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5703 sats \ 39 comments \ @franzap 9 May opensource

zap.store 0.1.0 is here!

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.

✔ Android only (for now! Desktop coming soon) ✔ Obtainium drop-in replacement (smaller catalog but growing) ✔ App releases are signed/curated by this account, as developers start self-signing ✔ Web of trust check before installing an app

Get it at https://zap.store or https://github.com/zapstore/zapstore

(SHA-256 hash of the APK version 0.1.0 is 8540bd492064c17d83bcdc6d2a463c2aea46f13c2b0d13b8a96023df95bd0c9d)

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63 sats \ 4 replies \ @siggy47 9 May

Good idea. I will check this out.

75 sats \ 3 replies \ @franzap OP 9 May

Let me know what you think of it! A ton more apps coming soon

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 9 May

I definitely will. I like Obtanium, but yours has the potential to be better.

117 sats \ 1 reply \ @franzap OP 9 May

Heavy Obtainium user here (at least until today!). The idea is good but their UX not really, in that regard I'm striving to make it 10x better.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Hamstr 10 May

what's wrong with using f-driod? The readme.md was blank on your github

95 sats \ 1 reply \ @davidw 10 May

Amazing work.

I’m sure you already know with it being an alpha release - would be great to see a bit more responsive behaviour for mobile. Text is taking-off into space.

Do let the stackers know if you need any help on the project.

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @franzap OP 10 May

Gracias vecino! Yeah, I think you refer to the mobile site, that was fixed today

56 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs 9 May

A+ for the name.

42 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 11 May

I just want to say again what a great idea this is, @franzap. The fact that it's nostr was a great idea . I have it installed on my graphene OS pixel. I can't wait until it's a full Obtanium replacement.

54 sats \ 0 replies \ @franzap OP 13 May

Working hard on the UX! Please keep the feedback coming

184 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 10 May

You did it! Man you always have great ideas and make slick UIs. This makes me wish I was on Android.

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @franzap OP 10 May

Thank you man! It's never late to come to the right side (the GrapheneOS side obviously 😄)

100 sats \ 1 reply \ @MaxAWebster 10 May

This is awesome! Can’t wait for desktop 🙌

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @franzap OP 10 May

Thanks Max! Working on it! 🫡

43 sats \ 1 reply \ @mf 10 May

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @franzap OP 10 May

It is!

22 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 10 May

Ah the future! Great start!

22 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlueSlime 10 May

wow this is really cool

this is a great idea and you picked a great name, can't wait to check it out

22 sats \ 1 reply \ @030a29f333 10 May

Updated mutiny with this no problem! Pretty slick

5 sats \ 0 replies \ @franzap OP 10 May

Great to know! Thanks!

22 sats \ 1 reply \ @Coinsreporter 10 May

Amazing! This should definitely serve the purpose. We badly require one permission less app store for privacy and decentralisation.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @franzap OP 10 May

Slowly but surely

22 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 10 May

cool!

22 sats \ 0 replies \ @_b_o_n_e_s_ 9 May

this is so great to see. thank you. fyi when I click on the link at bottom of zap.store page it takes me to nostrudel login page and can't see post.

but can see it using this service: https://njump.me/nevent1qqsp9rs7n9uktz8plu2zt4hymp30epjsqyz9ufyg5w7skxggp97p30qzypuvuma2wgny8pegfej8hf5n3x2hxhkgcl2utfjhxlj4zv8sycc86fr7akp

22 sats \ 0 replies \ @cristaiji 9 May

I’ll check it out. Thanks. 🙏

22 sats \ 2 replies \ @riberet19 9 May

This is a very good idea, I hope to see more updates about it, there are few apps yet, right?

203 sats \ 1 reply \ @franzap OP 9 May

Yes, in order to bootstrap I'm scraping APKs from Github - that's what you see in the app. This until developers start signing their own apps and publishing to different relays, that's when it will flourish

22 sats \ 0 replies \ @riberet19 9 May

I see, it looks good, hopefully, you succeed, we need more decentralized solutions!

22 sats \ 1 reply \ @TheWildHustle 9 May

Looks impressive.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @franzap OP 9 May

Thank you!

22 sats \ 0 replies \ @itsMoro 10 May freebie

nice work

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @037447d9ca 11 May

why does an app store ask for login?

2 sats \ 0 replies \ @franzap OP 11 May

So you can use your web of trust. It is not mandatory

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @037447d9ca 11 May

Did you know F-Droid supports IPFS?

2 sats \ 2 replies \ @franzap OP 11 May

So? Releases are signed by F-Droid

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @037447d9ca 13 May

If the dev releases reproducible builds it will be signed by both F-Droid and the developer.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @franzap OP 13 May

Sure you but you need developers releasing reproducible builds and people attesting to them, definitely not the norm

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @mf 10 May

Looks good!

But can you translate this for normies?

It uses nostr to establish identity, linking release artifacts to social profiles validated by the web of trust. This enables secure installs, a new app discoverability layer and developer monetization via zaps.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @turker 10 May

For who don't know, you can add repo to Obtainum on Android to get automatic updates directly from the source. 👍🏻