# F-Droid Apps Scraper — Open-Source Android Catalog (`straightforward_hydra/fdroid-apps-scraper`) Actor

Extract the F-Droid catalog of open-source Android apps: name, license, categories, author, source & website links, dates and latest version. Keyless.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/straightforward\_hydra/fdroid-apps-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Dev D](https://apify.com/straightforward_hydra) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Developer tools, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 apps

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.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## F-Droid Apps Scraper — Open-Source Android Catalog 🤖

**Extract the full F-Droid catalog of open-source Android apps — name, summary, license, categories, author, source & website links, dates and latest version. No API key, no anti-bot.**

F-Droid publishes its entire repository as a single public JSON index, so this Actor is fast, stable and low-maintenance. Point it at the main repo (or any other F-Droid repository like IzzyOnDroid) and get a clean row per app.

***

### What you get per app

`package_name` · `name` · `summary` · `description` · `license` · `categories` · `author_name` · `web_site` · `source_code` · `issue_tracker` · `changelog` · `added` · `last_updated` · `suggested_version_name` · `suggested_version_code` · `min_sdk` · `icon_url` · `app_url`.

### Examples

**The whole F-Droid catalog**

```json
{ "repoUrl": "https://f-droid.org/repo" }
```

**Only browsers**

```json
{ "searchText": "browser" }
```

**Only games** (category match is a case-insensitive substring, so "game" catches Puzzle Game, Arcade Game, etc.)

```json
{ "category": "game" }
```

**Another repo (IzzyOnDroid)**

```json
{ "repoUrl": "https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/repo" }
```

### Use cases

- **Open-source app research** — license, category and freshness analysis across the catalog.
- **Security & privacy audits** — source-available apps with their repos and trackers.
- **Datasets & dashboards** — a clean snapshot of the FOSS Android ecosystem.

### Notes

- **No API key, no anti-bot.** Reads the public `index-v2.json` repository index.
- **Latest version** is chosen by highest `versionCode`.
- **Categories** are granular, e.g. *Internet, Security, Multimedia, Science & Education, Development, Puzzle Game, Finance Manager*. The `category` filter matches as a case-insensitive substring.
- All apps are free/open-source software; content belongs to each app's authors under its stated license.

***

#### Keywords

F-Droid, Android, open source, FOSS, apps, app catalog, APK, mobile, license, categories, package, repository, IzzyOnDroid, no API key.

# Actor input Schema

## `repoUrl` (type: `string`):

F-Droid repo base URL. Default is the main F-Droid repo. Other repos work too, e.g. "https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/repo".

## `searchText` (type: `string`):

Keep only apps whose name, summary, description or package id contains this text, e.g. "browser", "vpn".

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

Keep only apps whose category contains this text (case-insensitive), e.g. "Internet", "Game", "Security", "Multimedia", "Science & Education", "Development".

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Cap on apps returned. Leave high to get the whole catalog.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "repoUrl": "https://f-droid.org/repo",
  "maxResults": 100000
}
```

# 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 = {
    "repoUrl": "https://f-droid.org/repo"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("straightforward_hydra/fdroid-apps-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 = { "repoUrl": "https://f-droid.org/repo" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("straightforward_hydra/fdroid-apps-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 '{
  "repoUrl": "https://f-droid.org/repo"
}' |
apify call straightforward_hydra/fdroid-apps-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/LM7DXevp1GszwA1KM/builds/yRX9JLoOG8eS8Wf37/openapi.json