# F-Droid Open Source Android App Scraper (`mangudai/fdroid-open-source-app-scraper`) Actor

Scrape the full F-Droid catalog of open-source Android apps. Filter by keyword, category, or license and get name, package, summary, source repo, developer email, website, version, and dates. No API key, no login.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/mangudai/fdroid-open-source-app-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Mangudäi](https://apify.com/mangudai) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Lead generation, Open source
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.01 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## F-Droid Open Source Android App Scraper

Pull the entire F-Droid catalog of open-source Android apps as clean, structured data. No API key, no login, no proxy. The actor reads F-Droid's official repository index, a public feed, so the data stays accurate and the run never trips over a captcha or a rate limit.

### What it returns

One record per app, with the fields people actually use for research and outreach:

- Identity: name, packageName, summary, description
- Licensing: license (SPDX), antiFeatures
- Classification: categories
- Developer leads: authorName, authorEmail, authorWebsite, website
- Source and support: sourceCode, issueTracker, changelog, translation, donate, liberapay
- Release: latestVersionName, latestVersionCode, minSdkVersion, targetSdkVersion, whatsNew
- Dates: added, lastUpdated (ISO 8601, UTC)
- Links: iconUrl, fdroidUrl

### Inputs

- searchQuery: keyword matched against name, summary, description and package name. Empty returns the whole catalog.
- category: keep one F-Droid category, matched as a partial term, for example Internet, Game, Multimedia, Security, Development.
- license: keep apps whose license contains this text, for example GPL, MIT, Apache.
- onlyWithSource: keep only apps that link a public source repo.
- onlyWithAuthorEmail: keep only apps that publish a developer email. Good for building a contact list.
- sortBy: lastUpdated, added, or name.
- maxItems: cap the result count. Use 0 for the full catalog.

### Example uses

Track which open-source apps shipped an update this week. Build a developer contact list for a category. Audit licenses across the FOSS Android ecosystem. Feed a privacy-app directory or an AI recommender with fresh, structured metadata.

### Output

Results land in the default dataset. Export to JSON, CSV, or Excel, or pull them from the dataset API. The default run returns the 100 most recently updated apps, so you get real data on the first try.

### Notes

Data comes from F-Droid under its open metadata terms. App content is owned by each project. Respect each app's license when you reuse anything beyond the catalog metadata.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Keyword to match against app name, summary, description and package name. Leave empty to return the whole catalog.

## `category` (type: `string`):

Keep only apps in a category. Matches as a partial, case-insensitive term, so Game catches Action Game, Board Game, Puzzle Game, and so on. Examples: Internet, Game, Multimedia, Security, Development, Navigation, Reading, Writing, Connectivity, Messaging, Weather, VPN & Proxy.

## `license` (type: `string`):

Keep only apps whose SPDX license contains this text, for example GPL, MIT, Apache, AGPL.

## `onlyWithSource` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only apps that link to a public source code repository.

## `onlyWithAuthorEmail` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only apps that publish a developer contact email. Useful for developer outreach and lead lists.

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Order of the results.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of apps to return. Use 0 for no limit (the whole catalog).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQuery": "password manager",
  "category": "Game",
  "license": "GPL",
  "onlyWithSource": false,
  "onlyWithAuthorEmail": false,
  "sortBy": "lastUpdated",
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("mangudai/fdroid-open-source-app-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("mangudai/fdroid-open-source-app-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call mangudai/fdroid-open-source-app-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=mangudai/fdroid-open-source-app-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/AWIb4fGQoczFV1PVg/builds/OhS8YQukhsnQ0aDqP/openapi.json