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New comment by fghkjlhb in "F-Droid 2.0"

fghkjlhb — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:13:42 +0000

I didn't know those apps existed.

New comment by fghkjlhb in "F-Droid 2.0"

fghkjlhb — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:12:52 +0000

Obtainium makes it easy to download apps directly from their webpages. Many of them have ready configurations you can simply add: https://apps.obtainium.imranr.dev/

New comment by fghkjlhb in "F-Droid 2.0"

fghkjlhb — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:11:59 +0000

I know it is there in Obtainium, but I don't think it's prominent enough and it is easy to miss. I missed it my first time.

New comment by fghkjlhb in "F-Droid 2.0"

fghkjlhb — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:11:25 +0000

https://apps.obtainium.imranr.dev/ has plenty of apps that don't have F-Droid releases. Many of them come from the developers own website.

And if you see anything is missing, you can always add it!

New comment by fghkjlhb in "F-Droid 2.0"

fghkjlhb — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:11:23 +0000

No I have Obtainium side by side with F-Droid. There are some closed source apps or apps that are not published on F-Droid (like Wireguard) that unfortunately I need. Obtainium is great for that.

New comment by fghkjlhb in "F-Droid 2.0"

fghkjlhb — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:09:49 +0000

I tried Obtainium a while back and didn't like it too much, finding apps seemed difficult.

Then I discovered https://apps.obtainium.imranr.dev/ which makes it very easy. I feel like Obtainium should make this more obvious. It would help adoption a lot.