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FOSS for Android

A community for sharing and promoting free/libre and open-source software (freedomware) on the Android platform. This means software you are free to modify and distribute, such as applications licensed under the GNU General Public License, BSD license, MIT license, Apache license, etc., and software that isn’t designed to restrict you in any way. Think of free software as free as in freedom of speech, not free potatoes.

108k subscribers268 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)211 authors / mosince 2011

r/fossdroid has 108k members (+40% over the last 12 months). It gets about 268 posts a month from 211 people. Top topics: F-Droid Apps, Launcher Apps and Music Players.

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Size and growth

How r/fossdroid has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+40%in 12 months · +6.0% in 3 months · +1.6% in 1 month
Oct 2026107k
Growing107k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−18%vs Sep 2025 · +5.1% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026268
QuieterPeaked at 364 in Jan 2025
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/fossdroid

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. F-Droid Apps7.0%
  2. Launcher Apps1.8%
  3. Music Players1.7%
  4. Privacy & Custom ROMs1.7%
  5. Keyboard Apps1.4%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. F-Droid
  2. GitLab
  3. Codeberg
  4. Android
  5. Tasks

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Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research