Awesome app. It is somehow not listed on android-foss list so maybe someone didn’t know about it.

Obtainium allows you to install and update Open-Source Apps directly from their releases pages, and receive notifications when new releases are made available.

GitHub page: Link.

    • Quereller@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      Just be aware what you install. Check the developer name and the whole path.
      Some apps on F-Droid are limited for example but you can download the full featured app from Github. Later updates are anyhow cryptographically signed.

  • noneabove1182@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Literally just installed this and set up with all my Foss apps, couldn’t be happier, works surprisingly well for “beta” haha

  • dbx12@programming.devEnglish
    51·
    1 year ago

    I don’t want to watch the video on “why this app is better than fdroid”. So, does anyone care to write an TL;DR?

    • Fisch@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      It’s not better than F-Droid, it’s useful for apps that aren’t on F-Droid tho

    • liara@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Only reason I installed it is for it’s ability to use GitHub releases as a source and notify me if there are updates. As far as I’m aware you have to use f-droid repositories with f-droid – but it’s been a long time since I had f-droid installed.

    • Taeye0n@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      You get app updates directly from the devs, without f-droid acting as a middle man.

    • SatyrSack@lemmy.oneEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I don’t even know why that video is there. At first glance, you might think it’s a video explaining how Obtainium works. But it’s actually a video about how to manually set up an RSS feed of the apps you use from GitHub. This video is just what had inspired the developer to make Obtainium.

  • Mnky313@lemmy.caEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    I use APKgrabber just because it automatically checks for all my installed apps but this seems like a better option if you spend the time to set it up.

  • urkindagood@lemdro.idEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    They don’t seem like they have background installation mechanism right?

    I went all of the troubles creating an automation with Tasker because I haven’t found one that worked like Google PlayStore’s auto-update back then.

    I wonder if there is a couple of them out there that already has those? Maybe like with shizuku, ADBwidi, or root access?

    Edit: typo

    • ijeff@lemdro.idMEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      If it’s on F-Droid, you can use Droid-ify + Shizuku for automatic background updating.

      • urkindagood@lemdro.idEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        There are two options that makes me a bit confused.

        Auto update apps. Try to install updates automatically

        Notify about new versions of applications. Show a notification when new versions are available

        Do I have to turn off the later to let the auto-update runs fully in background or It’s fine to keep both enabled?

        On the first run, I think I had both enabled and I still tapped multiple times. Shizuku installer worked great though.