3 [![build status](https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidserver/badges/master/build.svg)](https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidserver/builds)
5 Server for [F-Droid](https://f-droid.org), the Free Software repository system
8 The F-Droid server tools provide various scripts and tools that are used to
9 maintain the main [F-Droid application repository](https://f-droid.org/repository/browse).
10 You can use these same tools to create your own additional or alternative
11 repository for publishing, or to assist in creating, testing and submitting
12 metadata to the main repository.
14 For documentation, please see the docs directory.
16 Alternatively, visit [https://f-droid.org/manual/](https://f-droid.org/manual/).
20 F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software)
21 applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse,
22 install, and keep track of updates on your device.
26 Note that only Python 3 is supported. We recommend version 3.4 or later.
28 The easiest way to install the `fdroidserver` tools is on Ubuntu, Mint or other
29 Ubuntu based distributions, you can install using:
31 sudo apt-get install fdroidserver
33 For older Ubuntu releases or to get the latest version, you can get
34 `fdroidserver` from the Guardian Project PPA (the signing key
35 fingerprint is `6B80 A842 07B3 0AC9 DEE2 35FE F50E ADDD 2234 F563`)
37 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:guardianproject/ppa
39 sudo apt-get install fdroidserver
41 On OSX, `fdroidserver` is available from third party package managers,
42 like Homebrew, MacPorts, and Fink:
44 brew install fdroidserver
46 For Arch-Linux is a package in the AUR available. If you have installed
47 `yaourt` or something similiar, you can do:
49 yaourt -S fdroidserver
51 For any platform where Python's `easy_install` is an option (e.g. OSX
52 or Cygwin, you can use it:
54 sudo easy_install fdroidserver
56 Python's `pip` also works:
58 sudo pip3 install fdroidserver
60 The combination of `pyvenv` and `pip` is great for testing out the
61 latest versions of `fdroidserver`. Using `pip`, `fdroidserver` can
62 even be installed straight from git. First, make sure you have
63 installed the python header files, venv and pip. They should be
64 included in your OS's default package manager or you can install them
65 via other mechanisms like Brew/dnf/pacman/emerge/Fink/MacPorts.
67 For Debian based distributions:
69 apt-get install python3-dev python3-pip python3-venv libjpeg-dev zlib1g-dev
71 Then here's how to install:
73 git clone https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidserver.git
76 source env/bin/activate
78 python3 setup.py install