# F-Droid App Detail Scraper (`ahmdshrif/fdroid-app-detail-scraper`) Actor

Extracts full package metadata—name, license, versions, permissions, links, and donation info—from F-Droid Android app detail pages.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ahmdshrif/fdroid-app-detail-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Ahmed Ashraf](https://apify.com/ahmdshrif) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

$0.05 / 1,000 per run starteds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## F-Droid App Detail Scraper

Extracts package metadata from F-Droid Android app detail pages, including app name, summary, description, license, categories, author, website/source/issue-tracker/translation/changelog/donate links, latest version info, minimum Android version, APK download URL, beta flag, and permissions count. Useful for developers, researchers, or catalog maintainers who need structured data on F-Droid-listed apps without manually visiting each package page.

### Input

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.fdroid.fdroid/" }
  ],
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

### Output

```json
{
  "sourceUrl": "https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.fdroid.fdroid/",
  "packageId": "org.fdroid.fdroid",
  "appName": "F-Droid",
  "summary": "The app store that respects freedom and privacy",
  "description": "F-Droid is an installable catalogue of libre software apps for Android...",
  "license": "GNU General Public License v3.0 or later",
  "categories": "",
  "author": "F-Droid",
  "websiteUrl": "https://f-droid.org",
  "sourceCodeUrl": "https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient",
  "issueTrackerUrl": "https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/issues",
  "translationUrl": "https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/f-droid/f-droid",
  "changelogUrl": "https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/-/blob/HEAD/CHANGELOG.md",
  "donateUrl": "https://opencollective.com/F-Droid-Euro/donate",
  "latestVersion": "2.0-rc0",
  "latestVersionCode": 2000040,
  "addedDate": "Aug 04, 2026",
  "minAndroidVersion": "7.0",
  "apkDownloadUrl": "https://f-droid.org/repo/org.fdroid.fdroid_2000040.apk",
  "isBeta": true,
  "permissionsCount": 31
}
```

### Pricing

Pay per event: $0.00005 per Actor run started, regardless of how many package URLs are processed in that run.

### Use cases

- Building a local dataset of F-Droid app licenses and categories for compliance or research purposes.
- Monitoring specific F-Droid packages for new version releases or changed download links.
- Collecting source code, issue tracker, and translation links for a set of open-source Android apps.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Pages to export.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many records.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ahmdshrif/fdroid-app-detail-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ahmdshrif/fdroid-app-detail-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call ahmdshrif/fdroid-app-detail-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,ahmdshrif/fdroid-app-detail-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/kJEjDeeMQgjdGOoaE/builds/51Z01EbbN5amJ4Vgp/openapi.json