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FFUpdater

FFUpdater is a free, open-source app store for Android. Updater for privacy friendly browsers. It has 1,096 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.

github.com/Tobi823/ffupdater (opens in a new tab)

About FFUpdater

Installs and updates the following browsers: Browsers from Mozilla or based on Firefox: - Fennec F-Droid - Firefox Browser, Firefox for Android Beta, Firefox Nightly - Firefox Focus, Firefox Focus Beta, Firefox Klar - Iceraven - Tor Browser, Tor Browser Alpha - Thunderbird for Android, Thunderbird for Android Beta Browsers which are better than Google Chrome: - Brave Private Browser, Brave Browser (Beta), Brave Browser (Nightly) - Cromite - Chromium - DuckDuckGo Browser - Privacy Browser (F-Droid) - Vivaldi - Thorium Other applications: - FairEmail - K-9 Mail / Thunderbird Mail - Orbot FFUpdater checks for updates in the background and downloads them as well.

Privacy and F-Droid

F-Droid builds FFUpdater from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.

  • Promotes non-free add-ons

Screenshots

  • FFUpdater screenshot 1
  • FFUpdater screenshot 2
  • FFUpdater screenshot 3

Screenshots from the app's F-Droid listing.

FAQ

FFUpdater FAQ

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What is FFUpdater?

FFUpdater is a free, open-source app store for Android. Updater for privacy friendly browsers. It has 1,096 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.

Is FFUpdater free and open source?

Yes. FFUpdater's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid flags these anti-features on its latest build: promotes non-free add-ons.

How do I install FFUpdater?

You can install FFUpdater from F-Droid (package de.marmaro.krt.ffupdater) and from Google Play; the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: 81.0.0).

Is FFUpdater still maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Jun 27, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Jun 19, 2025. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.