Vyxel Apps

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GitHub-powered alternative app store for discovering, installing, and updating Android apps from open-source releases. Features smart APK architecture detection, background update monitoring, install history with rollback, and a Trust Score system based on repository metrics. Version 1.1.3 adds home-screen widgets, redesigned widget styling, Play Store fallback links, and improved search caching.

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About this app

The GitHub-powered Android app store.

Discover, install, and update Android apps from GitHub releases — free, open-source, no ads, no tracking.

✨ Features

- 🔍 18+ curated categories — Privacy, Media, Games, Productivity, Dev Tools, and more - ⚡ Smart APK detection — auto-picks the right architecture for your device - 🛡 Trust Score system — 0–100 score based on stars, activity, releases, and forks - 🔔 Background update monitoring — get notified when installed apps have new releases - ⚖️ App comparison mode — compare two apps side-by-side - 📸 Screenshots from repos — auto-extracted from README - 🔄 Install history & rollback — keeps your last 3 versions - ⭐ GitHub starred repos sync — sync your stars into favourites - 🌙 Material 3 themes — dark, light, AMOLED, custom accents

🎉Interface language: Multi-language support

📄 License Copyright © 2026 Nikhil GNU Affero General Public License v3.0

🎯 Project author:github@NikhilKain

What's new

v1.1.3Sep 30, 2026
  • ✨ Added
  • ・Added new Search, Updates, and Tracked Apps home-screen widgets.
  • ・Each widget is available in: ○Full-size layout ○Compact 2×1 layout
  • ・Added widget previews and Add buttons under: ○Settings → Appearance → Home-screen widgets
  • ・Added Open in Play Store on app pages for Play-installed apps when no downloadable build is available from other sources. ○Opens the Play Store app when available. ○Falls back to the browser if necessary.
  • 🎨 Improved Widgets
  • ・Redesigned widgets with: ○Rounded cards ○Subtle gradients ○Dedicated icons ○Clearer actions ○Coordinated light and dark themes
  • ・Updated the existing App of the Day widget to match the new design system.
  • ・Larger Updates and Tracked Apps widgets now display: ○App counts ○Individual app rows ○Installed-app artwork where ○available ○Improved empty states
  • 📱 Installed App Tracking
  • ・Installed, tracked, and recently installed app rows now prefer icons directly from apps installed on the device.
  • ・App icons automatically refresh after package changes.
  • ・Uninstalled apps are now removed correctly from: ○Installed-app views Saved update results Returning to Vyxel refreshes device state automatically. ○Late scan results are reconciled before being displayed.
  • ・Temporary package-removal events during an app update no longer cause apps to appear uninstalled.
  • ・Device-only app entries no longer trigger unnecessary GitHub release or screenshot requests.
  • 🔍 Search Improvements
  • ・Search now immediately cancels superseded requests and their active network calls.
  • ・Results from older queries can no longer overwrite newer search results.
  • ・Repeated GitHub searches now reuse a short-lived cache.
  • ・Search requests pause while the reported GitHub search quota is exhausted.
  • ・Older quota responses can no longer overwrite newer quota information.
  • ・Search-term loading now runs off the main thread.
  • ・Search-document caching now safely handles: ○Concurrent access ○Changed app metadata
  • 🔄 Update Tracking Fixes
  • ・Update offers now disappear when the installed version matches or exceeds the offered version.
  • ・This also applies when an update is installed outside Vyxel.
  • ・Prevented duplicate update scans.
  • ・Scan progress now clears correctly after cancellation or failure.
  • ・Widget taps now correctly open the relevant Search or Updates destination in both Classic and Expressive interfaces, including when Vyxel is already running.
  • 🧹 Source Changes & Upgrade Cleanup
  • ・Removed: ○Google Play source ○Patched source ○Play account/sign-in screens ○Unofficial Play API dependency
  • ・Vyxel now includes 16 sources.
  • ・Aurora OSS remains available for Aurora's own releases. Play/Aurora-installed packages now try: ①Aptoide ②Enabled open-source indexes
  • ・TapTap installation hints now reference Aptoide only.
  • ・During upgrade: ○Saved Play credentials are removed. ○Offline records belonging to retired sources are removed. ○Other offline catalogues are preserved. ○Existing source preferences are preserved. ○The shared HTTP cache is refreshed once.
  • ・Old installation-history entries remain readable.
  • ・Retired-source update records are cleaned up and excluded from future release checks.
  • 🌐 Translations
  • ・Added translations for the new store link and TapTap hints across all 15 supported translation languages.
  • ✅ Android Developer Verification
  • Vyxel Apps has completed Android developer verification with Google.
  • ・Vyxel Apps is registered with Google. ・The release signing key is registered. ・The required verification asset is included in the APK.
  • 🛠 Build Verification
  • ・Version: 1.1.3 ・Version Code: 15 ・126 unit tests passed ・0 failures ・0 errors
  • Verified:
  • ・Release build ・Signing certificate ・Package and version metadata ・Android developer verification asset ・Removal of retired Aurora API classes

About this version

Version
1.1.3 (15)
Size
6.53 MB
Requires Android
8.0
Target SDK
26
Architecture
arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64
Downloads
160
Updated
Sep 30, 2026
Package
com.vythera.vyxelapps

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