F-DroidMar 28

#FDroid Client 2.0 is on track, already at Basic alpha5, did you test?

Besides a plenthora of cosmetic modernisation, it gets heavy rewrites internally.

One feature for #Android distros developers is the ability to "add a default repository".

Want to know how that works? How that changed? Read @grote 's post here: https://f-droid.org/2026/03/28/how-to-include-repos-in-rom.html

/PS: Make sure to forward this to your favorite secure and private distro developer. 😉

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@fdroidorg @grote Please consider including a small tutorial in these blogposts how one can try the rewrite.

It's not *super* difficult to realize you need to
- enable advanced settings,
- tick allow unstable updates,
- install and update F-Droid Basic,
but it is a high enough bar to deter people who might otherwise try it and potentially offer valuable feedback.

Otherwise, really cool progress! I love the new design, far easier to navigate than the old version. Keep up the good work!

Mar 28 at 1:01pmWeb
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@nemin @grote This post was not about the alphas but people considered to offer feedback here 😄 Anyway, we already said how in weekly #TWIF's and the initial announcement: https://f-droid.org/2026/01/24/fdroid-basic-2.0-alpha.html (read last line)
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