Appteka

Alternative Android App Store

Appteka is a free, open-source Android app store where users can discover, download, and share applications. Upload your own apps, explore creations from developers worldwide, and engage with the community through real-time discussions.

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Features

• Browse & Download — Explore hundreds of thousands of free Android apps
• Upload Apps — Share your applications with the community
• APK Extractor — Extract APKs from installed apps (including system apps)
• Real-time Chat — Discuss apps and games with other users
• User Profiles — Track uploads, downloads, and activity
• Ratings & Reviews — Rate apps and read community feedback
• Favorites — Save apps for later
• Dark Theme — Full dark mode support
• No Root Required — Works on any Android device

Download

Or download the latest APK from the Releases page.

Tech Stack

| Category | Technologies | |----------|-------------| | Language | Kotlin | | UI | Material Design 3, AndroidX | | Architecture | MVP (Model-View-Presenter), Clean Architecture | | Dependency Injection | Dagger 2 | | Reactive | RxJava 3, RxKotlin, RxRelay | | Networking | Retrofit 3, OkHttp 5 | | Image Loading | Simple Image Loader | | RecyclerView | Konveyor | | Build | Gradle, ProGuard |

Architecture

The project follows Clean Architecture principles with MVP pattern:

• Activity/Fragment — Acts as a router, implements navigation interface
• Presenter — Presentation layer, framework-agnostic for easy testing
• View — Pure UI rendering, no business logic
• Interactor — Business logic, repository pattern, data caching
• Converter — Data mapping between layers
• ResourceProvider — Android resources access for framework-agnostic layers

Building

Requirements

• Android Studio Ladybug or newer
• JDK 17
• Android SDK with API 35

Build & Run

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/solkin/appteka-android.git
cd appteka-android
Build debug APK
./gradlew assembleDebug
Build release APK (requires signing config)
./gradlew assembleRelease

The APK will be generated at app/build/outputs/apk/

Localization

Appteka is available in 9 languages:

| Language | Code | |----------|------| | English | en (default) | | Russian | ru | | Arabic | ar | | Chinese | zh | | Farsi | fa | | Hindi | hi | | Kurdish | ku | | Portuguese (Brazil) | pt-rBR | | Vietnamese | vi |

Want to help translate? Contributions are welcome!

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to:

• Report bugs and request features via Issues
• Submit pull requests with improvements
• Help with translations
• Improve documentation

Security & Disclaimer

All uploaded applications are automatically scanned by a built-in antivirus system powered by three independent antivirus engines.

However, Appteka is a community-driven app exchange platform where users can freely upload applications. The Appteka team is not responsible for user-generated content. While security scanning and content moderation are in place, please take appropriate safety precautions — verify the source, check reviews and ratings before installing.

• Terms of Service
• DMCA Policy
• Contacts & Donations

License

Copyright (C) 2016-2026 Appteka
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

See LICENSE.txt for the full license text.

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