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Komi Store: Android app store to install and update apps hosted on GitHub, Codeberg & Forgejo (github.com)

submitted 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) by Deep@mander.xyz to c/foss@beehaw.org

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[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I don't see the point then. I can install direct from GitHub if I want that. I don't want a random intermediary that's another possible attack vector.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

One could say the same about the FDroid app.

[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 1 points 2 hours ago

FDroid's official repository includes fairly strict requirements for apps they allow, meaning you get a level of confidence that those apps meet those requirements. You can add custom repos in the app, but it's not the default flow. To use a recent example, it's like comparing the Arch official repos to AUR.

Not that there isn't value in a tool that can download apps for you from GitHub, but it's not really fair to compare that to F-Droid. You're generally safer on F-Droid's official repo than with random projects off GitHub, and potentially even safer than downloading official releases of apps on F-Droid directly from the releases page.