About G-Droid for F-Droid
# What is this app G-Droid can browse the libre F-Droid app-repository. It is an alternative to the official client. # Additional features compared to F-Droid * Shows reviews and comments for apps * Star ratings of apps (up to 5 stars) - machine generated metrics * Shows the star upstream star ratings (GitHub, GitLab, SourceForge) * More metrics, based on libre data (like average release cycle time) to generate star-ratings * Users choose which metrics are important to them, so there is no 'best app' in the repo - there is only a 'best app' from the point of view of the current user * Shows 'similar apps' and 'apps of the same category' when watching an app * Shows 'apps of the same author' when watching an app * Shows a list of all authors, with their apps and average star rating * Shows website of the app - even if it is 'only a README file on GitHub' * Shows newest apps and recently updated apps separated * Shows cards in same size for better overview * Provides a list-view as alternative for the cards (as in older F-Droid versions) for people who don't like cards * More possibilities to order and sort apps * Ability to 'star' apps to mark them * Ability to hide apps to remove them from all views * Shows categories in correct translation (if available), after changing device language * Shows screenshots in correct translation * Makes use of larger screens: More apps shown on tablets * Tags to find apps for standard-tasks easily (e-mail clients, file browsers, text editors), since the F-Droid categories are too broad * View for 'random apps' to discover apps you usually wouldn't find * Shows apps the user might like (without stealing user data for analysis) * Aims to provide many different views to the app repository in order to assist the user in finding suitable apps, and encourage use of more apps from the repository * 'Share' apps so it can still be opened with another store (F-Droid, Yalp, Aurora, …), to get more info about the app. * Different search algorithm, can 'search harder' to continue a search if the results are insufficient * Shows the logos of apps all the time (if network connection is okay) * Shows more screenshots * Shows screenshots, completely, up-to-date and in the correct language * Shows screenshots, also when they are not in the fastlane structure * New and modern easily maintained codebase * Actively maintained * Many more to come # Things G-Droid can NOT do (yet) compared to F-Droid * Show or install an older version of an app * Create a local repo, share apps with people 'nearby' or share apps via Bluetooth * Add other repositories than the F-Droid repo * Use the privileged extension (done, but extension is not adjusted yet), G-Droid can however use root permissions on rooted devices to provide unattended installs * Automatic updates * HTTP proxy settings * G-Droid helps you in different ways to find better apps, but in some cases you might still need the 'share' button, to open that app in F-Droid to install it. G-Droid right now is not yet a complete replacement for the F-Droid app. # Shared aspects of G-Droid and F-Droid * Shows the same apps - G-Droid does not add any apps or modify the builds, signatures or download URLs * All additional metadata is provided by F-Droid as well (e.g. the link to GitHub) * GPLv3+ license # Explanation of permissions * INTERNET: To download the app-metadata and the apps * WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE: To store the downloaded apps temporarily (permission only enforced on older Android versions) Author: Andreas Redmer License: GNU General Public License v3.0 or later Website Issue Tracker Translation Source Code Changelog Build Metadata