Accrescent
A novel Android app store focused on security, privacy, and usability.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
Accrescent News & Activities
Recent News
- POX published news article about Accrescent
Accrescent 0.27 launches with new app store API, background download, UI upgrades and moreAccrescent 0.27 delivers its most substantial update yet, featuring a new, stable app store API for...
- POX published news article about Accrescent
Android app store Accrescent releases v0.25 with support for app archiving, and moreAccrescent, an Android app store prioritizing security, privacy, and usability, has launched versio...
Recent activities
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- mrperson added Software Installer as a feature to Accrescent
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What is Accrescent?
About:
Accrescent is a private and secure Android app store built for the modern era. It aims to provide a developer-friendly platform and pleasant user experience while enforcing modern security and privacy practices and offering robust validity guarantees for installed apps. (https://accrescent.app/#about)
Features:
• App signing key pinning: first-time app installs are verified so you don't have to TOFU. • Signed repository metadata: repository contents are protected against malicious tampering. • Automatic, unattended, unprivileged updates: updates are handled seamlessly without breaking the Android security model. • Full support for split APKs: downloaded APKs are optimized for your device to save bandwidth. • No remote APK signing: developers are in full control of their app signing keys. (https://accrescent.app/#features)
GitHub:
• https://github.com/accrescent/accrescent
Note:
Accrescent is not yet ready for production usage. Consider all software and services run by this organization as in a "pre-alpha" stage and fit only for development and preliminary testing. The apps Accrescent contains are there only for testing purposes and will be removed (except for Accrescent itself) when Accrescent enters public alpha.
Social:
Accrescent has multiple community chat rooms on Matrix and a Twitter account for announcements. All source code is published on GitHub.
• Matrix (main room) - https://matrix.to/#/#accrescent:matrix.org • Matrix (announcement room) - https://matrix.to/#/#accrescent-announcements:matrix.org • Matrix (space) - https://matrix.to/#/#accrescent-space:matrix.org • Twitter - https://twitter.com/accrescentapp







Comments and Reviews
Looks promising, but the functionality is limited at the moment and there are very few apps available.
At the time of writing (nearly November 2024), there are very few apps available. I support their efforts, but F-Droid or Neo Store have vastly more apps.