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๐Ÿ“ฃ Introducing zap.store 0.1.0 For months I have been dreaming of a better app store, frustrated by big tech's permissioned bs, GPG's complexities, and Obtainium's reliance on centralized services and poor UX. Here's the first (very alpha) iteration of zap.store, a permissionless app store leveraging the nostr social graph. โœ” Android only (for now! Desktop coming soon) โœ” Obtainium drop-in replacement (smaller catalog but growing) โœ” App releases are signed/curated by this account, as developers start self-signing โœ” Web of trust check before installing an app Get it at
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GitHub - zapstore/zapstore: The social permissionless app store
The social permissionless app store. Contribute to zapstore/zapstore development by creating an account on GitHub.
 (SHA-256 hash of the APK version 0.1.0 is 8540bd492064c17d83bcdc6d2a463c2aea46f13c2b0d13b8a96023df95bd0c9d) Feedback more than welcome, it's also possible to send directly from the โš™๏ธ screen in the app s/o to nostr legends @Niel Liesmons and @elsat for their invaluable help

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Zapstore's avatar Zapstore
๐Ÿ“ฃ Introducing zap.store 0.1.0 For months I have been dreaming of a better app store, frustrated by big tech's permissioned bs, GPG's complexities, and Obtainium's reliance on centralized services and poor UX. Here's the first (very alpha) iteration of zap.store, a permissionless app store leveraging the nostr social graph. โœ” Android only (for now! Desktop coming soon) โœ” Obtainium drop-in replacement (smaller catalog but growing) โœ” App releases are signed/curated by this account, as developers start self-signing โœ” Web of trust check before installing an app Get it at
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GitHub - zapstore/zapstore: The social permissionless app store
The social permissionless app store. Contribute to zapstore/zapstore development by creating an account on GitHub.
 (SHA-256 hash of the APK version 0.1.0 is 8540bd492064c17d83bcdc6d2a463c2aea46f13c2b0d13b8a96023df95bd0c9d) Feedback more than welcome, it's also possible to send directly from the โš™๏ธ screen in the app s/o to nostr legends @Niel Liesmons and @elsat for their invaluable help
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Some first feedback: * No support for beta/pre-releases (it detects a higher installed version of Zeus than what is available) * Clicking on a profile opens the browser in the primal ๐Ÿคฎ profile url instead of using the default user nostr app * Login flow could be better using Amber, even if readonly * I'm looking forward for more advanced features like reviews, tor proxy support, etc
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๐Ÿ“ฃ Introducing zap.store 0.1.0 For months I have been dreaming of a better app store, frustrated by big tech's permissioned bs, GPG's complexities, and Obtainium's reliance on centralized services and poor UX. Here's the first (very alpha) iteration of zap.store, a permissionless app store leveraging the nostr social graph. โœ” Android only (for now! Desktop coming soon) โœ” Obtainium drop-in replacement (smaller catalog but growing) โœ” App releases are signed/curated by this account, as developers start self-signing โœ” Web of trust check before installing an app Get it at
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GitHub - zapstore/zapstore: The social permissionless app store
The social permissionless app store. Contribute to zapstore/zapstore development by creating an account on GitHub.
 (SHA-256 hash of the APK version 0.1.0 is 8540bd492064c17d83bcdc6d2a463c2aea46f13c2b0d13b8a96023df95bd0c9d) Feedback more than welcome, it's also possible to send directly from the โš™๏ธ screen in the app s/o to nostr legends @Niel Liesmons and @elsat for their invaluable help
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Zap.store is built on nostr identity layer, which other appstores lack. This means that on my follows list, I can check if e.g. @Alex Gleason uses, recommends, or verifies sha256 of a particular app. This may sound like a trivial change, yet it changes appstores to function more in line with recommendations from friends and family in real life ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ
Wow, congratulations man! ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐ŸงกSome first thoughts, the app looks amazing, would be amazing to have a kind of catalog or something to discover to not start in cold. Also searches didn't disappear of you clear the text input, neither if you try to go to home screen, what you search sticks there until you search something new.
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(Less) cold start - do not require search to show first app results ยท Issue #15 ยท zapstore/zapstore
what happens In order to see any apps, I must first: sign in (see #11 demo mode), and search. suggestion Is it possible to surface apps without hav...
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Clear search UI ยท Issue #16 ยท zapstore/zapstore
what happens When I enter a search term, and I receive results, after I clear the search box nothing happens. Search results remain. After I hit th...
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๐Ÿ“ฃ Introducing zap.store 0.1.0 For months I have been dreaming of a better app store, frustrated by big tech's permissioned bs, GPG's complexities, and Obtainium's reliance on centralized services and poor UX. Here's the first (very alpha) iteration of zap.store, a permissionless app store leveraging the nostr social graph. โœ” Android only (for now! Desktop coming soon) โœ” Obtainium drop-in replacement (smaller catalog but growing) โœ” App releases are signed/curated by this account, as developers start self-signing โœ” Web of trust check before installing an app Get it at
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GitHub - zapstore/zapstore: The social permissionless app store
The social permissionless app store. Contribute to zapstore/zapstore development by creating an account on GitHub.
 (SHA-256 hash of the APK version 0.1.0 is 8540bd492064c17d83bcdc6d2a463c2aea46f13c2b0d13b8a96023df95bd0c9d) Feedback more than welcome, it's also possible to send directly from the โš™๏ธ screen in the app s/o to nostr legends @Niel Liesmons and @elsat for their invaluable help
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๐Ÿ“ฃ Introducing zap.store 0.1.0 For months I have been dreaming of a better app store, frustrated by big tech's permissioned bs, GPG's complexities, and Obtainium's reliance on centralized services and poor UX. Here's the first (very alpha) iteration of zap.store, a permissionless app store leveraging the nostr social graph. โœ” Android only (for now! Desktop coming soon) โœ” Obtainium drop-in replacement (smaller catalog but growing) โœ” App releases are signed/curated by this account, as developers start self-signing โœ” Web of trust check before installing an app Get it at
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GitHub - zapstore/zapstore: The social permissionless app store
The social permissionless app store. Contribute to zapstore/zapstore development by creating an account on GitHub.
 (SHA-256 hash of the APK version 0.1.0 is 8540bd492064c17d83bcdc6d2a463c2aea46f13c2b0d13b8a96023df95bd0c9d) Feedback more than welcome, it's also possible to send directly from the โš™๏ธ screen in the app s/o to nostr legends @Niel Liesmons and @elsat for their invaluable help
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I think this is a novel approach that does not exist on centralized appstore or play store. For instance @npub16r0t...z5pl can submit an app repo for @Zapstore consideration, and review. Placeholder feature request:
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Suggest someone else's app for addition to zapstore ยท Issue #13 ยท zapstore/zapstore
user story As a zap.store enthusiast, I would like to submit another dev's app to zap.store, so that the zap.store app library becomes more valuabl...
Getting there. Step by step towards more freedom, agency, and a saner world.
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๐Ÿ“ฃ Introducing zap.store 0.1.0 For months I have been dreaming of a better app store, frustrated by big tech's permissioned bs, GPG's complexities, and Obtainium's reliance on centralized services and poor UX. Here's the first (very alpha) iteration of zap.store, a permissionless app store leveraging the nostr social graph. โœ” Android only (for now! Desktop coming soon) โœ” Obtainium drop-in replacement (smaller catalog but growing) โœ” App releases are signed/curated by this account, as developers start self-signing โœ” Web of trust check before installing an app Get it at
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GitHub - zapstore/zapstore: The social permissionless app store
The social permissionless app store. Contribute to zapstore/zapstore development by creating an account on GitHub.
 (SHA-256 hash of the APK version 0.1.0 is 8540bd492064c17d83bcdc6d2a463c2aea46f13c2b0d13b8a96023df95bd0c9d) Feedback more than welcome, it's also possible to send directly from the โš™๏ธ screen in the app s/o to nostr legends @Niel Liesmons and @elsat for their invaluable help
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why is this not on F-driod store? Obtainium allows for direct download from dev to user. you're using Hetzner CDN on .store which is controlled by ICANN but you're tired of obtainium? Your README file is completely Blank! you have no information about this app other this post! Can you please fill this information? I do not wish to blindly download your app apk at this current state.
Why should I trust the published version of signal that I see in zap.store?
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GitHub - tw-hx/Signal-Android: Patches to Signal for Android removing dependencies on closed-source Google Mobile Services and Firebase libraries. In branches whose names include "-FOSS". Uses new "foss" or "gms" flavor dimension: build with "./gradlew assembleWebsiteFossProdRelease" (change "Website" to "Play" pre v7.15.4).
Patches to Signal for Android removing dependencies on closed-source Google Mobile Services and Firebase libraries. In branches whose names include...
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