Appreciating F-Droid as an app developer

Post by ajvs » Thu, Dec 08, 2022, 11:48 PM UTC

worldsavior wrote: post #18

vanous wrote: post #17

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>For example it takes them too long to update apps, with no appreciation to the update (meaning if there was a critical CVE ), and other. Fully agree, have some experiences. Friendly advice: treat Fdroid like any other development dependency and try to be in control rather than being dependent: run your own f-droid repo which people can add to their Fdroid app as a source.

Agreed. Using GitHub is already a better option since it's eliminating another party (Fdroid).

Post by beenBoutIT » Fri, Dec 09, 2022, 12:13 AM UTC

kramerger wrote: post #4

Fdroid is great, but their interface to developers could improve a bit. For example, a test system and an easier method to import projects would have been appreciated

Post by antifa » Fri, Dec 09, 2022, 2:43 AM UTC

cf100clunk wrote: post #16

There's an alternative frontend UX to F-Droid that might be of interest: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.aurora.adroid/

Post by worldsavior » Fri, Dec 09, 2022, 12:20 PM UTC

ajvs wrote: post #21

worldsavior wrote: post #18

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Agreed. Using GitHub is already a better option since it's eliminating another party (Fdroid).

Self-hosting a F-Droid repo means users can easily get automatic updates, which is important for security.

Post by cf100clunk » Fri, Dec 09, 2022, 11:25 PM UTC

commoner wrote: post #26

cf100clunk wrote: post #16

There's an alternative frontend UX to F-Droid that might be of interest: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.aurora.adroid/

Aurora Droid was great, but it hasn't been updated since March 2021. I prefer Neo Store: - Neo Store (GitHub): https://github.com/NeoApplications/Neo-Store - Neo Store (F-Droid): https://f-droid.org/packages/com.machiav3lli.fdroid/