F-Droid is a repository of verified free and open source Android apps, a client to access it, as well as a whole “app store kit”, providing all the tools needed to set up and run an app store. It is a community-run free software project developed by a wide range...

F-Droid is a repository of verified free and open source Android apps, a client to access it, as well as a whole “app store kit”, providing all the tools needed to set up and run an app store. It is a community-run free software project developed by a wide range...

F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device. This post lists notable things that happened in and around F-Droid this past week. What’s happening in...

Hi everyone! You have been telling us you liked the first #twif, so have another! F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device. This post...

Hi everyone! This is a little experiment triggered by the Matrix Project starting their own TWIM (This Week In Matrix), who in turn stole the idea off TWIR (This Week In Rust). Therefore, we now give you the first trial TWIF! F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and...

Recently F-Droid has gained support for Liberapay, a fully free donation platform aimed at software projects. Liberapay itself is fully free and open source software focusing on recurrent donations to software projects. These recurrent donations are important for the long-term sustainability of projects. Another interesting feature for software projects is...

There have been a couple of important updates to this website. First, a longstanding complaint about this website is that there is only prominent donation buttons for F-Droid itself, and not for the apps. We want to support as many app developers as possible, so the app pages have been...

In Sydney, New South Wales on Monday 22 January through to Friday 26 January, Linux.conf.au, the Australian Linux conference took place. F-Droid’s Peter Serwylo was there Thursday, 25 Jan, presenting his “F-Droid: The private, secure, free and open app store for Android”. The 45 minutes long talk covers how F-Droid...