{"id":39852,"date":"2026-07-27T03:08:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T10:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/?p=39852"},"modified":"2026-07-27T03:02:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T03:02:34","slug":"pia-vpn-f-droid-download","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/pia-vpn-f-droid-download\/","title":{"rendered":"PIA is now on F-Droid. Here what&#8217;s that means (and how to get it)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Being open source is in our DNA. For PIA, it\u2019s the foundation of how we build and the community we strive to create. We pride ourselves on being a VPN where anyone can read the code we actually ship \u2014 Android, iOS, desktop, you name it. You don\u2019t have to trust a description of what the app does. You can inspect the code and see for yourself.<br><br>Landing on F-Droid is a natural extension of that commitment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you haven\u2019t come across it before, F-Droid is a community-run catalog of free and open-source Android apps. The rules it runs on are refreshingly strict: no accounts, no install tracking, no ads, and nothing gets published unless its source code is available for anyone to inspect.<br><br>It\u2019s maintained by volunteers, and the catalog stays deliberately small because its reviewers care more about quality than quantity, vetting every app before publishing. Put simply, apps don\u2019t get listed on F-Droid if they\u2019re not up to scratch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-why-this-matters-to-our-core-mission\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>Why this matters to our core mission<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><br><\/strong>As a result, we\u2019re proud to have earned the PIA Android app a place on F-Droid.\u00a0<br><br>Privacy software should invite scrutiny, not avoid it. That\u2019s one of the reasons F-Droid appealed to us. It builds the apps it lists directly from the publicly available source code, rather than just distributing binaries supplied by developers. That also means anyone can verify that the app available through F-Droid matches the code we have published.<br><br>For us, this is the ideal model for privacy software. You don\u2019t have to simply trust what an app claims to do\u2014you have the power to inspect the code, verify it for yourself, and share your notes with the wider privacy community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-closing-the-sideloading-gap\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Closing the sideloading gap<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s a practical side to this, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Up to now, if you wanted PIA on Android without going through a mainstream app store like Google Play, sideloading the APK was your only option. It works, and plenty of people go that route. But a sideloaded APK won\u2019t update itself, and it doesn\u2019t come with any of F-Droid\u2019s vetting. You\u2019re trusting a file you downloaded, and hoping you remember to grab the next version by hand. For a good chunk of our users, that was a genuine gap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s an especially obvious one if you run a de-Googled phone, or you\u2019ve made a point of keeping Google Play Services off your device entirely. As skepticism of Big Tech grows, that group of users grows, too. And it overlaps almost perfectly with the kind of person who picks PIA in the first place. Nobody should have to choose between avoiding Google and keeping their VPN current.<br><br>Supporting F-Droid wasn\u2019t about adding another download button. It was about meeting privacy-conscious users where they are. If you\u2019ve chosen to move away from proprietary app stores, your VPN shouldn\u2019t force you back into one.<br><br>So, the short version: you can install PIA straight from F-Droid, get your updates through F-Droid, and never touch the Play Store if that\u2019s what you\u2019d rather do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-how-to-install-pia-from-f-droid\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to install PIA from F-Droid<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Already using F-Droid? Just search for <strong>Private Internet Access<\/strong> and install it. You\u2019re done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019re new to F-Droid, here\u2019s the whole process from scratch. It takes a few minutes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Get the F-Droid app.<\/strong> F-Droid isn\u2019t on Google Play, so head to<a href=\"https:\/\/f-droid.org\"> f-droid.org<\/a> in your browser and <a href=\"https:\/\/f-droid.org\/en\/docs\/Get_F-Droid\/\">download the F-Droid APK<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Install it.<\/strong> Open the downloaded file. Your phone will likely ask you to allow installs from your browser \u2014 approve it, then finish installing F-Droid. You can switch that permission back off afterward if you prefer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Open F-Droid and let it sync.<\/strong> On first launch it downloads its catalog of apps. Give it a moment to finish updating.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Download Private Internet Access.<\/strong> Tap the search icon and type \u201cPIA\u201d or \u201cPrivate Internet Access.\u201d Alternatively, head straight to the <a href=\"https:\/\/f-droid.org\/en\/packages\/com.privateinternetaccess.android\/\">PIA on F-Droid listing<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Install PIA.<\/strong> Open the listing and tap Install. You may get one more prompt to let F-Droid install apps \u2014 approve it, and the download will start.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Open the app and sign in.<\/strong> Launch PIA, log in with your account, connect, and you\u2019re protected.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From here on, any updates show up right inside F-Droid alongside your other apps\u2014no manual APK juggling.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s it. But whether you install PIA through Google Play, or now through F-Droid, one thing hasn\u2019t changed: you can inspect the code, line by line, for yourself.<br><br>It\u2019s just how privacy software should work.<br><br><br><br><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being open source is in our DNA. For PIA, it\u2019s the foundation of how we build and the community we strive to create. We pride ourselves on being a VPN where anyone can read the code we actually ship \u2014 Android, iOS, desktop, you name it. You don\u2019t have to trust a description of what &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/pia-vpn-f-droid-download\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;PIA is now on F-Droid. 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