# Find Open-Source Android Messaging Apps

**Use case:** 

Search the F-Droid catalog for open-source messaging apps and export package IDs, summaries, license metadata, categories and available version information. This example returns up to 10 matches for messaging. Change the keyword for your research. Paid per returned app at the Actor's listed tier price; no APK files are downloaded.

## Input

```json
{
  "query": "messaging",
  "packageIds": [],
  "categories": [],
  "maxItems": 10
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "name": {
    "label": "Name",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "packageName": {
    "label": "Package",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "summary": {
    "label": "Summary",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "license": {
    "label": "License",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "categories": {
    "label": "Categories",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "authorName": {
    "label": "Author",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "suggestedVersionName": {
    "label": "Version",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "lastUpdated": {
    "label": "Updated",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [F-Droid App Catalog Scraper](https://apify.com/datamule/f-droid-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/datamule/f-droid-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/datamule/f-droid-scraper.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).