Your Android app library, beyond the Play Store.
AppHarbor brings F-Droid repositories, GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg, Gitea, Forgejo, and independent Android projects into one place. Follow developers, discover their apps, build a personal library, and keep everything organized and up to date without hunting through release pages by hand.
- Browse F-Droid-style repositories alongside apps published directly on software forges.
- Follow an entire developer account on GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg, Gitea, or Forgejo and discover its Android releases automatically.
- Track individual repositories when you only want one project.
- Install and update APKs from their original release source.
- Keep a personal app library instead of remembering dozens of GitHub pages and obscure repositories.
- Resume creator discovery in the background when scans are interrupted, with persisted progress and retry handling.
- Inspect app metadata before installation, including the real package metadata available from release APKs.
- Stay local-first: the core app library works on-device, with optional sync planned for people who want the same library across devices.
The latest tested development APK is published as a GitHub prerelease:
Download the latest development APK · Release notes and checksum
The release includes:
AppHarbor-latest-dev.apk(permanent direct-download filename)- a versioned APK (the filename follows each published build version)
- SHA-256 checksums for both names
- version and source commit information
This channel is for active AppHarbor development. A production-signed release channel will follow when the app is ready for broader distribution.
Some of the best Android apps never reach a traditional app store. They live in GitHub releases, small F-Droid repositories, Codeberg projects, self-hosted forges, and developer accounts you discover once and then struggle to keep track of.
AppHarbor turns those scattered sources into a personal Android catalog.
Instead of:
find project → open releases → identify the correct APK → download → remember to check again later
the goal is:
follow source once → discover apps → keep them in your library → update from the source
AppHarbor already has a working installable development build and the core multi-source discovery/update foundation inherited from Omnify.
- F-Droid-style repository browsing
- GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg, Gitea, and Forgejo external sources
- whole-account / creator discovery
- individual repository tracking
- resumable background creator scans
- persisted scan checkpoints and progress
- retry handling for transient provider failures
- APK builds published automatically through GitHub Releases
- faster creator/repository search and filtering
- a stronger personal Library experience
- developer/creator pages and better grouping
- imports from existing Android app-library tools
- optional multi-device sync
- broader source support
- full AppHarbor visual identity, launcher artwork, and fresh screenshots
AppHarbor is developed as a free, open-source Android app without ads or paid search placement. If you find it useful, you can support its development on Buy Me a Coffee. Support is voluntary and does not affect catalog visibility, app updates, or trust signals.
AppHarbor currently builds with JDK 17 and the Android SDK.
./gradlew --no-daemon testDebugUnitTest assembleDebugThe debug APK is produced under:
app/build/outputs/apk/debug/
AppHarbor is built from the excellent work of:
- Omnify by Victor-root
- Droid-ify by LooKeR
- Foxy-Droid by kitsunyan
AppHarbor is evolving that foundation toward a broader personal Android discovery and library layer focused on apps from both repositories and independent developer sources.
For upgrade/data compatibility during development, several inherited internal Android identifiers remain unchanged. They are implementation details rather than the AppHarbor product identity.
AppHarbor is free software licensed under the GNU General Public License v3. See LICENSE.