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The most private app store, period.

Browse and search the entire catalog locally. Know who is behind every app and install with peace of mind.

Fully open source and built on open protocols.

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Signal, Tor Browser, Bitwarden, NewPipe, Immich and thousands more

Zapstore on Android: the home screen, with curated stacks and recent activity

What you look for never leaves your device

Like the trail maps in a hiking app, the whole catalog is local. Search all you want. What you look for and what you install stays between you and your phone.

Zapstore search for “hiking trail maps”, answered from the catalog on the device

Know who made it and exactly what it does

  1. Who published it

    Developers claim their apps by cryptographically linking the Android key that signs them to their Zapstore pubkey. From then on, every release carries their name, and you see the developer’s web of trust before you install.

  2. Scanned for you

    The catalog relay inspects every release file, so you don’t have to take the developer’s word for it. The report flags things like trackers, ads, and Google services, and explains every permission in plain words.

  3. Checked before it installs

    Your phone verifies the file’s hash against the signed listing, and its signing certificate against the developer’s claim and the version you already have. If anything doesn’t match, nothing installs.

No gatekeeper, not even us

Zapstore ships with a default catalog, and each catalog sets its own rules. Every listing is public, signed data on Nostr, an open protocol, and the catalog relay that serves ours is open source. Add catalogs with stricter or looser rules, replace ours, or run your own. We couldn’t lock you in even if we wanted to.

Where people who use apps meet the people who make them

Signing in is optional. Once you do, you can comment on apps, share stacks, and send zaps, small private Bitcoin Lightning payments, to support the apps you use.

Zap the developer

Your zap goes straight to the developer, or to the catalog when an app is unclaimed.

Zapping an app. The sats go to the developer.

Ask, report, hear back

Comments are public, show which version you ran, and the developer can reply in the thread.

A comment thread on an app, with a reply from the developer.

Share stacks with friends

A stack is a list of apps, like a starter kit for a new phone. Anyone can browse and share a public stack.

Public stacks from people on Zapstore, including CypherStore, Elch, and Farran.

Zapstore for developers

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In their own words

Unedited public posts from thousands of daily users and the developers who publish here.

CanopyKev

Just published my first android app to the @Zapstore what a pleasant experience. This is the way all App stores should be. Thank you @franzap

 DireMunchkin

Zapstore is awesome. Take care of yourself. 💜

 Rodrigo

I also recently discovered Zapstore. The UX is great, I didn't even try out Obtainium.
Baba Malaika ⚡

I'm enjoying Zapstore! Well done 🙌

 DarthCoin ₿⚡️

Hyperbitcoinization will happen when all devs will publish to Zapstore

 The BTC Philanthropist

Zaps sent via Zapstore ⚡ thanks for publishing, Play Store is too fiat!
Mohammad Rafigh

I published NeoComment on Zapstore. It was as easy as breathing. Thanks guys.

 sana

NosCall is now live on Zapstore! You can publish without any approval — true freedom tech ⚡️

 Hazey

Zapstore apps are authenticated by the developer and source verifiable. Google's process is less secure because apps are not independently verifiable.
Fanis

Zapstore refused to install since hashes don't match (which is great!). You can be confident what you're downloading is legitimate.

 Fountain

1.3.10 now on Zapstore and we will publish each subsequent release there too.

 Dikaios1517

All apps on Zapstore are signed with Nostr keys. This allows you to be very confident that what you are downloading is the legitimate app.
Turiz

You can zap ⚡️ the devs releases in Zapstore. hint hint 🫆

 BTCingularity

Shout out to the devs for signing their apps on Zapstore.

 Max

One of the underrated features of Zapstore is that regular users can sign and recommend the application of another developer.
Dikaios1517

Play Store doesn't use Nostr private keys for signing, while Zapstore does.

 The BTC Philanthropist

Graphene with Zapstore only way to go — on-boarded another pleb today 💪

 PixelBob

Is it weird Zapstore is my favourite Nostr app? I like the social apps but I check the zapstore daily.
🟤 isolabellart

Zapstore may be known to few people, just like Nostr. But it was still the first app I installed when I changed my smartphone two months ago.

 Leviticus Mathew

Updating #wisp via #zapstore has become part of my morning routine.

 The BTC Philanthropist

I depend on zapstore every day. Your work is very important 🍻
Alien Investor

I love Zapstore, and I love to develop Apps for Zapstore. It makes so much fun. 👽💪

 Max

Because fdroid is insecure in comparison to zapstore. They rebuild the app and could introduce malware. With zapstore we sign it ourselves and nobody can tamper with the build.
invisibull

Updating Zapstore from the Zapstore app. That's meta AF. New UI looks slick. I'll keep an eye on the functionality. Great work, team! 🚀

 il_lost_

trust zapstore and install zapstore on zapstore, this is nostr 😅

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