How to add a repository in F-Droid

What you don’t get in Google play store you get here. Moreover you also have an option to add the repository (apps from unlisted trusted sources) that are unavailable by default. You can get the F-Droid app from its website www.f-droid.org and install on any Android phone regardless of its version but for now we are only going to focus on how to add a repository inside the F-Droid app as the installation part needs a separate article.

I have provided the screenshots of each and every step below for the reader’s convenience. So let’s jump in

First open the F-Droid app from your home page as shown below

Next inside the app choose settings

Once inside tap on repositories 

Then tap on add repository at the bottom right of the app

By default only F-Droid is available and enabled but you can add other repositories as discussed earlier.

Now we will see how to add a repository from a website of our choice

In our example we are going to add a repository called IronFox OSS from the website www.ironfoxoss.org 

Head on to the above website by typing it in on your browser’s address bar as shown below

Once in scroll below to find the apps repository link and click on it as shown below

Now you have two options either click on that link that shows a pop up like shown below or click and hold to bring a popup menu that shows an option to open that link in a private tab or copy the same, for ease of use we are going to choose the first option and click open

This will open the apps repository link inside our F-Droid app as shown below once in choose add repository 

This will show up on your app like this telling us that the repository has been added to our app. 

Confirm the same by visiting the repository section like we saw earlier.

That’s it we have now successfully added a repository inside our F-Droid app.

Now you can teach this to your friends and other people who need the most and let them know the geeky side of you. 🙂

So I hope you have learned and liked what I taught you in this blog see you all in another interesting post until then it’s bye from me. Cheers.