How does a complex application like Accrescent manage its API? In this blog post, we discuss some of the API challenges we encountered and our journey to create a single source of truth: accrescent.app/blog/posts/a...

A Tale of Too Many Protocols - Accrescent

Our journey through protobuf, gRPC, OpenAPI, and more to create a single source of truth for the Accrescent console API.

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Another day, another refresh! We've restyled and unified our website so that you can find everything Accrescent all in one place with one look, blog posts and documentation included. Let us know what you think! accrescent.app

The private and secure Android app store - Accrescent

Accrescent is an Android app store focused on security, privacy, and usability.

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In anticipation of our upcoming blog posts, we've refreshed our blog! It's now simpler, smoother, smaller, and JavaScript-free. We'll be revising it gradually, so let us know what you think of the new design! Accessibility is especially important to us. blog.accrescent.app

Progress update! We've been hard at work tackling Accrescent's most pressing development needs, and now we want to share what we've been working on. We'll post blog posts in the next few weeks detailing our security, stability, and feature progress along with what's next!

If you've wondered how Android developer verification affects Accrescent, today we have a new blog post explaining briefly what it is, how it impacts us, and how we're responding. blog.accrescent.app/posts/androi...

Accrescent and Android Developer Verification

Google recently announced that starting next year, Android will require all apps to be registered by verified developers for users to install them on their devices, i.e., all apps must be registered b...

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It's time for an update! Check out our blog for a new update on: - What we've accomplished in the last 3 months - What's next for Accrescent Thank you to our supporters for making this possible! blog.accrescent.app/posts/road-b...

A Road Behind, A Road Ahead

Three months ago, we published an update on our development progress as well as our roadmap for the next three months and beyond. Now that those three months are over, we want to share the development...

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Accrescent 0.28.0 is out, including: - Download cancellation support - Better update scheduling (especially on Android 14+) - UI improvements and bug fixes Full release notes below! github.com/accrescent/a...

Release 0.28.0 · accrescent/accrescent

This release adds a "cancel" button for downloads, provides better update scheduling (especially on Android 14+), and includes a handful of UI improvements and bug fixes. Changed Perform gentle up...

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Accrescent 0.27.0 is here! This is the most significant release we've made to date: - New, stable app store API - Complete installer rewrite, resolving all known bugs - Tons of new features - More snappy, correct, & informative UI Check it out! 👇 github.com/accrescent/a...

Release 0.27.0 · accrescent/accrescent

Happy release day! This release is the most significant Accrescent release to date, marking our migration to a new, stable app store API; completely rewriting our core logic to resolve all known in...

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The servers were deployed a few weeks ago. However, our next app update had unexpected bugs, delaying its release. As a result, updates for all apps have been delayed since. We apologize for the delay and hope to resolve it by the end of the week. Thank you for your patience!

Accrescent@accrescent.app · last yr.

Development on our roadmap is progressing smoothly. Our next app and server releases are undergoing final testing before deployment. We hope to make an announcement soon about what Android's recently announced developer verification requirements mean for Accrescent. Stay tuned!

Development on our roadmap is progressing smoothly. Our next app and server releases are undergoing final testing before deployment. We hope to make an announcement soon about what Android's recently announced developer verification requirements mean for Accrescent. Stay tuned!

Since we published our blog post on the future of Accrescent, donations have increased dramatically. According to the rates in that post, we should now be able to fund full-time development through at least May 2026! Thank you to our community for your monumental support!

Today is the day! Read all about our development progress, view our roadmap for the future, and check out the new projects we're releasing as open source in our new blog post! blog.accrescent.app/posts/progre...

Progress Update and Roadmap

In our recent post about Accrescent’s financial future and sustainability, we announced that to build trust and transparency with our community, we’d be publishing a follow-up blog post about what we’...

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Keep an eye out for tomorrow's blog post! We'll be posting a development progress update for the past months and a roadmap for the next few.

We recently discovered a large Monero donation was received in the short time after we updated our article's reported income but before it was posted. We've now updated it to reflect this. We'll post an update soon on what this means for the project. Thank you for your support!

Accrescent depends completely on donations to run. Today we share a significant update in our new blog post on the future of Accrescent: blog.accrescent.app/posts/the-fu...

The Future of Accrescent

Accrescent is a novel Android app store focused on security, privacy, and usability. We’ve been building Accrescent since 2021 to improve the security and freedom of everyday Android users by providin...

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With the Amazon Appstore shutting down, it's becoming even more important to invest in sustainable alternative stores you can trust. See how you can invest in Accrescent's future! A little help goes a long way: accrescent.app/faq#contribu...

Accrescent Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to frequently asked questions about Accrescent.

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With the release of Parcelo 0.11.0, we've made some significant changes to our server infrastructure. App developers can now find the developer console at console.accrescent.app. If you encounter any issues, please let us know ASAP through our socials or contacts on our site.

Accrescent 0.25.0 is out with Android 15 app archiving support, Private Space support, and settings UI improvements! We also forgot to announce that since 0.24.0, Accrescent supports in-app predictive back! Check out the release notes below 👇 github.com/accrescent/a...

Release 0.25.0 · accrescent/accrescent

This release adds initial app archiving support on Android 15, makes Accrescent show up as an installer in Private Space, and improves the settings UI! We also forgot to mention that since 0.24.0, ...

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Accrescent recently surpassed 1,000 stars on GitHub 🥳! Thank you to everyone for your continued support! If you'd like to help us grow, check out accrescent.app/faq#contribu.... There are lots of ways to contribute even if you can't code! github.com/accrescent/a...

Accrescent Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to frequently asked questions about Accrescent.

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Accrescent 0.24.0 is out with settings menu accessibility improvements, target SDK 35 (Android 15), and LOTS of translation and dependency updates! 🎉 Download it from our website at accrescent.app or read the changelog below 👇 github.com/accrescent/a...

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Accrescent is an Android app store focused on security, privacy, and usability.

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The developer console has a new release with notable changes for app developers 👉 • Apps with native code must include 64-bit libraries • The console UI is more responsive when submitting apps • Unsupported ABI targets will no longer prevent publication See more at github.com/accrescent/p...

Release 0.8.0 · accrescent/parcelo

Changed Require apps with native code to include 64-bit libraries Support uploading obsolete architectures Show loading indicator after app uploads and before processing completes Send icon to bac...

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Accrescent 0.23.0 is out! This release makes multilingual support a little bit better, prevents you from accidentally using your metered data by default, and improves the security of its dependencies. See the release notes below 👇 github.com/accrescent/a...

Release 0.23.0 · accrescent/accrescent

This release makes Accrescent a little more friendly for multilingual users, helps prevent you from accidentally using your metered data by default, and improves security by removing an unmaintaine...

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In case you missed it: Accrescent is now mirrored in the GrapheneOS App Store! This helps GrapheneOS users securely and easily obtain Accrescent from a trusted source. GrapheneOS highly values privacy and security as we do, so we're excited about this collaboration.

GrapheneOS@grapheneos.org · 2y ago

GrapheneOS App Store now includes a mirror of Accrescent, which is a privacy and security focused alternative to the Play Store distributing developer builds of apps: accrescent.app Accrescent comes from within the GrapheneOS community and we're collaborating together.

Another one back-to-back! Accrescent 0.22.0 is released to ensure Accrescent can always update itself, add a theme option to settings, and fix a bug related to preferred languages: github.com/accrescent/a...

Release 0.22.0 · accrescent/accrescent

This release ensures Accrescent can always update itself, adds a setting to manually change the app theme (light, dark, or system), and fixes an issue where app's wouldn't be installed in the user'...

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Accrescent 0.21.0 is out with minor accessibility improvements, settings changes, and networking improvements. Check it out and read the release notes below! github.com/accrescent/a...

Release 0.21.0 · accrescent/accrescent

This release includes some minor accessibility improvements, settings changes, and network improvements. Changes A11y: Announce app list refreshing state (@PatrykMis) Add donation link to settings...

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Be sure to upgrade to Accrescent 0.19.0 or later by July 1! Our legacy repository servers will go offline then, so older versions of Accrescent will cease working until upgraded. If you're already on 0.19.0 or later, there's nothing you need to do.

Accrescent 0.20.0 is out with support for respecting other app stores, UI improvements, bug fixes and more! Download Accrescent or view the changelog below for details. github.com/accrescent/a...

Release 0.20.0 · accrescent/accrescent

A more substantial release this time around! Accrescent now respects other app stores and manual APK installations, no longer attempting to take over updates for apps you installed outside of Accre...

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Time for another release... Accrescent 0.19.0 is out! While not much has changed on the surface, Accrescent now uses our new server infrastructure which brings faster downloads to everyone! Read the release notes or download below 👇 github.com/accrescent/a...

Release 0.19.0 · accrescent/accrescent

This release marks the migration of Accrescent's servers to a more scalable setup. From this version on, Accrescent will connect to the new servers. Earlier versions of Accrescent will automaticall...

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Accrescent's servers will go offline for planned maintenance in a few minutes as we upgrade our server infrastructure. This is expected to take an hour at most.

Exciting progress! Be sure to read the article to see what this means for Accrescent.

Logan Magee@lberrymage.dev · 3y ago

At long last, a blog update... on updates? Check out this article on Accrescent's progress toward delta updates with conceptual explanations, benchmarks, and lots of pretty graphs! lberrymage.dev/posts/ina-pa...