Marc Prud'hommeauxMay 20
Josh Bressers

I had a chat with @eighthave about @fdroidorg on #OpenSourceSecurity

We cover how it works, the security angles for running an app store, and talk about some of the changes that are coming for Android that will make F-Droid's job a lot harder

I learned a ton from Hans, it's a great discussion

https://opensourcesecurity.io/2026/2026-05-fdroid-hans-steiner/

F-Droid the open app store with Hans

Josh talks to Hans-Christoph Steiner about F-Droid, the Free and Open Source Android App Repository. The way F-Droid works looks a lot like a Linux distribution which has some interesting security challenges, but also some great security benefits. Hans walks us through the current state of open app repositories and also what the future currently looks like. There are more open phones than ever before, but there are also more challenges than ever before. Hans breaks it all down in an easy to understand way.

Open Source Security
May 18 at 3:34pmWeb
Show threadiooioioMay 19

@joshbressers Thanks for this. I never really thought about f-droid as a distro but it makes a lot of sense.

@eighthave seems like a really cool guy.

Show threadHans-Christoph SteinerMay 22
@iooioio @joshbressers Thanks! I'd really like to see a lot more discussion about how valuable distros are. In the past decade, there was a big swing to package registries without review, and we've seen what a disaster that has been. All sorts of projects can be more distro-like. For example, I think Flathub started out more like a registry and rightly now is moving more in the direction of being a distro.
Show threadJosh BressersMay 22

@eighthave @iooioio

100%

This was a topic that came up when I spoke with @Foxboron and @anthraxx

The distros solved a number of our current "problems"

I'm very open to any guest suggestions!