f-droid.org
F-Droid
Who runs F-Droid, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest Android app store alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- Aptoide
Measured from F-Droid’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit F-Droid01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs F-Droid
F-Droid f-droid.org
F-Droid is the app distribution ecosystem for Android where your user freedom comes first. Discover our app store, explore the world of free and open source (FOSS) apps and [learn](https://f-droid.org/about/) about our app distribution tools.
Wikidata: Android app store for free and open source software
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What F-Droid tracks
What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.
trackers that follow visitors
None of the 18 alternatives below has fewer; 9 have more.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- None found
We found no trackers, ad pixels or third-party embeds on F-Droid’s homepage.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to F-Droid
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to F-Droid, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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Aptoide - The alternative Android app store
Find, discover and download the best apps and games for Android in the official Aptoide app store
Very close - 02
APK website marketplace
Very close - 03
app store
Very close - 04
App Downloads for Android - Download, Discover, Share on Uptodown
Download Android apps easily on Uptodown: the latest updated APKs, totally free and with no viruses.
Very close - 05
RuStore — каталог мобильных приложений и игр для Android
Ищите и скачивайте популярные приложения и игры в официальном магазине RuStore. Удобный поиск, категории и ежедневные подборки.
Very close - 06
دانلود برنامه و بازی برای اندروید | بازار
دانلود و نصب هزاران برنامه رایگان و غیررایگان اندروید در ایران
Very close - 07
Appwrite · The open-source cloud for developers and agents
Appwrite is an open-source developer platform with Auth, Databases, Storage, Functions, Messaging, and Sites. The open-source cloud for agents and developers.
Very close - 08
LITEAPKS - #1 MOD APK for Android
LITEAPKS.COM is the leading reputable source for mod apk, free games and apps for Android
Very close - 09
PocketBase - Open Source backend in 1 file
Open Source backend in 1 file with realtime database, authentication, file storage and admin dashboard
Very close - 10
BlueStacks Android Emulator & Cloud Gaming Plattform: Spiele auf PC & Mac spielen!
Schnellster und leichtester Android Emulator und Cloud Gaming Plattform. Spiele Handyspiele auf Windows & Mac. Perfekt für RPG, Strategie- und Actionspiele.
Very close - 11
Launchpad
software forge
Very close - 12
Vivaldi Browser | Powerful, Personal and Private web browser
It’s a web browser. But fun. It comes with a bunch of clever features built-in. It’s super flexible and does not track you. Get the Vivaldi browser for desktop, mobile, and your car!
Very close - 13
Privacy-first analytics you can trust - Analytics Platform - Matomo
Popular analytics tools can miss up to 40% of traffic. Matomo delivers accurate, GDPR-compliant analytics with full data ownership in a platform teams can set up in minutes.
Very close - 14
Flathub - Apps for Linux | Flathub
Find and install hundreds of apps and games for Linux. Enjoy Firefox, Telegram, RetroArch, GIMP and many more!
Very close - 15
Ghost: The best open source blog & newsletter platform
Beautiful, modern publishing with email newsletters and paid subscriptions built-in. Used by Platformer, 404Media, Lever News, Tangle, The Browser, and thousands more.
Very close - 16
Mozilla - Internet for people, not profit (US)
We’re working to put control of the internet back in the hands of the people using it.
Very close - 17
GitHub · Change is constant. GitHub keeps you ahead. · GitHub · GitHub
Join the world's most widely adopted, AI-powered developer platform where millions of developers, businesses, and the largest open source community build software that advances humanity.
Very close - 18
No-code open source database & application builder | Baserow
Discover Baserow, the open-source no-code platform for building databases and applications. No code or technical skills needed. Start creating for free today!
Very close - 19
Firefox: The fast, private browser that keeps you safe — Firefox.com
The independent browser that has your back. Firefox blocks trackers, has a free built-in VPN, puts you in control of AI, and never sells your personal data.
Very close - 20
A Secure File Transfer & Share App | Xender: Speedy, Smart, Share
Xender is a fast and free file transfer and sharing app that allows you to transfer files between Android, iOS, and PC devices.
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Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles F-Droid’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones F-Droid uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.
04 · History
What changed
Price and policy history →No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what F-Droid adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.
05 · Details
How we measure
Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.
The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 2 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 9,192
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 27 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to F-Droid’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
Built with
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx/1.22.1
- DNS hosting
- Namecheap DNS NS dns2.registrar-servers.com
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console · not on f-droid.org 15/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on f-droid.org 7/20
- Google Workspace · not on f-droid.org 7/20
- Cloudflare · not on f-droid.org 6/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on f-droid.org 5/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on f-droid.org 5/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on f-droid.org 4/20
- Zendesk · not on f-droid.org 4/20
- Google Analytics · not on f-droid.org 4/20
- OpenAI · not on f-droid.org 4/20
- Sentry · not on f-droid.org 4/20
- PHP · not on f-droid.org 4/20
- WordPress · not on f-droid.org 4/20
- Apple Business · not on f-droid.org 3/20
- Atlassian · not on f-droid.org 3/20
- Next.js · not on f-droid.org 3/20