This open-source app turned GitHub into my favorite Android app store

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If you like using open-source apps on your Android phone, you likely visit GitHub on a regular basis, since it’s the largest open-source app repository out there. But GitHub, in its default form, is anything but the best way to discover new apps and update the ones you already have on your phone, even if you have a GitHub account.

This is where GitHub Store comes to the rescue. It’s an open-source app store for GitHub releases with a mobile-friendly design, offering a simple way to install and manage apps on your phone, as well as discover new ones right inside the store.

GitHub Store transforms GitHub into an Android app store

Play Store, but for GitHub releases

Credit: GitHub Store

GitHub Store is one of the best discoveries I’ve made this year. Instead of having to navigate GitHub’s clunky, unintuitive user interface, which goes out of its way to make downloading and installing apps anything but fast, I can use GitHub Store, which turns the platform into a full-fledged alternative app marketplace.

I can browse trending and most popular apps, just like in any other app store. The store lets me quickly search through the apps installed on my phone, open and browse their GitHub pages, install older versions, and much more.

Another great thing GitHub Store does is bring all GitHub projects that offer Android installers…

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