I think this note: “Obtainium can also be used to download apps from F-Droid repositories, and may serve as a useful alternative to the official F-Droid clients.” should be removed due to the same reasons we are planning on no longer recommending Neo Store. [image] F-Droid (…

Yeah… I was thinking about this, but the impact of using an app like Obtainium to update specific apps versus using an alternative client like Neo Store seemed smaller. I think it does make sense to just only recommend F-Droid Basic for F-Droid apps though, so I’ll make this change in the upcoming r…

Neo Store is no longer recommended, really, why is that? Droid-ify is also more recommended?

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anon5233878 October 14, 2023, 5:31pm 3

No third party F-Droid clients will be recommended anymore, not Neo Store or Droid-ify. The official “F-Droid Basic” client will be recommended instead. Here is the forum discussion on the matter.

Topic		Replies	Views
Recommend F-Droid Basic instead of Neo Store Tool Suggestions completed	8	3743	November 13, 2023
How do you obtain your Android applications Off Topic	29	2747	May 17, 2024
Which F-Droid client to use? Questions	12	1642	August 30, 2025
Getting Android Apps + Obtainium Issues Questions software	8	1245	October 9, 2025
F-Droid App store General	11	1952	December 11, 2023

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