Publish Android app to F-Droid

[gurkleffe]

F-Droid is an alternative to Google Play Store for FOSS apps. Publishing the app to F-Droid could help reach a larger user base as well as support privacy.

[gurkleffe]

It appears there is a revolt F-Droid repository though it is not discoverable in the app, thus it is not in the official repository and it hasn't been updated for three years.

[Atmorous]

The F-Droid repository does not work to show the app

[Nasher73]

I added the repository to my F-Droid client, it shows the app and proposes to install Revolt.
But as @gurkleffe said, the repo hasn't been updated for ages.

[alexjyong]

I second this. The process isn't too difficult either. https://f-droid.org/docs/Submitting_to_F-Droid_Quick_Start_Guide/

[trymeouteh]

Please add the app on the official FDroid repo

[Nasher73]

We definitely need that.

[djdead]

I'd also be happy with a straight APK download

[preussischblau-cmyk]

Agree with this thread. F-Droid would be ideal and apk releases on the repo would be good as well for use with Obtainium.

[Nasher73]

This feature suggestion had more upvotes than the rest but it's not a new suggestion/request :

• https://github.com/orgs/stoatchat/discussions/333
• https://github.com/orgs/stoatchat/discussions/911

And F-Droid was discussed in a previous annoucement thread : https://github.com/orgs/stoatchat/discussions/628

[alphabetalambda]

This feature suggestion had more upvotes than the rest but it's not a new suggestion/request :

• https://github.com/orgs/stoatchat/discussions/333
• https://github.com/orgs/stoatchat/discussions/911

And F-Droid was discussed in a previous annoucement thread : https://github.com/orgs/stoatchat/discussions/628

it seems most of the conversation around F-droid in that thread was people who have a lack of understanding of how google play distribution works, and people wanting the website to host the APK, so the demand is there the main problem seems to be figuring out an easy distro method that doesn't upset google

[Palloxin]

Please add the app on the official FDroid repo, OR, OR, make a github FOSS build like Mihon does.

Google Play Services is never a privacy friendly system app, never is never was.

[Palloxin]

https://github.com/orgs/stoatchat/discussions/1468