FFUpdater

FFUpdater

Updater for privacy friendly browsers

App Store & Updater Internet

Download (4.7 MB)

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Description

Installs and updates the following browsers:

Browsers from Mozilla or based on Firefox:
- Fennec F-Droid
- Firefox Browser, Firefox for Android Beta, Firefox Nightly
- Firefox Focus, Firefox Focus Beta, Firefox Klar
- Iceraven
- Tor Browser, Tor Browser Alpha
- Thunderbird for Android, Thunderbird for Android Beta

Browsers which are better than Google Chrome:
- Brave Private Browser, Brave Browser (Beta), Brave Browser (Nightly)
- Cromite
- Chromium
- DuckDuckGo Browser
- Privacy Browser (F-Droid)
- Vivaldi
- Thorium

Other applications:
- FairEmail
- K-9 Mail / Thunderbird Mail
- Orbot

FFUpdater checks for updates in the background and downloads them as well. On Android 12+ or root devices, FFUpdater can also update the apps without user interaction.

Visit https://notabug.org/Tobiwan/ffupdater/src/master/README.md for more information.

Changelogs: https://notabug.org/Tobiwan/ffupdater/src/master/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs

What’s new (81.0.0)

Release version 81.0.0 (179)
- Thanks for the Weblate contributions from: Coool, akiva.bekenstein, Cirnos, Retrial, kazushi3, maksimgorpinic4, gdonisi, 109247019824, hamburger2048, jrthwlate, tetify, crowbar and yurtpage
- Add IronFox (Thanks BloxerExists https://github.com/Tobi823/ffupdater/pull/719)
- Fix typo (Thanks zen0bit https://github.com/Tobi823/ffupdater/pull/696)
- Dont display a JobCancellationException in BackgroundWork because we can safely ignore it (Tobi823#701)
- Improve APK cac

Anti-features

Properties of this app that are worth knowing about before installing.

  • NonFreeAdd

Versions

Version Date Size Requires Android Download
81.0.0
3cafb450642c0b01…
 2025-06-19 4.7 MB API 21
80.0.0
135013b33472c18d…
 2025-03-16 4.7 MB API 21
79.3.1
31c1b9b8ffd88f4b…
 2024-12-04 4.7 MB API 21
79.3.0
39f2a9b72161e2ab…
 2024-11-27 4.7 MB API 21

Permissions

What the app asks the system for. Android only grants sensitive access after you confirm it.

  • NotificationsShow notifications.
  • Internet accessSend and receive data over the internet.
  • Wi-Fi stateRead information about the Wi-Fi connection.
  • Network stateCheck whether and how the device is connected.
  • Install appsStart the installation of other apps.
  • UPDATE_PACKAGES_WITHOUT_USER_ACTION
  • Read storageRead files on the device storage.
  • REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS
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  • Write storageCreate and change files on the device storage.
  • Foreground serviceKeep running in the background, visible in the status bar.
  • FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC
  • ENFORCE_UPDATE_OWNERSHIP
  • Prevent sleepingKeep the device from going to sleep.
  • Run at startupStart automatically after the device is switched on.
  • ffupdater.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
  • permission.API_V23

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