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Obtainium Get Android app updates straight from the source

story by Bluestein · 2026-10-31 · 0 comments

…I recommend you get involved and help them implement signature verification on F-Droid repos: https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/issues/3348

comment by eighthave · 2026-09-24 · in F-Droid 2.0

Fwiw, that link is documented in the readme at https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium so it's not hard for someone to find again. It's also prominent in the Obtainium app UI itself.

comment by OutOfHere · 2026-09-24 · in F-Droid 2.0

I have been using Obtainium [1] to install apps on my Pixel including Emacs. [1] https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium

comment by j0e1 · 2025-11-26 · in Surprisingly, Emacs on Android is pretty good

…[4]: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/io.github.samolego.canta/ [5]: https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/issues/1859

comment by lisdexan · 2025-10-28 · in What we talk about when we talk about sideloading

…hub.com/andrewginns/chromium-browser-snapshots-An... Combined Obtainium it's easy to keep it updated. https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium

comment by reckless · 2025-10-27 · in Show HN: Helium Browser for Android with extensions support, based on Vanadium

The dream would be Apple letting https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium (a decentralized app store 4 Android) on IOS

comment by net01 · 2025-08-27 · in Apple revokes EU distribution rights for an app on the Alt Store

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Obtanium – Get Android app updates straight from the source

story by fulafel · 2025-05-03 · 0 comments

…supports more sources, has more features, and is actively developed. https://obtainium.imranr.dev/ https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium

comment by Cyphase · 2025-05-03 · in GitDroid: A third party Android app manager for apps uploaded to GitHub releases

Sounds similar to Obtainium: - https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium - https://obtainium.imranr.dev/

comment by PhilippGille · 2025-03-10 · in OpenAPK – open-source Apps for Android, updated weekly

I've got about 80% of my apps that would normally be on F-Droid installed through Obtainium ( https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium ), which handles Git releases (among other sources). The F-Droid client feels clunky and in the past I had…

comment by drewbitt · 2025-02-05 · in F-Droid Awarded Open Technology Fund's FOSS Sustainability Grant

…Once you get each app set up its a breeze and you don't have to deal with fdroids strangeness. [1] https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium

comment by oez · 2025-01-20 · in F-Droid Security Issues (2022)

here's their github: https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium

comment by compootr · 2024-11-09 · in Obtainium: Get Android App Updates Directly from the Source

…adding the github repository to Obtainium is much easier than having to deal with apk stuff. 1: https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium

comment by sandreas · 2024-10-01 · in The importance of F-Droid, an Android app store

Similarly, there's Obtainium for Android. I love it for open source apps. https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium

comment by kayson · 2024-09-10 · in PSA: Eget That Executable from GitHub

Hadn't noticed. I'm F-Droid only. Use https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium if you don't want to install F-Droid.

comment by mikae1 · 2024-09-03 · in Dawarich: Self-hosted alternative to Google Location History

…[6] https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.imranr.obtainium.fdroid/ | https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium [7] https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid [8] https://mobileapp.bitwarden.com/fdroid [9] https://archive.newpipe.net/fdroid/rep

comment by MRPockets · 2024-05-07 · in Google Fit APIs get shut down in 2025, might break fitness devices

…to this discussion, since Aegis 3.0 hasn't hit F-Droid yet, as at the writing of this comment. [1] https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium

comment by greenmartian · 2024-03-25 · in Aegis v3.0 – a free, secure and open source 2FA app for Android

…the new APK for you. Its pretty slick for people that prefer to get their APKs direct from the dev. https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium

comment by depingus · 2024-03-21 · in Shattered Pixel Dungeon is an open-source traditional roguelike dungeon crawler

…apps which are older, unmaintained, or otherwise no longer meet modern security standards."[2] [1]: https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium#readme [2]: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/android/#f-droid

comment by SigmundurM · 2023-11-06 · in NewPipe – Lightweight YouTube experience for Android

…a new device over adb: https://github.com/mvdan/fdroidcl To get releases faster there is obtanium: https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium

comment by greentea23 · 2023-10-21 · in F-Droid: Android FOSS app store

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Obtainium – Get Android App Updates Directly from the Source

story by gray_charger · 2023-10-11 · 5 comments

…Unobtainium that lets you update from git repo releases among other things. Did you mean Obtainium? https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium

comment by Cyuonut · 2023-08-11 · in Firefox desktop extensions coming soon for the upcoming Android release

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Android apps store for bleeding edge lovers

story by adr1an · 2023-08-06 · 0 comments

Have you looked at Obtainium? https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium It can use apkmirror and apkpure as sources. Along with lots of others.

comment by vodkapump · 2023-06-29 · in Google is about to make life more difficult for custom ROM fans

…GitHub and GitLab—or even F-Droid, IzzyOnDroid, Mullvad, Signal, Steam, Telegram, VLC, Neutron. https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium

comment by smnrg · 2023-05-27 · in Google account deleted after 2 hours of Aurora

…directly F-Droid, IzzyOnDroid, Mullvad, Signal, APKMirror, APKPure, Steam, Telegram, VLC, Neutron. https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium

comment by smnrg · 2023-05-25 · in Aurora Store Accounts Blocked by Google

…source repo with Obtanium.The way the F-Droid team dismissed those arguments is very off-putting. https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium

comment by pulpfictional · 2023-05-15 · in F-Droid interview featuring Sylvia von OS and Hans-Christoph Steiner [audio]

Slightly related shoutout, https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium is a fairly new app on the block for installing apks directly from source, wherever that is. It supports a variety of sources, including fdroid or github releases. Very…

comment by Valodim · 2023-05-15 · in F-Droid interview featuring Sylvia von OS and Hans-Christoph Steiner [audio]

…release directly from the developer or the Google Play Store. Obtanium is great for managing this. https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium https://privsec.dev/posts/android/f-droid-security-issues/

comment by pulpfictional · 2023-04-30 · in Nix-on-droid: Nix-enabled environment for your Android device (termux-based)

…and other local-adb things), as is App Manager for background-installing apps via local adb. https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium https://github.com/RikkaApps/Shizuku https://github.com/MuntashirAkon/AppManager

comment by efreak · 2023-02-08 · in The Samsung Galaxy S23’s bloated Android build somehow uses 60GB of storage

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Obtainium: Get Android App Updates Directly from the Source

story by commoner · 2022-10-13 · 0 comments