Accrescent

Name: Accrescent
Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)

38 likes

A novel Android app store focused on security, privacy, and usability.

Cost / License

Free
Open Source (Apache-2.0)

Application typeApplication types

Origin

United States

Platforms

Android
Android Tablet

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38likes

37alternatives

2articles

Features

Properties

Privacy focused
Lightweight
Security-focused

Features

No Tracking
Ad-free
No registration required
Dark Mode
Material design
Software Installer

Accrescent News & Activities

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Recent activities

Nam Pham liked Accrescent
24 days ago
DomIsDazed added Accrescent as alternative to MA Games Hub
about 1 month ago
DomIsDazed added Accrescent as alternative to MA App Store
about 2 months ago
Emin added Accrescent as alternative to Vyxel Apps and Shizu CoreFetch
about 2 months ago
mrcyodev liked Accrescent
4 months ago
ByteProphet liked Accrescent
4 months ago
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5 months ago
elevating4977 liked Accrescent
5 months ago
RemovedUser added Accrescent as alternative to F-Droid Basic
6 months ago
Emin added Accrescent as alternative to Discoverium
7 months ago

Comments and Reviews

Top Positive Comment

Mr. Anon

★★★★★

Oct 21, 2024

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.

RemovedUser

★★★★★

Mar 7, 2023

Looks promising, but the functionality is limited at the moment and there are very few apps available.

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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