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Open-source Android store client that fetches apps from public GitHub, GitLab, and Codeberg repositories. Version 1.4.0 adds intelligent CPU architecture detection with automatic "Recommended" variant matching and smart sorting of compatible APKs. Note the broad permission set includes fine location access, full storage management, and querying all installed packages.
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About this app
Orion Store is an Android-first store client that leans on public sources instead of hiding everything behind a private service layer. The app pulls catalog data from public JSON, resolves releases from GitHub, GitLab, and Codeberg, and keeps the delivery path understandable enough that users can see where things come from and how updates are discovered.
What makes Orion different ✨
The point of Orion is not to pretend infrastructure does not exist. It is to reduce hidden infrastructure and move as much of the important behavior as possible into public, inspectable layers. Catalog entries are plain data. Release sources stay visible. Automation is handled through workflows and workers that can be reviewed, rather than through a black-box backend that users have to trust on faith.
That design carries through the app. Orion tracks installed packages, surfaces updates, manages download state, supports install flows on Android, and exposes developer-facing diagnostics for people who want to see what the store is actually doing under the hood.
Source support 📡
Orion treats multiple upstream platforms as first-class citizens, which matters because app distribution should not depend on a single forge being the only path worth supporting.
- GitHub is the primary release path and the center of most automation. - GitLab is supported for repository metadata and raw release sourcing. - Codeberg is supported as a real upstream, not a decorative fallback.
License
GNU General Public License v3.0
What's new
- ⚡ What's New in v1.4.0
- 📱 Intelligent Device Architecture Detection (New Feature!)
- Hardware Architecture Detection: The Architecture Selector modal now reads your phone's processor ABI directly from the Android operating system (Build.SUPPORTED_ABIS), showing your exact CPU architecture (e.g., ARM64 (arm64-v8a) or ARMv7 (armeabi-v7a)).
- "Recommended" Variant Matching: Orion Store automatically analyzes available APK variants and highlights the best match for your phone with a Recommended badge.
- Smart Sorting: Compatible APKs are dynamically sorted to the top of the list, making 1-tap downloads fast, intuitive, and error-proof.
- Universal & Fallback Support: Universal APKs and compatible 32-bit fallback binaries are clearly tagged so you always know what runs best on your device.
- 🚀 Performance & UI Optimizations
- Instant Variant Modal Rendering: Native architecture calls are cached after initial query, ensuring instant modal popups with zero UI freeze.
- Optimized Dialog Lifecycles: Touch/pointer listeners and modal transitions tuned for buttery 120Hz displays.
- Cleaned Up Dependencies: Removed redundant type assertions and optimized data flow across components.
- 🛠️ Bug Fixes & System Alignment
- Version Alignment: Version updated to 1.4.0 across package.json, android/app/build.gradle (versionCode 13, versionName 1.4.0), and App.tsx (CURRENT_STORE_VERSION = 1.4.0) so Android System Settings accurately reflects the release version.
- Test Suite Expansion: Added unit test coverage for architecture normalization, ABI compatibility rules, and detection fallbacks (31/31 unit tests passing).
About this version
- Version
- 1.4.0 (13)
- Size
- 8.38 MB
- Requires Android
- 7.0
- Target SDK
- 24
- Architecture
- universal
- Downloads
- 233
- Updated
- Sep 8, 2026
- Package
- com.orion.store
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