Show HN: Decentralized App Store for Android

by redsolveron 9/29/2020, 5:52:51 PM with 2 comments
  • by vhandaon 9/29/2020, 11:03:16 PM

    This is really really cool. Let me add support for my app - GitJournal which I still can't publish it on F-Droid as it integrated with Google Play for billing and uses Firebase Analytics (Sadly not Open Source).

    I love that with this I'm in control of when the updates are released unlike the F-Droid model.

    Edit: On second thought I'll wait for a week and see if this project continues. I really hope it catches on. @redsolver: Do you plan to continue working on this?

  • by redsolveron 9/29/2020, 5:53:57 PM

    Differences to F-Droid:

    - Fully decentralized, an app is bound to a domain name (like in a web browser)

    - Every app can be published on SkyDroid, not just open-source apps

    - The developer can directly publish his APK with his own signing key

    - New apps and updates can be published almost instantly

    - Faster syncing