FOSStasticFeb 23
Torsten Grote
I made a (ugly) page showing the most downloaded apps from @fdroidorg servers: https://grote.gitlab.io/fdroid-metrics-distilled/
It exposes some JSON endpoints as well.
Feb 22 at 9:28pmWeb
Show threadsiklistFeb 23

@grote

In my opinion, it's a beautiful page. Thank you very much for that.
I hope it will still be useful after September 2026.

@fdroidorg

Show threadTorsten GroteFeb 23
@siklist Thanks! It should auto-update weekly.
Show threadIzzyFeb 23

@grote nice to see you having stats per category 🤗 – something that's still in the works at our end 😉 https://stats.izzyondroid.org/

Does the order of categories have some background (as it's not alphabetical)? Honest question, not a complaint 😉

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Show threadTorsten GroteFeb 23
@IzzyOnDroid no, probably the order they were added to some list. This is just the fallout of research related to https://gitlab.com/fdroid/wiki/-/wikis/Featured-Apps and I just made it auto-publishing, so I can get the "most downloaded apps" for the 2.0 app.
Featured Apps · Wiki · F-Droid / wiki · GitLab

Wiki for all things free software, Android, and of course F-Droid

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Show threadKurtFeb 23
@grote @fdroidorg why termux? Are bots running on termux?
Show threadF-DroidFeb 23
@Kurt @grote Termux themselves recommend users get it from #FDroid 😉 More info: https://github.com/termux/termux-app?tab=readme-ov-file#google-play-store-experimental-branch
GitHub - termux/termux-app: Termux - a terminal emulator application for Android OS extendible by variety of packages.

Termux - a terminal emulator application for Android OS extendible by variety of packages. - termux/termux-app

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Show threadmimi89999Feb 23
@grote @fdroidorg did you consider taking into account the number of releases? I guess that the more updates an app will have, the more downloads it will get (users updating the app). Or is that already accounted for?
Show threadTorsten GroteFeb 23
@mimi89999
Yes, you are right. This is just naive data distillation. Numbers aren't to be taken at face value. You'd also have to consider that most downloads happen through mirrors.
@fdroidorg
Show threadChiwyFeb 23
@grote @fdroidorg #Termux #FTW !!!
Show threaddywenFeb 24
@grote @fdroidorg
What is ugly.. So impressive!!
Show threadbenholtomFeb 24
@grote @fdroidorg I like ugly fast things that work well! Great post/page - thanks 🙏
Show threadAman VerasiaFeb 25

@grote @fdroidorg

F-Droid being in 2nd place on F-Droid (by downloads)

Show threadHans-Christoph SteinerFeb 25
@grote @fdroidorg Nice to see a visualization of the F-Droid data Could you add a bit of explanation about what the data is? As far as I understand, the data you are using is the download counts from f-droid.org. So that would include other client apps. "F-Droid Top Downloads" makes me think top downloads of fdroidclient, e.g. the official F-Droid client.
Show threadTorsten GroteFeb 25
@eighthave @fdroidorg Sure! MRs welcome! => https://gitlab.com/grote/fdroid-metrics-distilled
Torsten Grote / F-Droid Top Downloads · GitLab

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Show threadLostLLMMar 4
@grote @fdroidorg Thanks, had been looking to find this kind of page. And design is fine - everything does not have to look like a nightclub.