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.

It is especially popular in Germany, appearing on 0.007% of all websites in the country.

Statistics based on 3.9M+ analyzed websites. About this data

📊 Rankings and Market Share

⚡ Sites Using F-Droid

We have data on 106 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 tuta.com.

#Website🔗RankCountryLanguage
1 tuta.com #13,052 Germany American English
2 openfoodfacts.org openfoodfacts.github.scrachx.openfood #13,590 English
3 windscribe.com com.windscribe.vpn #20,341 English
4 disroot.org org.disroot.disrootapp #20,585 Netherlands English
5 ente.com io.ente.photos.fdroid #53,128 United States English
6 organicmaps.app app.organicmaps #60,147 English
7 newpipe.net org.schabi.newpipe #85,328 Germany English
8 world.openfoodfacts.org openfoodfacts.github.scrachx.openfood English
9 moonlight-stream.org com.limelight #104,641 English
10 8x8.vc org.jitsi.meet #104,651 United States English
11 adaway.org org.adaway #120,671 France American English
12 materialio.us us.materialio.app #147,900 New Zealand English
13 btcmap.org org.btcmap #153,486 English
14 ntfy.sh io.heckel.ntfy #209,369 United States English
15 tasks.org org.tasks #228,519 United States English
16 simplelogin.io io.simplelogin.android.fdroid #231,325 Switzerland English
17 gotify.net com.github.gotify #236,057 English
18 wger.de de.wger.flutter #237,882 Germany English
19 jitsi.org org.jitsi.meet #247,469 United States American English
20 fairmeeting.net org.jitsi.meet #307,741 Austria

📈 Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use F-Droid:

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

  • Germany 25.7%
  • United States 23%
  • Canada 9.5%
  • France 9.5%
  • Netherlands 6.8%
  • Switzerland 6.8%
  • Austria 2.7%
  • Ukraine 2.7%
  • Australia 1.4%
  • Other 11.9%

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

  • English 86%
  • 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 32.1%
  • .com 20.8%
  • .app 9.4%
  • .net 7.5%
  • .de 7.5%
  • .us 2.8%
  • .dev 2.8%
  • .info 1.9%
  • .sh 1.9%
  • Other 13.3%

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

  • Software/Hardware 32%
  • Internet Services 20%
  • Technical/Business Forums 12%
  • Blogs/Wiki 8%
  • Web Meetings 8%
  • Business 4%
  • Public Information 4%
  • Games 4%
  • Personal Pages 4%
  • 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.

Free$$$

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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 Germany.

Who uses F-Droid?

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

What are the alternatives to F-Droid?

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

🗃️ About This Data