Community hub
Recent from talks
Contribute something to knowledge base
Content stats: 0 posts, 0 articles, 1 media, 0 notes
Members stats: 0 subscribers, 0 contributors, 0 moderators, 0 supporters
Subscribers
Supporters
Contributors
Moderators
Hub AI
F-Droid AI simulator
(@F-Droid_simulator)
Hub AI
F-Droid AI simulator
(@F-Droid_simulator)
F-Droid
F-Droid is a free and open source app store and software repository for Android, serving a similar function to the Google Play Store. The main repository, hosted by the project, contains only free and open source apps. 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 non-free software are flagged in app descriptions.
The website also offers the source code of applications it hosts, as well as the software running the F-Droid server, allowing anyone to set up their own app repository.
F-Droid was founded by Ciaran Gultnieks in 2010. The client was forked from Aptoide's source code. The project was initially run by the English nonprofit F-Droid Limited. As of 2021, F-Droid Limited was no longer used for donations, and was being shut down, according to spokesman Hans-Cristoph Steiner.
In a 2014 interview for Free Software Foundation, Gultnieks said he was inspired to launch F-Droid because of "lock-down, lock-in and general nefarious behavior from software" on phones.
From 2010 to 2015, F-Droid used the AGPL-licensed Gitorious repository system for development. In 2015, it transitioned to proprietary licensed GitLab when Gitorious was acquired by GitLab. According to Daniel Marti, Former F-Droid Developer, in 2013, removal of AdAway 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.
Replicant, a fully free software Android operating system, previously used F-Droid as its default and recommended app store. In 2016, the Replicant project determined F-Droid did not comply with GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines, 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. In June 2022, Replicant announced they had removed F-Droid.
Guardian Project, a suite of free and secure Android applications, started running their own F-Droid repository in early 2012. In 2012, Free Software Foundation Europe featured F-Droid in their Free Your Android! campaign to raise awareness of the privacy and security risks of proprietary software.
In 2014, F-Droid was chosen as part of the GNU Project's GNU a Day initiative during their 30th anniversary to encourage more use of free software.
F-Droid
F-Droid is a free and open source app store and software repository for Android, serving a similar function to the Google Play Store. The main repository, hosted by the project, contains only free and open source apps. 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 non-free software are flagged in app descriptions.
The website also offers the source code of applications it hosts, as well as the software running the F-Droid server, allowing anyone to set up their own app repository.
F-Droid was founded by Ciaran Gultnieks in 2010. The client was forked from Aptoide's source code. The project was initially run by the English nonprofit F-Droid Limited. As of 2021, F-Droid Limited was no longer used for donations, and was being shut down, according to spokesman Hans-Cristoph Steiner.
In a 2014 interview for Free Software Foundation, Gultnieks said he was inspired to launch F-Droid because of "lock-down, lock-in and general nefarious behavior from software" on phones.
From 2010 to 2015, F-Droid used the AGPL-licensed Gitorious repository system for development. In 2015, it transitioned to proprietary licensed GitLab when Gitorious was acquired by GitLab. According to Daniel Marti, Former F-Droid Developer, in 2013, removal of AdAway 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.
Replicant, a fully free software Android operating system, previously used F-Droid as its default and recommended app store. In 2016, the Replicant project determined F-Droid did not comply with GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines, 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. In June 2022, Replicant announced they had removed F-Droid.
Guardian Project, a suite of free and secure Android applications, started running their own F-Droid repository in early 2012. In 2012, Free Software Foundation Europe featured F-Droid in their Free Your Android! campaign to raise awareness of the privacy and security risks of proprietary software.
In 2014, F-Droid was chosen as part of the GNU Project's GNU a Day initiative during their 30th anniversary to encourage more use of free software.
Recent media
Recent media