# F-Droid App Catalog Scraper (`datamule/f-droid-scraper`) Actor Scrape structured metadata for open-source Android apps from F-Droid — package, name, license, categories, author, source/website/issue links, version, anti-features, icon and APK URL. Query by keyword, package ID, or category. Pay per app. - **URL**: https://apify.com/datamule/f-droid-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Datamule](https://apify.com/datamule) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.35 / 1,000 app scrapeds This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use 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 Catalog Scraper Get clean, structured metadata for open-source Android apps from **[F-Droid](https://f-droid.org)**, the free-and-open-source Android app catalog. Search by keyword, pull exact packages by ID, or filter by category — and receive one tidy JSON record per app, ready for analysis, dashboards, or a dataset. F-Droid publishes an official, fully public repository index, but it ships as one large raw JSON blob with localized string maps, epoch-millisecond timestamps, and version data spread across nested objects. This Actor does the parsing for you: it downloads the index once, resolves the best English strings, picks the suggested stable version, builds absolute icon and APK URLs, and hands back flat, predictable records. ### What you get per app | Field | Description | | --- | --- | | `packageName` | Android application ID (e.g. `org.fdroid.fdroid`) | | `name` | App display name | | `summary` | One-line summary | | `description` | Full description | | `license` | SPDX license (e.g. `GPL-3.0-or-later`) | | `categories` | F-Droid categories the app belongs to | | `authorName` | Author / maintainer name | | `webSite` | Project website | | `sourceCode` | Source-code repository | | `issueTracker` | Issue tracker URL | | `changelog` | Changelog URL | | `translation` | Translation platform URL | | `donate` | Donation links | | `added` | Date first added to F-Droid (`YYYY-MM-DD`) | | `lastUpdated` | Date last updated (`YYYY-MM-DD`) | | `suggestedVersionName` | Suggested stable version name | | `suggestedVersionCode` | Suggested stable version code | | `antiFeatures` | Anti-feature flags (e.g. `NonFreeNet`, `Tracking`, `Ads`) | | `iconUrl` | Absolute icon URL | | `latestApkUrl` | Absolute APK download URL for the suggested version | | `url` | F-Droid app page | Any field that is absent for a given app is returned as `null`, so the output shape is stable. ### Input Provide **any combination** of these — they compose: | Field | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `query` | string | Keyword matched against name, summary, description and package ID (case-insensitive). | | `packageIds` | array | Exact application IDs to fetch. Always returned, regardless of `query`/`categories`. | | `categories` | array | Restrict to F-Droid categories (e.g. `Internet`, `Security`, `Games`, `Multimedia`, `System`). | | `maxItems` | integer | Cap on the number of records returned. Defaults to 100. | #### Examples Search for messaging apps: ```json { "query": "messaging", "maxItems": 25 } ```` Fetch specific packages exactly: ```json { "packageIds": ["org.fdroid.fdroid", "org.thoughtcrime.securesms"] } ``` Security apps only, narrowed by keyword: ```json { "query": "password", "categories": ["Security"], "maxItems": 50 } ``` ### How it works 1. Downloads F-Droid's official `index-v2.json` once (public, no auth, no anti-bot). 2. Parses it in-memory and filters to your query, package IDs, and/or categories. 3. Resolves localized strings, converts timestamps to ISO dates, picks the suggested stable version, and builds absolute icon/APK URLs. 4. Pushes one clean record per matched app to the dataset. Because the whole catalog is fetched in a single request and filtered locally, runs are fast and put minimal load on F-Droid's servers. ### Pricing This Actor uses **pay-per-event**: you are charged per app record returned. No subscription, no idle costs — you pay only for the data you get. ### Notes - Data comes straight from F-Droid's public repository index; the Actor never fabricates fields. - All software indexed by F-Droid is free and open source; this Actor only reads publicly published catalog metadata. # Actor input Schema ## `query` (type: `string`): Keyword to match against app name, summary, description and package ID (case-insensitive). e.g. "messaging", "password", "podcast". Leave empty to pull by package ID or category instead. ## `packageIds` (type: `array`): Exact Android application IDs to fetch, e.g. org.fdroid.fdroid or org.thoughtcrime.securesms. These are always returned (exact lookups), independent of the query and categories. ## `categories` (type: `array`): Filter to F-Droid categories, e.g. "Internet", "Security", "Games", "Multimedia", "System". An app matches if it belongs to any of the given categories. Combine with a query to narrow further. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of app records to return. Protects against pulling the whole catalog by accident. ## Actor input object example ```json { "query": "messaging", "packageIds": [], "categories": [], "maxItems": 100 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): No description # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "query": "messaging", "packageIds": [], "categories": [], "maxItems": 100 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("datamule/f-droid-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "query": "messaging", "packageIds": [], "categories": [], "maxItems": 100, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("datamule/f-droid-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "query": "messaging", "packageIds": [], "categories": [], "maxItems": 100 }' | apify call datamule/f-droid-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=datamule/f-droid-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "F-Droid App Catalog Scraper", "description": "Scrape structured metadata for open-source Android apps from F-Droid — package, name, license, categories, author, source/website/issue links, version, anti-features, icon and APK URL. Query by keyword, package ID, or category. Pay per app.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "ya1nCiZNCfg08wUvp" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/datamule~f-droid-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-datamule-f-droid-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/datamule~f-droid-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-datamule-f-droid-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/datamule~f-droid-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-datamule-f-droid-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "query": { "title": "Search query", "type": "string", "description": "Keyword to match against app name, summary, description and package ID (case-insensitive). e.g. \"messaging\", \"password\", \"podcast\". Leave empty to pull by package ID or category instead." }, "packageIds": { "title": "Package IDs", "type": "array", "description": "Exact Android application IDs to fetch, e.g. org.fdroid.fdroid or org.thoughtcrime.securesms. These are always returned (exact lookups), independent of the query and categories.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "categories": { "title": "Categories", "type": "array", "description": "Filter to F-Droid categories, e.g. \"Internet\", \"Security\", \"Games\", \"Multimedia\", \"System\". An app matches if it belongs to any of the given categories. Combine with a query to narrow further.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max items", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of app records to return. Protects against pulling the whole catalog by accident.", "default": 100 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```