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F-Droid Privileged Extension

Name: F-Droid Privileged Extension
Author: F-Droid

Services to allow F-Droid to securely install and update apps.

Completely free
Android
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by F-Droid
License: Apache-2.0 — Open source (permissive)confirmed by F-Droid
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by F-Droid
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by F-Droid
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: No
Platforms: AndroidEstablished by Android: F-Droid
Distribution: Available on F-Droid
Publisher: F-Droid
Latest version: 0.2.14 (6 October 2026)
Latest activity: 6 October 2026
Source code: gitlab.com/fdroid/privileged-extension

Overview

Requires a rooted Android device.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“Note: F-Droid requires root privileges to install Privileged Extension as a system "priv-app".” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026

At a glance

F-Droid Privileged Extension is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (Apache-2.0) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

Open source code
No advertising
Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) — 6 November 2026
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Description from F-Droid — F-Droid (citation courte)

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