!Obtainium Icon Obtainium by ImranR98

Get Android app updates straight from the source.

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Verdict 71/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 21 days ago

Self-host !Obtainium Icon Obtainium on hetzner for $4.13/mo and save approximately $298/year vs GitLab.

Health score
71 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
17k
468 forks

About !Obtainium Icon Obtainium

From the project's README at github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

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: GitHub GitLab [Forg

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
75
maturity
98
community
91
security
70
sustainability
53
adoption
36

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 17k github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium
GitHub forks 468 github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age3.7 yearssince Aug 2022
Last commit21 days agoApr 16, 2026
Releases shipped310last: 21 days ago

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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