F-Droid Classic vs Obtainium
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
F-Droid Classic
This is an alternative F-Droid client which is based on the older UI of the official client (pre 1.0). While the new client UI looks pretty, it's sometimes a bit clunky. Lots of information that was provided clearly in the old UI is now not available or hidden behind more taps now. F-Droid Classic brings features of the modern 1.x version of F-Droid to the classic UI, this includes: * Index-v1 support * Inline changelog entries * Localized metadata * Screenshots * Donation links Upcoming features: * Better mirror support It doesn't support the following features and probably never will * Swap * Index-v0 (old xml based index) support * Support for Android < 4.4 Note: If you want beta updates you can enable the F-Droid Classic repo in the repo management screen. Releases will also usually be available there a few days before they make it into the main F-Droid repository.
Obtainium
Obtainium allows you to install and update Apps directly from their releases pages, and receive notifications when new releases are made available.Read the WikiCurrently supported App sources:Open Source - General:GitHubGitLabForgejo (Codeberg)F-DroidThird Party F-Droid ReposIzzyOnDroidSourceHutOther - General:APKPureAptoideUptodownAPKMirror (Track-Only)Huawei AppGalleryTencent App StoreCoolApkvivo App Store (CN)Jenkins JobsRuStoreOther - App-Specific:Telegram AppNeutron Code"HTML" (Fallback): Any other URL that returns an HTML page with links to APK filesLimitations:For some sources, data is gathered using Web scraping and can easily break due to changes in website design. In such cases, more reliable methods may be unavailable.
| Feature | F-Droid Classic | Obtainium |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later | GPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | F-Droid | F-DroidGitHubIzzyOnDroid |
| Categories | ProductivityApp Store | ProductivityApp Store |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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