{
 "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
 "source": "https://opensourceeverything.org/g/app-stores/",
 "group": "App stores",
 "job": "Finding and installing phone apps",
 "category": "Operating systems & phones",
 "replaces": [
  "Google Play Store",
  "Apple App Store"
 ],
 "alternatives": [
  {
   "name": "F-Droid",
   "fit": "full",
   "note": "Open-source apps only",
   "summary": "F-Droid is an app store for Android phones that offers only free and open-source apps. It is for people who want to find and install Android apps without using Google Play.",
   "license": "GPL-3.0",
   "licenseClass": "open",
   "kind": "app",
   "code": "gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient",
   "website": null,
   "page": "https://opensourceeverything.org/p/f-droid/"
  },
  {
   "name": "Aurora Store",
   "fit": "partial",
   "note": "A private way to use Google Play",
   "summary": "Aurora Store is a free Android app that lets you search and download apps from Google Play without using the standard Play Store. It is for people who want Google Play apps on their phone with a privacy-focused, open-source client.",
   "license": "GPL-3.0",
   "licenseClass": "open",
   "kind": "app",
   "code": "gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AuroraStore",
   "website": null,
   "page": "https://opensourceeverything.org/p/aurora-store/"
  },
  {
   "name": "Accrescent",
   "fit": "partial",
   "note": null,
   "summary": "Accrescent is an app store for Android phones that focuses on security and privacy, with automatic updates and no account needed to install apps. It is in early alpha and suits people who want a privacy-focused alternative to the Google Play Store.",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "licenseClass": "open",
   "kind": "app",
   "code": "github.com/accrescent/accrescent",
   "website": "https://accrescent.app",
   "page": "https://opensourceeverything.org/p/accrescent/"
  },
  {
   "name": "FossDroid",
   "fit": "partial",
   "note": null,
   "summary": "Fossdroid Core is the open-source code behind the Fossdroid.com website, a web interface for browsing free and open source Android apps from the F-Droid repository. It is for people who want to run their own catalogue site for F-Droid apps; it does not install apps itself.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "licenseClass": "open",
   "kind": "app",
   "code": "github.com/SnaKKo/Fossdroid-Core",
   "website": "https://fossdroid.com/",
   "page": "https://opensourceeverything.org/p/fossdroid/"
  },
  {
   "name": "Obtainium",
   "fit": "partial",
   "note": null,
   "summary": "Obtainium is an Android app that installs and updates apps directly from their official release pages, and can notify you when new versions come out. It is for people who want to get apps from their original sources instead of an app store.",
   "license": "GPL-3.0",
   "licenseClass": "open",
   "kind": "app",
   "code": "github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium",
   "website": "https://obtainium.imranr.dev",
   "page": "https://opensourceeverything.org/p/obtainium/"
  }
 ]
}