F-Droid
F-Droid is a software repository (or "app store") for Android applications; it functions similarly to the Google Play store, but only contains free and open-source software. The apps can be browsed and installed from the F-Droid website or directly from the F-Droid client app, which will also automatically update installed F-Droid apps. The website also offers the source code of all applications for download.[1][2] F-Droid, which was founded by Ciaran Gultniek, does not require users to sign up and hides applications that contains "anti-features" such as advertising, user tracking or dependence on non-free software.[2]
Replicant, a free replacement for Android, and The Guardian Project, a suite of free and secure Android applications, both use F-Droid as their app store.[3][4]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "F-Droid is the FOSS application store for your Android phone". androidcentral.com. 27 November 2012. http://www.androidcentral.com/f-droid-foss-application-store-your-android-phone.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tom Nardi (August 27, 2012). "F-Droid: The Android Market That Respects Your Rights". thepowerbase.com. http://www.thepowerbase.com/2012/08/f-droid-the-android-market-that-respects-your-rights/.
- ↑ "FDroid". Replicant Wiki. http://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/FDroid.
- ↑ "Our New F-Droid App Repository". https://guardianproject.info/2012/03/15/our-new-f-droid-app-repository/.
