F-Droid Client

Client for F-Droid, the Free Software repository system for Android.

Building with Gradle

./gradlew assembleRelease

Direct download

You can download the application directly from our site or browse it in the repo.

Coding style

This project uses ktfmt and enforces it via CI. You can run the following to auto-format your changes:

./gradlew ktfmtFormat

Libraries

Core F-Droid functionality is split into re-usable libraries to make using F-Droid technology in your own projects as easy as possible.

More information about libraries

Contributing

See our Contributing doc for information on how to report issues, translate the app into your language or help with development.

IRC

We are on #fdroid and #fdroid-dev on OFTC. We hold weekly dev meetings on #fdroid-dev on Thursdays at 11:30h UTC, which usually last half an hour.

FAQ

• Why does F-Droid require "Unknown Sources" to install apps by default?

Because a regular Android app cannot act as a package manager on its own. To do so, it would require system privileges (see below), similar to what Google Play does.

• Can I avoid enabling "Unknown Sources" by installing F-Droid as a privileged system app?

This used to be the case, but no longer is. Now the Privileged Extension is the one that should be placed in the system. It can be bundled with a ROM or installed via a zip.

License

This program is Free Software: You can use, study share and improve it at your will. Specifically you can redistribute and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Some icons are made by Picol, Icomoon or Dave Gandy from Flaticon or by Google and are licensed by Creative Commons BY 3.0.

Other icons are from the Material Design Icon set released under an Attribution 4.0 International license.

Translation

Everything can be translated. See Translation and Localization for more info.