We wrote a blog post about trust and how to have a verified installation of our client.
One such source for the client could be our CLI tool, that recently got the ability to download the F-Droid.apk.
Read more at
https://f-droid.org/2024/12/11/verified-first-time-installs.html
@D22 @fdroidorg It will download the F-Droid.apk, and if a device is available via adb, it will try to install it using adb. We have some other ideas how to help the user get the APK installed from the desktop, we are also open to ideas and suggestions.