Florid — A Modern F‑Droid Client for Android

Browse, search, and install open‑source Android apps from the F‑Droid repository with a clean Material 3 UI. Built with Flutter.

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Features

• Latest and trending: Browse recently added and updated apps
• Categories: Explore apps organized by topic
• Powerful search: Instant filtering by name, summary, description, or package
• App details: Rich metadata, versions, permissions, links, and changelogs
• Screenshots: Inline screenshots when available from the repo metadata
• Downloads: Reliable APK downloads with progress and notifications
• Install/uninstall: One‑tap install of downloaded APKs, uninstall via intent
• Updates: Detect newer versions for apps installed on your device
• Appearance: Material 3 design with light/dark and system themes
• Localization: Choose repository content language (e.g., en‑US, de‑DE)
• Offline cache: Fast local database with smart network/cache fallback

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Flutter (stable channel)
• Dart SDK >= 3.9.2
• Android SDK + device/emulator (Android 8.0+ recommended)

Setup

1. Install dependencies

flutter pub get

2. Run on a device

flutter run

First launch performs an initial repository sync and caches data locally for faster subsequent loads and limited offline use.

Build

Build a release APK:

flutter build apk --split-per-abi

Contributing

Issues and PRs are welcome! Check out CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

Translations

Help translate Florid into other languages at Crowdin.

Misc

View Florid Analytics

License

GPL‑3.0 - see LICENSE for full text.

Disclaimer

Florid is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by F‑Droid. “F‑Droid” is a trademark of its respective owners.

Sorry for the delay. I have been busy with life and studies. No! I haven't abandoned the project. I am still here and will continue to maintain the app as long as I can. I have been working on some new features and improvements for the app and I am excited to share them with you. Thank you for the support and love ❤️. Pretty soon I will release the app on F-Droid as well. Support the developement Help us translate Florid to more languages! Check out the translation project on Crowdin Join our Matrix room for more updates and discussions: #florid:matrix.org Donate to support the development of the app: Ko-Fi, Liberapay

New Features

• Major UI overhaul with new design and icons. I have dropped material and darkKnight themes in favour for a unified theme with supoprt for dynamic colour or a custom color palette.
• New Bottom Navigation Bar with better navigation experience. The new navigation bar cateres to both experienced and new users with easy access to all the main sections of the app. I know a few of you might miss the old navigation bar, however after testing it with a few users, I found that the new navigation bar is more intuitive and easier to use for most users.
• Add parental controls to hide anti-feature apps.
• Added Brave & microG repos.
• Support for queued downloads and installations.
• Add per-app 'ignore updates' preference.

Improvements

• Unify and simplify the Updates screen and overhaul AppListItem UI/behavior.
• Added Android 16 (API 36) to SDK map.
• Added social tiles in userscreen.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Nandanrmenon/florid/compare/1.3.0+16...v1.4.0+17