F-Droid

Amsterdam, Netherlands

F-Droid is an independent, community-maintained app store for Android that distributes only free and open-source applications with an emphasis on transparency and user privacy.

It builds apps from publicly available source code using a fully automated infrastructure, flags "anti-features" such as tracking or proprietary dependencies, and maintains a curated repository catalog with detailed metadata and version histories.

According to our data, F-Droid ranks 13th among the app platforms we track.
It has 0.02% of the app market share and is detected on 0.003% of all websites.

Statistics based on 3.8M+ analyzed websites. About this data

📊 Rankings and Market Share

⚡ Sites Using F-Droid

We have data on 107 websites that use the F-Droid app platform. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using F-Droid is windscribe.com.

#Website🔗RankCountryLanguage
1 windscribe.com com.windscribe.vpn #7,346 English
2 tuta.com #16,753 Germany American English
3 openfoodfacts.org openfoodfacts.github.scrachx.openfood #17,310 France English
4 moonlight-stream.org com.limelight #22,073 English
5 8x8.vc org.jitsi.meet #64,822 United States English
6 world.openfoodfacts.org openfoodfacts.github.scrachx.openfood France English
7 ntfy.sh io.heckel.ntfy #103,637 United States English
8 newpipe.net org.schabi.newpipe #104,373 Germany English
9 materialio.us us.materialio.app #106,400 New Zealand English
10 ente.io io.ente.photos.fdroid #122,304 English
11 disroot.org org.disroot.disrootapp #132,997 Netherlands English
12 adaway.org org.adaway #147,917 France American English
13 arcticons.com #151,818 Netherlands English
14 simplelogin.io io.simplelogin.android.fdroid #159,318 Switzerland English
15 nulide.de #182,085 Germany English
16 jitsi.org org.jitsi.meet #193,790 United States American English
17 wger.de de.wger.flutter #266,691 Germany English
18 tuxmath.org org.afrikalan.tuxmath #328,163 France English
19 trackercontrol.org #448,688 United Kingdom British English
20 plaintextaccounting.org #450,988 English

📈 Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use F-Droid:

Most of the sites using F-Droid are from the United States, Germany, and France.

  • United States 24%
  • Germany 22.7%
  • France 12%
  • Canada 9.3%
  • Netherlands 6.7%
  • Switzerland 6.7%
  • Austria 2.7%
  • Ukraine 2.7%
  • Australia 1.3%
  • Other 11.9%

Most F-Droid users speak English, German, or French.

  • English 86.1%
  • German 5%
  • French 4%
  • Dutch 2%
  • Russian 1%
  • Portuguese 1%
  • Chinese 1%

The F-Droid app platform is especially popular on .org, .com, and .app top-level domains.

  • .org 31.8%
  • .com 20.6%
  • .app 9.3%
  • .net 7.5%
  • .de 7.5%
  • .us 2.8%
  • .dev 2.8%
  • .io 1.9%
  • .sh 1.9%
  • Other 13.9%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing F-Droid include software and hardware, Internet services, and technical, business forums.

  • Software/Hardware 30.8%
  • Internet Services 19.2%
  • Technical/Business Forums 11.5%
  • Business 7.7%
  • Blogs/Wiki 7.7%
  • Web Meetings 7.7%
  • Public Information 3.8%
  • Games 3.8%
  • Personal Pages 3.8%
  • Other 4%

🕵️ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best F-Droid alternatives.

RankName
2
Google Play
Mountain View, California, United States

A digital distribution service and official app store for Android operated by Google, providing access to apps, games, and other digital content across supported devices such as phones, tablets, TVs, and wearables.

Free$25+
3
App Store
Cupertino, California, United States

A digital distribution platform that allows users to download and purchase apps and digital content for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and other Apple devices.

Free$99+/year
5
Huawei AppGallery
Shenzhen, China

A digital distribution platform developed by Huawei that allows users to discover, download, and manage apps on Huawei smartphones, tablets, and other devices.

Free$$$
10
RuStore
Moscow, Russia

A Russian app store for Android devices, developed as the Russian alternative to Google Play.

Free$$$
11
Galaxy Store
Seoul, Korea

A preinstalled app store for Samsung Galaxy devices that allows users to download apps and device-specific content across phones, tablets, and wearables.

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💬 Frequently Asked Questions

Where is F-Droid from?

F-Droid is from Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Which country uses F-Droid the most?

The majority of F-Droid users are from the United States.

Who uses F-Droid?

According to our data, F-Droid is used on over a hundred sites, including such established ones as windscribe.com, tuta.com, and openfoodfacts.org.

What are the alternatives to F-Droid?

Alternatives and possible competitors to F-Droid may include Google Play, Huawei AppGallery, and RuStore.

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