Difference between F-Droid clients (feddit.de)

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It seems there are 2 official F-Droid clients available. org.fdroid.fdroid and org.fdroid.basic. Can someone please tell me what's the difference?

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Fdroid can share Apps from people with Fdroid near it.
Fdroid basic can't do that, but with Android 13+ you don't need root (and jump through hoops) do do automatic updates with it. Fdroid needs you to confirm every single file to be installed (without things like privileged extension)

Android <13: Fdroid
Android >13, Generally Fdroid Basic, and Fdroid for edge-cases where Fdroid Basic crashes, or the Internet is down but you really want to install a new app that your buddy has.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

The Basic one is still alpha. Its supposed to be a stripped down light weight version. I would say for now use the org.fdroid.fdroid if yoi are confused.

[-] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago

...What is F-Droid?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

A google play alternative for open source software

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