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Accrescent

Accrescent is an Android app store client built around secure app distribution. It pins each app's signing key, uses signed repository metadata, supports split APKs and can update apps automatically on Android 12 and newer. No account is needed to install apps. The catalog contains only apps that Accrescent distributes itself.

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Why it fits

The repository is licensed under Apache License 2.0. The client can be installed for private use without a paid store license.

Screenshot of Accrescent
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Getting started

Prerequisites (from the official docs):

  • An Android device
  • Permission to install an app from your browser (the client is not on Google Play)

Steps:

  1. Open the official site and download the Accrescent client.
  2. Allow your browser to install apps when Android asks, then install the client.
  3. Open Accrescent and install apps from its catalog; updates arrive through the client.

Official site and download: https://accrescent.app/

Notes

App availability depends on what the Accrescent catalog distributes; this entry does not inventory apps.

Sources

  1. accrescent.app
  2. github.com/accrescent/accrescent/blob/main/LICENSE
  3. futo.tech/grants
  4. github.com/accrescent/accrescent/blob/main/README.md

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