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'''F-Droid''' is a free and open source app store and software repository for [[Android]], serving a similar function to the [[Google]] Play Store. The main repository, hosted by the project, contains only free and open source apps. Applications can be browsed, downloaded, and installed from the [https://f-droid.org/ F-Droid website] or client app without the need to register an account. "Anti-features" such as advertising, user tracking, or dependence on non-free software are flagged in app descriptions.

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|Description=Free and open-source app store for Android devices

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'''F-Droid''' is a free and open-source app store and software repository for [[Android]], serving a similar function to the [[Google]] Play Store. The main repository, hosted by the project, contains only free and open-source apps. Applications can be browsed, downloaded, and installed from the [https://f-droid.org/ F-Droid website] or the client app without the need to register an account. "Anti-features" such as advertising, user tracking, or dependence on non-free software are flagged in app descriptions.

==Consumer-impact summary==

===User Freedom===

F-Droid allows users to install applications without requiring to log in with an account.

===User Privacy===

F-Droid allows contains privacy settings such as using Tor for download traffic.

===Business Model===

The only way F-Droid is sustained is via donations. There are no ads or paid applications or features, as it follows the FOSS philosophy.

===Market Control===

==Incidents==

==See Also==

*[[Free software movement]]

==References==

[[Category:Pro-consumer articles]]

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-'''F-Droid''' is a free and open source app store and software repository for [[Android]], serving a similar function to the [[Google]] Play Store. The main repository, hosted by the project, contains only free and open source apps. Applications can be browsed, downloaded, and installed from the [https://f-droid.org/ F-Droid website] or client app without the need to register an account. "Anti-features" such as advertising, user tracking, or dependence on non-free software are flagged in app descriptions.
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+{{ProductCargo
+|Company=F-Droid Limited
+|ProductLine=
+|ReleaseYear=2010
+|InProduction=Yes
+|ArticleType=Product
+|Category=Software, Digital Storefront
+|Website=https://f-droid.org
+|Description=Free and open-source app store for Android devices
+|Logo=
+}}
+'''F-Droid''' is a free and open-source app store and software repository for [[Android]], serving a similar function to the [[Google]] Play Store. The main repository, hosted by the project, contains only free and open-source apps. Applications can be browsed, downloaded, and installed from the [https://f-droid.org/ F-Droid website] or the client app without the need to register an account. "Anti-features" such as advertising, user tracking, or dependence on non-free software are flagged in app descriptions.
+==Consumer-impact summary==
+===User Freedom===
+F-Droid allows users to install applications without requiring to log in with an account.
+===User Privacy===
+F-Droid allows contains privacy settings such as using Tor for download traffic.
+===Business Model===
+The only way F-Droid is sustained is via donations. There are no ads or paid applications or features, as it follows the FOSS philosophy.
+===Market Control===
+==Incidents==
+==See Also==
+*[[Free software movement]]
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
+[[Category:Pro-consumer articles]]