Tonight I'm releasing the first version of Orchard, a permissionless Flatpak store for Linux. There is no middle man. I don't host anyone's binaries, nothing needs approval, and there are no rankings or algorithms.
For developers: ship from your own registry and sign a few Nostr events describing the app. A proof file in your repo makes the link verifiable. Check PUBLISHING.md for a walkthrough and sample CI workflow to make things dead simple (tag and push, that's it).
For users: it's a real flatpak store and has built-in Flathub support so there's already thousands of apps available. All apps published to Nostr have publisher, repository, and digest verification so you know you can trust the app is what it says it is. Sign in via nostrconnect (bunker next version), review your favorite apps, and see what folks in your web of trust have said.
https://github.com/Letdown2491/orchard
For developers: ship from your own registry and sign a few Nostr events describing the app. A proof file in your repo makes the link verifiable. Check PUBLISHING.md for a walkthrough and sample CI workflow to make things dead simple (tag and push, that's it).
For users: it's a real flatpak store and has built-in Flathub support so there's already thousands of apps available. All apps published to Nostr have publisher, repository, and digest verification so you know you can trust the app is what it says it is. Sign in via nostrconnect (bunker next version), review your favorite apps, and see what folks in your web of trust have said.
https://github.com/Letdown2491/orchard
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