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GitHub Store: An Open-Source App Store for Installing Apps Directly From GitHub Releases (sh.itjust.works)
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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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[–] x00z@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

JUST MAKE A FUCKING ~~.EXE FILE~~ RELEASE AND GIVE IT TO ME.

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Hmm an uncurated store that will search binaries uploaded by unverified, free GitHub accounts... Yolo

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

So obtainium but tied exclusively to Microsoft?

[–] moopet@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

So like a kind of GUR? Not a terrible idea. Why tie it to GitHub, though, when there are loads of similar sites which aren't proprietary Microsoft-owned extinguishware?

[–] CryptoKitten@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

This is such a bad idea and it is going to cause the same problems as npm caused.

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thank you for sharing this. I will be trying this out. Technical people like to prteend it is easy to download from GitHub and that each app download process isn't its own maze to resolve. Like if it easy for them, it is easy.

[–] DrunkAnRoot@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

pretty sure it just downloads a binary from the releases tab if your app makes you compile youd still have to do it maneually

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 1 points 2 days ago

Well right now it say I must register because I did too many API call. It hasn't even use said API to get a list of available app yet. So I'm not impressed.