That’s it. Would you recommended any other repository?

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I keep it simple so I can confidently download the apps.

I can’t keep track of which repos are safe, and we’ve seen posts on here from people getting sketchy apps from a repo they added.

I’m sure there are other safe repos, and I’m willing to add one if people recommend an app that requires it, but I’ll probably remove it afterwards.

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This is a good approach. I would not even use Izzy’s repo shown by OP (at least not on a daily driver device - great for testing newer apps I’m sure) because I don’t see it as advantageous to get updates so quickly or access to apps that are not yet (or will never be) fully open source.

Basically I see most of the value of F-Droid in their build server and official repo. So I only add repos with a very short list of apps, like microg and KDE.

I can always install the odd apk manually, or use Aurora store (preferably in the work profile)

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Yeah. F-droid’s defaults for me have always worked well, and if I want a specific app to be up to date, I’ll download it right from the devs (Shattered Pixel)

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But the IzzyOnDroid repo is getting the apps right from the devs too, no?

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Wow thanks for this post. Today I learned about Fdroid Repos. (Feeling sheepishly stupid but slight more informed now.)

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I installed droid-ify, an alternative front-end for F-Droid, it comes with a whole bunch of repo’s by default.

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Is there a free FOSS version of it?

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It is foss

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Yes, it’s called droid-ify. It’s on the official F-droid repo and is fully FOSS.

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I like Kde Itinerary for traveling so I add the Kde Android repo

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Droid-ify has a lot more by default (but unticked). You can have a look and see what you could use. I use cromite and mulch as navigators, and you can find them there (cromite repo and divestOS repo)

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