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Digital Escape Tools — Privacy & FOSS

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A community for discovering and sharing tools that help you escape Big Tech.

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This community is inspired by r/DigitalEscapeTools on Reddit and aims to grow an open, privacy-respecting space on the Fediverse.

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  1. No spam or affiliate abuse
  2. Respect privacy & open-source values
  3. Tools > politics
  4. Be respectful

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GitHub Store is an open-source, cross-platform app (Android + Desktop) that turns GitHub releases into a real app-store experience. Instead of digging through release pages, GitHub Store: Shows only repositories with real installable binaries (APK, EXE, DMG, AppImage, DEB, RPM) Automatically detects your platform and surfaces the correct installer Always installs from the latest published release Displays changelogs, README, stats, and developer info in a clean UI Why this matters No centralized app store control No ads, no tracking, no telemetry Fully transparent: installs come directly from developers’ GitHub releases Great for discovering privacy-respecting and open-source alternatives Features at a glance Trending / Recently Updated / New projects Platform-aware app discovery Update tracking (Android) Material 3 design (Android + Desktop) Optional GitHub login only for higher API limits Fully open source (Apache-2.0) Download GitHub (releases): https://github.com/rainxchzed/Github-Store F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/zed.rainxch.githubstore/ If you’re trying to escape closed ecosystems and want more control over where your apps come from, this is a project worth checking out

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[–] als@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 days ago

So obtainium but tied exclusively to Microsoft?