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# fdroidcl
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[F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/) desktop client.
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This is **not** a replacement for the [Android client](https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient).
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While the Android client integrates with the system with regular update checks
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and notifications, this is a command line client that talks to connected
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devices via [ADB](https://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html).
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For simplicity, it tries to follow the `apt-get`/`apt-cache` commands where it
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makes sense such as `update`, `show`, `install` and `remove`.
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### Current features
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* Single repo support
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* Update the index
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* List all apps
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* Search by keywords
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* Show details of an app
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### Missing features
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* Proper index update checking via ETag
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* Multi-repo support
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* Interaction with a device via ADB:
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- Probably relying on the installed command `adb`
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- Fetch device details (Android version, architecture, ...)
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- Fetch installed applications
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- Should use a `sync` command if always fetching the data above is slow
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- Install, update and remove applications
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* Apk caching
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### Advantages over the Android client
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* Faster to use command line interface
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* Ability to batch install/update/remove without root nor system privileges
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* Interact between multiple Android devices:
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- Transfer apps and their data from one device to another
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### Android client features this will never have
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* "Update available" notifications
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* Swap apps over WiFi or Bluetooth and local repos
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