F-Droid is a robot with a passion for Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) on the Android platform. On this site you’ll find a repository of FOSS apps, along with an Android client to perform installations and updates, news, reviews, and other features covering all things Android and software-freedom related.
F-Droid is legally represented by our Commons Conservancy Programme which is regulated by our statutes.
Donations for F-Droid development are handled via our OpenCollective.
Contact
You can discuss F-Droid or get help on the forum and F-Droid’s user chat.
To chat with others in real time about F-Droid, you can join via IRC in the
#fdroid channel on
OFTC (click here to join the webchat,
but set a proper nickname, not qwebirc*).
Matrix users can join #fdroid:f-droid.org. An F-Droid matrix space grouping together all F-Droid related rooms exists at #fdroid-space:f-droid.org, and can be joined by anyone.
XMPP users can join via a Biboumi gateway that connects to IRC, easiest way is to ask your XMPP server admin to host one, but if not possible, try one of the public ones. Copy and paste the address in your XMPP clients channel input field #fdroid%[email protected] (hosted by JabberFR) or #fdroid%[email protected] (hosted by hmm.st)
There is also a Matrix bridge to Telegram, to join it click this link.
Translators can coordinate via the special IRC channel #fdroid-translators on OFTC, #fdroid-translators:f-droid.org room on Matrix, #fdroid-translators%[email protected] / #fdroid-translators%[email protected] bridges for XMPP or by clicking this link for Telegram
F-Droid contributors also run a social-media account on the Fediverse. You can interact with us or follow us on @[email protected].
You can send email at [email protected], but messages are much more likely to be answered on the forum or #fdroid channel. If you want to help, you can join us.
Consulting / Commercial Support
If you’re running an organisation that uses F-Droid or would like to use F-Droid, you will sometimes want to have an expert. For this, we have a list of companies and developers who have contributed to F-Droid in one way or another and are available for consulting:
License
- The source code for this site and the content produced by the F-Droid community are available under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3 or later (AGPLv3+).
- The content of the news section and the F-Droid logo are also available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License (CC-BY-SA-3.0) or GNU General Public License version 3 or later (GPLv3+).
- The descriptive text and graphics for each app have a specific license from that project. Free software should also have free descriptions and graphics.
- The F-Droid logo was created by William Theaker. Updates to that, and additional artwork, are by Robert Martinez.
Terms, etc.
F-Droid is a non-profit volunteer project. Although every effort is made to ensure that everything in the repository is safe to install, you use it AT YOUR OWN RISK. Wherever possible, applications in the repository are built from source, and that source code is checked for potential security or privacy issues. This checking is far from exhaustive and there are no guarantees.
F-Droid respects your privacy. We don’t track you, or your device. We don’t track what you install. You don’t need an account to use the client, and it sends no additional identifying data when communicating with our web servers, other than its version number. We don’t even allow you to install other applications from the repository that track you, unless you first enable ‘Tracking’ in the AntiFeatures section of preferences. Any personal data you decide to give us (e.g. your email address when registering for an account to post on the forum) goes no further than us, and will not be used for anything other than allowing you to maintain your account.
Contributors
The F-Droid project was founded in 2010 by Ciaran Gultnieks, and is brought to you by at least the following people:
- Alberto A. Fuentes
- Aleksey Zaprudnov
- Alex Oberhauser
- Ali Demirtaş
- Andreas Itzchak Rehberg
- Andrew McMillan
- Andrew Nayenko
- Andrew Onishi
- Antonio Tapiador
- Ayron Jungren
- Balázs Meskó
- Ben Arnold
- Boris Kraut
- Calcitem
- Chirayu Desai
- Ciaran Gultnieks
- Cédric Cabessa
- Dan Bravender
- Danial Behzadi
- Daniel Kraft
- Daniel Martí
- David Black
- David Sterry
- Davide Silvetti
- Denys Nykula
- Dominik Schürmann
- Fabian Rodriguez
- FC Stegerman
- Felix Edelmann
- Florian Schmaus
- Fynn Godau
- Graziano Sorbaioli
- Greg Lyle
- Gregor Düster
- Hans-Christoph Steiner
- Hans-Emil Skogh
- Henrik Tunedal
- Ihor Hordiichuk
- Ivo Ugrina
- Jan Berkel
- Jan C Borchardt
- Jochen Sprickerhof
- John Sullivan
- jonnysemon
- João Fernando C. Júnior
- Karl Ove Hufthammer
- Kees Hulberts
- Kevin Cernekee
- Kevin Everets
- Laura Arjona Reina
- Leonardo De Luca
- Marcus Hoffmann
- Mariotaku Lee
- Mathijs van Gorcum
- Matt Kraai
- Matthias Weiler
- Michael Downey
- Michael Haas
- Michael Pöhn
- Michele Azzolari
- Mostafa Ahangarha
- Nat Meysenburg
- Naveen
- Neo Kolokotronis
- Nico Alt
- Nicolas Raoul
- Nikita Kozlov
- Nutchanon Wetchasit
- Osoitz Elkorobarrutia
- Oğuz Ersen
- Pander
- Paul Sokolovsky
- Peter Serwylo
- Philipp Wollschlegel
- Pierre Rudloff
- Rafael Fontenelle
- Raffaele Cecoro
- Reza Almanda
- Robert Martinez
- Ruslan Boitsov
- Simona Iacob
- Stefan Handschuh
- Steven McDonald
- Sveinn í Felli
- Sylvia van Os
- Takumi Shoji
- Thore Göbel
- Tias Guns
- Tobias Kuban
- Torsten Grote
- Trey Yang
- Tymofii Lytvynenko
- Valerio Bozzolan
- Wellington Terumi Uemura
- William Theaker
If you have contributed to F-Droid and your name is missing, it’s a mistake and you should add yourself to the list! Please include your Weblate username if you are a translator. Keep it sorted by first name, please.
The original F-Droid client app was based on the Aptoide app developed by Roberto Jacinto.
