Obtainium
Get Android app updates straight from the source. (by ImranR98)
Neo-Store
An F-Droid client with modern UI and an arsenal of extra features. (by NeoApplications)
| Obtainium | Neo-Store | |
|---|---|---|
| 116 | 86 | |
| 17,458 | 4,706 | |
| 4.6% | 3.3% | |
| 9.4 | 9.8 | |
| about 2 months ago | about 1 month ago | |
| Dart | Kotlin | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Obtainium
Posts with mentions or reviews of Obtainium.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-12-16.
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How I built GitHub Store to 12,500 stars in 6 months — I started at 16
The inevitable comparison: yes, I know about Obtainium. I get asked "why not Obtainium?" every week. Obtainium is the lightweight power-user updater for repos you already know about. GitHub Store is the discovery-first store for people who don't know what to install yet — and it's cross-platform. Use Obtainium. Use GitHub Store. Use both. We built Obtainium import/export so libraries move between them in one tap.
- Devs say Apple still flouting EU's Digital Markets Act six months on
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F-Droid build servers can't build modern Android apps due to outdated CPUs
Encourage your users to use Obtainium instead. Cut out the middleman.
https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium
- Graphene OS: a security-enhanced Android build
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How I Created and Deployed An iPhone (and Android) App Without A Mac, And So Can You Too
For Android, use Obtainium or download the apk release in GitHub.
- Obtanium – Get Android app updates straight from the source
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GitDroid: A third party Android app manager for apps uploaded to GitHub releases
Unobtanium supports more sources, has more features, and is actively developed.
https://obtainium.imranr.dev/
https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium
- OpenAPK – open-source Apps for Android, updated weekly
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F-Droid Awarded Open Technology Fund's FOSS Sustainability Grant
I've got about 80% of my apps on F-Droid through this Obtanium https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium, which just handles Git releases. The F-Droid client feels clunky, and I've had some update errors before. With some improvements, it should return to being a good discovery tool and app manager so this is good news.
- Obtainium: Get Android App Updates Directly from the Source
Neo-Store
Posts with mentions or reviews of Neo-Store.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-05-23.
- Neo Store: The modern and feature-rich F-Droid client for everyone
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Degoogled Android – My Experience
Microg.org is correct. The official f-droid client won't care about the signatures, but this is a known issue with 3rd party stores like NeoStore.
https://github.com/NeoApplications/Neo-Store/issues/564
- Neo Store v1.0.0 alternative Android app store milestone reached
- Hisense A9 Pro E-Ink Android Smartphone
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F-Droid: Android FOSS app store
F-Droid is one of the first apps I install when restoring my phone. That said, I usually use F-Droid to install an alternate frontend. There's Neo Store[0] which is a fork of Droid-ify[1] which itself is a fork of Foxy Droid[2]. Personally I use Neo Store, includes more repos by default and can auto update apps.
[0]: https://github.com/NeoApplications/Neo-Store
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PSA: Only the official F-Droid client has proper mirror support
https://github.com/NeoApplications/Neo-Store/issues/163 https://github.com/Droid-ify/client/issues/45 https://git.bubu1.eu/Bubu/fdroidclassic/-/issues/14
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All my Open Source App Alternatives
Play Store → Fdroid, Neo Store, Aurora Store
- Neo-Store: An F-Droid client with modern UI and an arsenal of extra features
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the best browser
Hi, I use Neostore to manage my Foss apps... including setting the repos to various foss projects (Izzydroid.. ) , Mull is part of it. Maybe accessible from F-Droid too but Neostore is way better
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Bought a Fairphone 4 recently. Overall happy but I have a few gripes with it
You could then try to use Neo Store
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Obtainium and Neo-Store you can also consider the following projects:
revanced-manager - 💊 Application to use ReVanced on Android
fdroidclient
client - Clutterfree F-Droid client
Insular - A sandbox environment to clone selected apps and isolate them from accessing your personal data outside the sandbox (including call logs, contacts, photos and etc) even if related permissions are granted. Device-bound data (SMS, IMEI and etc) is still accessible.
AuroraStore