# Why hasn't anyone developed an open-source Android app?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-app/400947
**Category:** General
**Created:** [April 18, 2026, 4:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-app/400947 "2026-04-18T04:44:54Z")
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They have. It was called the whitelisted app and worked across both iOS and Android.

The need for such an app has reduced significantly because Discourse is a PWA and there is now native support for notifications from PWAs in both iOS and Android.

And installing a PWA to home screen is trivial on both OSes.

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