Obtainium Documentation

1. Project Overview & Quickstart (ImranR98/Obtainium) Copy Chapter

Obtainium

Get Android app updates straight from the source.

Obtainium allows you to install and update apps directly from their releases pages, and receive notifications when new releases are made available.

More info:

• Obtainium Wiki (repository)
• Obtainium 101 - Tutorial video
• "Verified Apps" - App verification tool (recommended, integrates with Obtainium)
• apps.obtainium.imranr.dev - Crowdsourced app configurations (repository)
• Side Of Burritos - You should use this instead of F-Droid | How to use app RSS feed - Original motivation for this app
• Website (repository)

Currently supported App sources:

• Open Source - General:
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Forgejo (Codeberg)
  • F-Droid
  • Third Party F-Droid Repos
  • IzzyOnDroid
  • SourceHut
• Other - General:
  • APKPure
  • Aptoide
  • Uptodown
  • APKCombo
  • itch.io
  • Huawei AppGallery
  • Tencent App Store
  • vivo App Store (CN)
  • RuStore
  • Farsroid
  • CoolApk
  • LiteAPKs
  • APK4Free
  • SourceForge
  • Jenkins Jobs
  • APKMirror (Track-Only)
  • RockMods (Track-Only)
• Other - App-Specific:
  • Telegram App
  • Neutron Code
• Direct APK Link
• "HTML" (Fallback): Any other URL that returns an HTML page with links to APK files

Finding App Configurations Copy Chapter

You can find crowdsourced app configurations at apps.obtainium.imranr.dev.

If you can't find the configuration for an app you want, feel free to leave a request on the issues page.

Or, contribute some configurations to the website by creating a PR at this repo.

Installation Copy Chapter

Verification info:

• Package ID: dev.imranr.obtainium
• SHA-256 hash of signing certificate: B3:53:60:1F:6A:1D:5F:D6:60:3A:E2:F5:0B:E8:0C:F3:01:36:7B:86:B6:AB:8B:1F:66:24:3D:A9:6C:D5:73:62
  • Note: The above signature is also valid for the F-Droid flavour of Obtainium, thanks to reproducible builds.
• PGP Public Key (to verify APK hashes)

Limitations Copy Chapter

• For some sources, data is gathered using Web scraping and can easily break due to changes in website design. In such cases, more reliable methods may be unavailable.

Screenshots Copy Chapter

2. Official Technical Reference & Guides (ImranR98/apps.obtainium.imranr.dev) Copy Chapter

[apps.obtainium.imranr.dev](https://apps.obtainium.imranr.dev)

Crowdsourced App Configurations website for Obtainium.

The website is accessible at apps.obtainium.imranr.dev

Analytics: https://ln.imranr.dev/obt-apps-visits

About Copy Chapter

This is an Astro project that serves as the frontend for crowdsourced Obtainium app configurations. It features:

• Browse and search available app configs
• Filter by category
• One-click install via obtainium:// protocol links
• URL redirection for sharing Obtainium links (/redirect)
• Multi-language support

Development Copy Chapter

npm install
npm run dev

The dev server will be available at http://localhost:8080.

Build Copy Chapter

npm run build

Contributing Copy Chapter

See the contributing guidelines for how to add new app configs.