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TL;DR

• F-Droid is getting its biggest update in a long time, bringing improved visuals and better flows.
• The team says the app has been rewritten entirely to make it easier to support in the coming years.
• Besides more modern visuals, F-Droid brings improved search, categories, and a seamless update method.

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F-Droid, the most popular app store for free and open-source Android apps, is about to get its biggest update in a decade. As one of the biggest critics of Google’s new sideloading restrictions in Android, F-Droid is bracing for the change with a modern interface that makes app discovery feel far less intimidating.

In a recent blog post detailing version 2.0, F-Droid said the new app store experience improves search and offers a “simpler experience that works well.” Visuals definitely feel refreshed, and the app now supports Google’s Material Design for aesthetics that feel more modern and cohesive with the rest of Android. The team says the update goes beyond a visual refresh, and that the app has been rewritten in Kotlin to ensure more frequent updates in the future.