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**Aurora Store**
[Aurora Store](https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AuroraStore) is an unofficial open source client that gives DeGoogled phones access to Google Play Store apps.
The purpose of DeGoogled phones is to completely remove the presence of everything touched by Google and Big Tech. However; the world is very Googled so one may have no choice except to run a Googled app on their phone. For example, for work or for school.
You can get AuroraStore through the [F-Droid App Store](
), or by pasteing the [AuroraStore GitLab link](https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AuroraStore) into [Obtainium](quoting nevent1q…umqr
# F-Droid Open Source App Store
F-Droid is the free and open source (FOSS) app store that only has open source apps, without any of Google's spyware or anti free speech code embedded.
You can use a web browser to download the F-droid.apk file from https://f-droid.org and sideload it onto any Android phone.
You can then use the F-droid App Store to install open source apps, and replace the spyware apps that came with your Android phone, such as a keyboard that doesn't log or spy what you type, an email client, camera app, photo gallery, etc..
Since the F-Droid apk file is not coming through Google Play, you should verify the file signature before you install it. This helps to ensure that it was not modified by anyone when you downloaded it.
Instructions for verifying the F-Droid.apk file can be found in the next post. There is no known GUI method for verifying the .asc signature.
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Obtainium is available via IzzyOnDroid or GitHub and let's you search for apps directly, or you can enter a URL to an app's project, where it grabs the latest APK, and installs it. Then it will check periodically for updates & install those as soon as they pop up.
It is the fastest way to get the latest version of an app, & completely bypasses all the app stores.
This can be good or bad. Good because you get apps you can't get anywhere else, and the latest versions sooner. Bad because you don't have anyone verifying the safeness of the file.
FFUpdater does the same with web browsers and OrBot. If you use Obtainium for other apps, you can use it for your browsers as well, and get rid of FFUpdater to free up resources.
Obtainium supports many App sources, including but not limited to:
- GitHub
- GitLab
- IzzyOnDroid
- F-Droid
- APKPure
- APKMirror
Obtainium is in pre-release, & isn't the most user friendly app, so it may take a while to learn. Don't give up!
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### Features
- FOSS: Has GPLv3 licence
- Beautiful design: Built upon latest Material 3 guidelines
- Account login: You can login with either personal or an anonymous account
- Device & Locale spoofing: Change your device and/or locale to access geo locked apps
- Exodus Privacy integration: Instantly see trackers in app
- Updates blacklisting: Ignore updates for specific apps
Download manager
- Manual downloads: allows you to download older version of apps, provided
- The APKs are available with Google
- You know the version codes for older versions
### Limitations
- Underlying API used is reversed engineered from - PlayStore, changes on side may break it.
- Provides only base minimum features
- Can not download or update paid apps.
- Can not update apps/games with Play Asset Delivery
- Multiple in-app features are not available if logged-in as Anonymous.
- Library
- Purchase History
- Editor's Choise
- Beta Programs
- Review Add/Update
- Token Dispenser Server is not super reliable, downtimes are expected.
[GitLab Account](https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AuroraStore)
[Telegram Support Channel](https://t.me/AuroraSupport)
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