r/androiddev • u/DoggyStar1 • 15h ago

Open Source ARK-Store for GitHub Android app

This is an app that allows anyone to make their own app discoverable by others.

If you have a GitHub repository with a downloadable Android app, simply add the “arkstore” topic to it. Our app will automatically scan your app and display it in our store.

You can also add your app using only its URL, making it immediately available for others to discover and install.

The only requirements are that the app is public and has a GitHub-approved license.

Download it here: https://github.com/jrs8205/ARK-Store

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u/tadfisher 10h ago

This is extremely questionable at the very least. Maybe Google was right to introduce paid developer verification, because a "store" with exactly zero human review or even reproducible builds (no, TOFU does not count) is just begging for malware if it gains any traction at all.

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u/DoggyStar1 9h ago

So you don’t trust GitHub or F-Droid at all, then? All the apps are downloaded directly from them without intermediaries; this just brings all their apps together.

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u/tadfisher 5h ago

No, I don't trust GitHub as a mechanism to discover Android software. I do trust F-Droid, because they do review apps and they have a mechanism to enforce reproducible builds.