Get Android app updates straight from the source.
Obtainium allows you to install and update apps directly from their releases pages, and receive notifications when new releases are made available.
More info:
- Obtainium Wiki (repository)
- Obtainium 101 - Tutorial video
- AppVerifier - App verification tool (recommended, integrates with Obtainium)
- apps.obtainium.imranr.dev - Crowdsourced app configurations (repository)
- Side Of Burritos - You should use this instead of F-Droid | How to use app RSS feed - Original motivation for this app
- Website (repository)
- Source code
Currently supported App sources:
- Open Source - General:
- Other - General:
- APKPure
- Aptoide
- Uptodown
- Huawei AppGallery
- Tencent App Store
- vivo App Store (CN)
- RuStore
- Farsroid
- CoolApk
- RockMods
- LiteAPKs
- APK4Free
- Jenkins Jobs
- APKMirror (Track-Only)
- Other - App-Specific:
- Direct APK Link
- "HTML" (Fallback): Any other URL that returns an HTML page with links to APK files
You can find crowdsourced app configurations at apps.obtainium.imranr.dev.
If you can't find the configuration for an app you want, feel free to leave a request on the discussions page.
Or, contribute some configurations to the website by creating a PR at this repo.
Verification info:
- Package ID:
dev.imranr.obtainium - SHA-256 hash of signing certificate:
B3:53:60:1F:6A:1D:5F:D6:60:3A:E2:F5:0B:E8:0C:F3:01:36:7B:86:B6:AB:8B:1F:66:24:3D:A9:6C:D5:73:62- Note: The above signature is also valid for the F-Droid flavour of Obtainium, thanks to reproducible builds.
- PGP Public Key (to verify APK hashes)
- For some sources, data is gathered using Web scraping and can easily break due to changes in website design. In such cases, more reliable methods may be unavailable.
- Check the source settings — Some sources require additional configuration (e.g., GitHub releases need the correct repository URL format)
- Check if the source is supported — Not all sources support version checking equally; some use HTML scraping which may be slower
- Check the update interval — By default, apps update every 6 hours. You can change this in app settings
- Try force-refreshing — Pull down on the apps list to force a refresh
- Some sources block requests from unknown user agents or regions
- GitHub-based sources may need a Personal Access Token if you're hitting rate limits
- Some APK hosts (APKMirror, etc.) may require cookies or specific headers
- Obtainium is built with Flutter. If the app crashes on startup, try:
- Clearing app data and reinstalling
- Ensuring your Android version meets the minimum requirement
- Checking if you have the latest Google Play Services
- If you see "Signature verification failed", ensure you haven't modified the APK after download
- The SHA-256 hash in the app settings should match the downloaded APK