I keep it simple so I can confidently download the apps.
I can't keep track of which repos are safe, and we've seen posts on here from people getting sketchy apps from a repo they added.
I'm sure there are other safe repos, and I'm willing to add one if people recommend an app that requires it, but I'll probably remove it afterwards.
This is a good approach. I would not even use Izzy's repo shown by OP (at least not on a daily driver device - great for testing newer apps I'm sure) because I don't see it as advantageous to get updates so quickly or access to apps that are not yet (or will never be) fully open source.
Basically I see most of the value of F-Droid in their build server and official repo. So I only add repos with a very short list of apps, like microg and KDE.
I can always install the odd apk manually, or use Aurora store (preferably in the work profile)
Wow thanks for this post. Today I learned about Fdroid Repos. (Feeling sheepishly stupid but slight more informed now.)
I like to add as many repos as I can.
The more apps in F-Droid,
the less reason to go to GooglePlay :)Here is a list with all repo's I've got imported:
- https://microg.org/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=9bd06727e62796c0130eb6dab39b73157451582cbd138e86c468acc395d14165
- https://microg.org/fdroid/archive?fingerprint=9bd06727e62796c0130eb6dab39b73157451582cbd138e86c468acc395d14165
- https://f-droid.org/archive?fingerprint=43238d512c1e5eb2d6569f4a3afbf5523418b82e0a3ed1552770abb9a9c9ccab
- https://f-droid.org/repo?fingerprint=43238d512c1e5eb2d6569f4a3afbf5523418b82e0a3ed1552770abb9a9c9ccab
- https://guardianproject.info/fdroid/archive?fingerprint=b7c2eefd8dac7806af67dfcd92eb18126bc08312a7f2d6f3862e46013c7a6135
- https://guardianproject.info/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=b7c2eefd8dac7806af67dfcd92eb18126bc08312a7f2d6f3862e46013c7a6135
- https://anonymousmessenger.ly/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=e065f74b35c920c7713012f45a0c8ad4758dd2776cff6214f7d8064b285c044b
- https://fdroid.beocode.eu/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=28360ddeba00922b156a9b03b5c96fea39d239f88f1fbfa5a8157291749aa05a
- https://mobileapp.bitwarden.com/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=bc54ea6fd1cd5175bcccc47c561c5726e1c3ed7e686b6db4b18bac843a3efe6c
- https://briarproject.org/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=1fb874bee7276d28ecb2c9b06e8a122ec4bcb4008161436ce474c257cbf49bd6
- https://fdroid.bromite.org/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=e1ee5cd076d7b0dc84cb2b45fb78b86df2eb39a3b6c56ba3dc292a5e0c3b9504
- https://www.collaboraoffice.com/downloads/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=573258c84e149b5f4d9299e7434b2b69a8410372921d4ae586ba91ec767892cc
- https://static.cryptomator.org/android/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=f7c3ec3b0d588d3cb52983e9eb1a7421c93d4339a286398e71d7b651e8d8ecdd
- https://divestos.org/apks/official/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=e4be8d6abfa4d9d4feef03cdda7ff62a73fd64b75566f6dd4e5e577550be8467
- https://fdroid.fedilab.app/repo?fingerprint=11f0a69910a4280e2cd3ccc3146337d006be539b18e1a9feace15ff757a94feb
- https://fdroid.frostnerd.com/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=74bb580f263ec89e15c207298dec861b5069517550fe0f1d852f16fa611d2d26
- https://gitjournal.io/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=e2ee4aa4380f0d3b3cf81eb17f5e48f827c3aa77122d9ad330cc441650894574
- https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=3bf0d6abfeae2f401707b6d966be743bf0eee49c2561b9ba39073711f628937a
- https://store.nethunter.com/repo?fingerprint=7e418d34c3ad4f3c37d7e6b0face13332364459c862134eb099a3bda2ccf4494
- https://cdn.kde.org/android/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=b3ebe10afa6c5c400379b34473e843d686c61ae6ad33f423c98af903f056523f
- https://cdn.kde.org/android/stable-releases/fdroid/repo/?fingerprint=13784ba6c80ff4e2181e55c56f961eed5844cea16870d3b38d58780b85e1158f
- https://fdroid.libretro.com/repo?fingerprint=3f05b24d497515f31feab421297c79b19552c5c81186b3750b7c131ef41d733d
- https://fdroid.libretro.com/archive?fingerprint=3f05b24d497515f31feab421297c79b19552c5c81186b3750b7c131ef41d733d
- https://molly.im/fdroid/foss/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=5198daef37fc23c14d5ee32305b2af45787bd7df2034de33ad302bdb3446df74
- https://f-droid.monerujo.io/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=a82c68e14af0aa6a2ec20e6b272eff25e5a038f3f65884316e0f5e0d91e7b713
- https://www.nanolx.org/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=862ed9f13a3981432bf86fe93d14596b381d75be83a1d616e2d44a12654ad015
- https://repo.netsyms.com/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=2581ba7b32d3ab443180c4087cab6a7e8fb258d3a6e98870ecb3c675e4d64489
- https://archive.newpipe.net/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=e2402c78f9b97c6c89e97db914a2751fda1d02fe2039cc0897a462bdb57e7501
- https://gitlab.com/TheCapsLock/fdroid-patched-apps/raw/master/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=313d9e6e789ff4e8e2d687aae31eef576050003ed67963301821ac6d3763e3ac
- https://fdroid.typeblog.net?fingerprint=1a7e446c491c80bc2f83844a26387887990f97f2f379ae7b109679feae3dbc8c
- https://fdroid.revolt.chat/repo/?fingerprint=0a9d2f61c8659801711e22177862f84c8134966f427973037a8fdfacff07c4f2
- https://fdroid.krombel.de/element-dev-fdroid/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=fd146ef30fa9f8f075bdcd9f02f069d22061b1df7cc90e90821750a7184bf53d
- https://fdroid.krombel.de/element-dev-gplay/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=5564ab4d4bf9461af7955449246f12d7e792a8d65165ebb2c0e90e65e77d5095
- https://fdroid.a3.pm/seabear/repo?fingerprint=9dc9cb5fdd85d37121a5fee99d24475f03fea7f2ec25fb94dd51866d87933ed1
- https://fdroid.getsession.org/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=db0e5297eb65cc22d6bd93c869943bdcfcb6a07dc69a48a0dd8c7ba698ec04e6
- https://app.simplex.chat/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=9f358ff284d1f71656a2bfaf0e005deae6aa14143720e089f11ff2ddcfeb01ba
- https://fdroid.stackwallet.com/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=764b4262f75750a5f620a205cee2886f18635fbda18df40758f5a1a45a950f84
- https://fdroid-repo.calyxinstitute.org/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=5da90117c91b0011ae44314ccc456cdfe406fbce3bf880072fd7c0b073e20df3
- https://calyxos.gitlab.io/calyx-fdroid-repo/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=c44d58b4547de5096138cb0b34a1cc99dab3b4274412ed753fccbfc11dc1b7b6
- https://releases.threema.ch/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=5734e753899b25775d90fe85362a49866e05ac4f83c05bef5a92880d2910639e
- https://fdroid.twinhelix.com/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=7b03b0232209b21b10a30a63897d3c6bca4f58fe29bc3477e8e3d8cf8e304028
- https://fdroid.secfirst.org/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=39eb57052f8d684514176819d1645f6a0a7bd943dbc31ab101949006ac0bc228
- https://www.droidware.info/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=2144449ab1dd270ec31b6087409b5d0ea39a75a9f290da62ac1b238a0eaaf851
- https://rfc2822.gitlab.io/fdroid-firefox/fdroid/?fingerprint=8f992bbba0340efe6299c7a410b36d9c8889114ca6c58013c3587cda411b4aed
- https://guardianproject-wind.s3.amazonaws.com/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=182cf464d219d340da443c62155198e399fec1bc4379309b775dd9fc97ed97e1
- https://repo.samourai.io/fdroid/repo/?fingerprint=5318afa280284855cf5d0027aa54517769f461d735980b1fb0854ceae8e072a5
- https://fdroid.cakelabs.com/?fingerprint=ea44efaee0b641ee7a032d397d5d976f9c4e5e1ed26e11c75702d064e55f8755
I usually keep the Archive variants disabled,
but they're nice to keep around,
for if you ever need an old version of an app.Also,
most of these I've found through Droid-Ify,
it's my favorite app to manage my F-Droid apps: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.looker.droidify/Bromite is unmaintained. Use Mulch instead. You can find it in DivestOS repos. Also there is another browser called Mull (firefox-based).
DivestOS Official: https://divestos.org/apks/official/fdroid/repo
DivestOS Official Archive: https://divestos.org/apks/official/fdroid/archive
I like Kde Itinerary for traveling so I add the Kde Android repo
I installed droid-ify, an alternative front-end for F-Droid, it comes with a whole bunch of repo's by default.
Is there a free FOSS version of it?
It is foss
Yes, it's called droid-ify. It's on the official F-droid repo and is fully FOSS.
I wouldn't personally even use IzzyonDroid. The only other F-droid repo I use is cromite
Why not? Not reliable? Not safe? I'm re-learning (stuff got obsolete since last time I was interested)
Droid-ify has a lot more by default (but unticked). You can have a look and see what you could use. I use cromite and mulch as navigators, and you can find them there (cromite repo and divestOS repo)
https://www.collaboraoffice.com/downloads/fdroid/repo
Collabra office
https://archive.newpipe.net/fdroid/repo
Newpipe
There are general purpose repos and specific app repos. Those for specific apps might allow you to download apps not found elsewhere or they might just get you the update a little faster.
I have the repos for Collabora and Newpipe enabled on mine for those reasons.
You might also look at Obtanium if you're looking to keep specific apps updated.
Is there a real delay on updates? I mean, I'm in an almost 4 year phone with android 10, can't say I run behind the latest stuff
It depends on the app publisher. The official F-Droid repo has Newpipe version 25.2, which was added August 10, 2023. The Newpipe upstream repo has version 26.1, added December 27, 2023.
Futo repo for Futo Voice Input App. Totally free open-source offline speech to text engine. Works better than I expected (for English).
I only add some app-specific repos to get more frequent updates on those. Newpipe and Fedilab in particular.
I know that I could use other tools to install directly from their release images but sticking with F-Droid for now for simplicity.Newpipe and bitwarden?
I know there are a lot, and it's overwhelming.
I have active the DivestOS repo, since I use Mull as my main browser. It has also some other nice privacy focused apps.
I use mull too, so I'll consider it Does fdroid delay the updates too much?
