for installed F-Droid apps; when the F-Droid Privileged Extension is installed, updates can also be installed by the app itself in the background.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, automatic updates are not turned on by default.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The extension requires the device to have <a href="/wiki/Rooting_(Android)" title="Rooting (Android)">root access</a>, or to be able to <a href="/wiki/Firmware#Flashing" title="Firmware">flash</a> a <a href="/wiki/Zip_(file_format)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zip (file format)">zip file</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Key_management">Key management</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=F-Droid&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Key management"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Android operating system checks that updates are signed with the same <a href="/wiki/Key_(cryptography)" title="Key (cryptography)">key</a>, preventing others from distributing updates that are signed by a different key.<sup id="cite_ref-moxie-127-1_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moxie-127-1-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Originally, the Google Play store required applications to be <a href="/wiki/Digital_signature" title="Digital signature">signed</a> by the developer of the application, while F-Droid only allowed its own signing keys. So apps previously installed from another source have to be reinstalled to receive updates.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2017 Google Play started offering developers a signing key service managed by Google Play,<sup id="cite_ref-play-stores-keys_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-play-stores-keys-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> offering a similar service to what F-Droid offered since 2011, and F-Droid now lets developers use their own keys via the reproducible build process.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Security_issues">Security issues</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=F-Droid&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Security issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2012, F-Droid announced they had removed an app because of a security flaw that could leak personal information.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2017, F-Droid stated "No malware has been found in f-droid.org in its 7 years of operation."<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2022, F-Droid discovered over 20 distributed applications contained "known vulnerabilities".<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=F-Droid&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In August 2019, Rae Hodge of <a href="/wiki/CNET" title="CNET">CNET</a> recommended F-Droid as a way to avoid malware from Google apps, which according to Google was a low risk. Advantages of F-Droid were said to include better security odds of open source software, avoidance of tracking in apps and a "stringent security auditing process", no hidden costs, and greater customization. Disadvantages were said to be lack of a rating system, only about 2,600 apps in F-Droid, versus more than 2.5 million in the Play store, and more manual process for updating apps. Editors cautioned F-Droid can give users more control and better privacy and security, but also takes more diligence.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In an April 2022 detailed article for HowtoGeek, Joe Fedewa wrote "The selection of apps is much smaller in F-Droid than the Play Store, around 3,000 compared to around 3 million, but that's to be expected. If you're looking to de-Google your life a bit, or you just want to try some apps that have better ethics, F-Droid is a great place to go."<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a December 2022 detailed article in <i>Popular Science</i>, Justin Pot wrote "F-Droid isn't going to replace Google Play for most people, but it's a nice and simple alternative for finding free and safe apps before you dive into the swamp that is Google's app store."<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=F-Droid&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span 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