Obtainium
What is this?
Obtainium is a free, open-source Android app that installs and updates apps straight from their release pages — GitHub, GitLab, F-Droid and many more — and notifies you when a new release comes out.
Obtainium is a free, open-source Android app that installs and updates apps straight from their release pages — GitHub, GitLab, F-Droid and many more — and notifies you when a new release comes out.Is this an app on my Android phone, or something I run on a PC?An app on your phone: Obtainium is itself an Android app (written in Dart with Flutter) that installs and updates your other apps right on the device.
An app on your phone: Obtainium is itself an Android app (written in Dart with Flutter) that installs and updates your other apps right on the device.How do I get it onto my phone?Install the APK from Obtainium's GitHub releases, or use the F-Droid build — both are signed with the same key thanks to reproducible builds. Package ID, signing-certificate SHA-256 and a PGP key are listed if you want to verify it.
Install the APK from Obtainium's GitHub releases, or use the F-Droid build — both are signed with the same key thanks to reproducible builds. Package ID, signing-certificate SHA-256 and a PGP key are listed if you want to verify it.Will every supported source work reliably?Not always: for some sources Obtainium gathers data via web scraping, so a site redesign can break it, and a more reliable method may not exist.
Not always: for some sources Obtainium gathers data via web scraping, so a site redesign can break it, and a more reliable method may not exist.Which apps and stores can it track?Open-source platforms: GitHub, GitLab, Forgejo (Codeberg), F-Droid and third-party F-Droid repos, IzzyOnDroid, SourceHut. Third-party stores: APKPure, Aptoide, Uptodown, itch.io, Huawei AppGallery, Samsung Galaxy Store, RuStore, SourceForge and more — plus Telegram, a direct APK link, and an HTML fallback for any page with APK links.
Open-source platforms: GitHub, GitLab, Forgejo (Codeberg), F-Droid and third-party F-Droid repos, IzzyOnDroid, SourceHut. Third-party stores: APKPure, Aptoide, Uptodown, itch.io, Huawei AppGallery, Samsung Galaxy Store, RuStore, SourceForge and more — plus Telegram, a direct APK link, and an HTML fallback for any page with APK links.What if the app I want isn't configured yet?Look for crowdsourced app configurations at apps.obtainium.imranr.dev; if yours is missing, request it on the issues page, contribute a config via a PR, or just add the source URL yourself.
Look for crowdsourced app configurations at apps.obtainium.imranr.dev; if yours is missing, request it on the issues page, contribute a config via a PR, or just add the source URL yourself.Why do APKMirror and RockMods say Track-Only?The README marks them Track-Only: Obtainium can watch those pages for new releases, but they're not treated as full install sources the way GitHub or F-Droid are.
The README marks them Track-Only: Obtainium can watch those pages for new releases, but they're not treated as full install sources the way GitHub or F-Droid are.Is Obtainium itself free and open source?Yes — it's FOSS under the GPL-3.0 license, and the F-Droid build is signed identically to the GitHub release thanks to reproducible builds.
Yes — it's FOSS under the GPL-3.0 license, and the F-Droid build is signed identically to the GitHub release thanks to reproducible builds.What are similar projects?spotube, morphe-manager, SU_IMD, hilight-studio, thunderbird-android, VirtualXposed, komi-store, xManager
spotube, morphe-manager, SU_IMD, hilight-studio, thunderbird-android, VirtualXposed, komi-store, xManagerWhich topics is it in?f-droid, gitlab, apk, dart, foss, notifications, installer, privacy-first, android-app, github, app, mobile-app
f-droid, gitlab, apk, dart, foss, notifications, installer, privacy-first, android-app, github, app, mobile-app