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A home for apps that push the boundaries of iOS — no jailbreak required. By
https://mastodon.social/@rileytestut https://indieweb.social/@shanegillio

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Europe’s coolest alternative app marketplace is HERE!

Introducing AltStore PAL — an Apple-approved version of AltStore exclusive to the EU

Download now from our website for just €1.50/year (+ VAT) 🇪🇺 https://altstore.io

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AltStore PAL is an open-source, crowd-funded app store for indies 👩‍💻

Distributing apps is entirely free, & developers can optionally distribute to just their patrons with our Patreon integration

And with no manual review process, developers are in full control of distribution!

Screenshot of AltStore’s source page showing “News” and “Featured Apps” sections

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We’re launching with two of our own apps:

🎮 Delta, an all-in-one Nintendo emulator
📎 Clip, a clipboard manager that can actually run in the background

Delta will be free, and Clip will require a pledge of €1 or more. Support for third-party apps is coming soon — so stay tuned!

Clip’s AltStore store page showing tagline “Manage your clipboard history with ease”, as well as screenshots and release notes

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Delta — the app that started it all — is available NOW in the App Store!

Yes, you read that right: our long-rejected game emulator has been approved by Apple themselves 🍎

If you live outside the EU, download now from the App Store — no DMA required https://apps.apple.com/app/delta-game-emulator/id1048524688

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It’s finally happening — sideloading is coming to the EU!

We’ve started the process of becoming a legitimate “app marketplace”, allowing our European friends to download @delta and other AltStore apps officially for the first time ever!

See you in March ☘️

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🚨 EMERGENCY UPDATE 🚨 Delta 1.5.4 is now available EVERYWHERE

Adobe is threatening legal action because they think our logos are too similar — so we changed it!

This new icon is an inspired design by Caroline Moore (@carolinemoore), we hope y’all love it as much as we do 💜

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Update on PAL sources — they're coming! We currently have several apps in Apple’s notarization process with more on the way 🙂

Unfortunately, they've been stuck in review for multiple weeks. We’re doing all we can, but you can help us by contacting the @EUCommission https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/contact-dma-team_en

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One month later, AltStore PAL has over 100,000 users 🥳

To celebrate, we spoke to Bloomberg about our journey to get here — including some fun behind-the-scene photos taken along the way!
https://techhub.social/@Techmeme/112473816440083680

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Now that we’re here, time for an #introduction!

We’re an open-source app store making it possible to #sideload apps that aren’t allowed in the iOS App Store. We’re just 2 people @rileytestut @shanegillio working on this full-time, alongside a great community that’s motivated to bring new experiences to iOS

We’re solely funded through donations with no interest in VC backing. If you like what we’re doing & want to support a FOSS project, consider joining our Patreon 💚 https://www.patreon.com/rileyshane

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🚀 Delta 1.5.2 is now available! This update includes some quick QoL improvements & bug fixes, and we have plenty more coming soon 🙂

AltStore users can update NOW from the My Apps tab (App Store version currently in review)

Full release notes: https://faq.deltaemulator.com/release-notes

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…see you in M̷a̷r̷c̷h̷ April 🌸 https://fosstodon.org/@altstore/111818192849973994

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For those asking about an iPad version of AltStore PAL, good news: Apple will soon be required to support alternative app marketplaces on iPadOS as well 🥳

We’ll have more to announce once more details are made available — so stay tuned!
https://social.network.europa.eu/

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Apparently 3rd party browsers don’t support installing alternative marketplaces (yet) — so in the meantime, you can copy + paste the URL from the download page into Safari 🧭

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#AltCompatibility iOS 17 beta 1 + macOS 14 Sonoma beta 1

✅ AltStore
✅ AltServer Windows
⚠️ AltServer macOS*
⚠️ AltJIT**

*Requires disabling SIP (Mail Plug-in not yet supported)
**Not currently working, but we're investigating

We recommend waiting to update.

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🚀 AltServer 1.7rc is now available for all Patrons — no Mail Plug-in required!

You read that right: AltServer no longer requires a Mail Plug-in to sideload apps 🙅✉️

Best of all, this works on ALL macOS versions — including Sonoma 🎉

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp7YoAZj8ZY

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🚀 Delta 1.5rc2 is now available for all Patrons and includes a couple of last-minute fixes related to syncing. We recommend updating ASAP to ensure all your data is properly synced!

Read more on our Patreon: https://patreon.com/posts/delta-1-5rc2-hot-96611950

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Happy Holidays Y'all 🎁

AltStore 2.0b6 is now available for all Patrons with some of our biggest updates yet:

🎨 Completely redesigned Browse tab
📝 “Review Permissions” screen
💸 Patreon integration for developers

Screen recording of someone scrolling through AltStore’s redesigned Browse tab with sections for New&Updated, Categories, and Featured.

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We’ve also added an important security feature: AltStore will now ask you to review permissions when downloading an app

This new ‘Review Permissions’ screen will list all entitlements required along with descriptions of what they do so you know exactly what you’re installing 👍

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⚠️ We're looking into an issue with AltJIT and the latest versions of pymobiledevice3 (v2.31.0 or later) causing a "No such command 'start-quic-tunnel'" error

For now, we recommend using pymobiledevice3 v2.30.1 or earlier. For more info see our FAQ: https://faq.altstore.io/how-to-use-altstore/altjit#could-not-connect-to-device.-the-process-python3-returned-unexpected-output.-error-no-such-command-s

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🚀 Delta 1.6b2 is now available for all Patrons! This update includes some major improvements for iPad users, Nintendo DS players, and everyone in between:

🪟 Multiple Window Support (iPad)
🍉 Updated melonDS to v0.9.5
⤴️ "Insert GBA Game" for DS

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For those of you who like to do multiple things at once, we’ve now added support for multiple windows on iPad — and it's optimized for Stage Manager!

Play all our systems simultaneously, and Delta will automatically handle pausing and switching the controller between games ↔️

Screen recording showing someone holding down icon for MarioKart DS and using the drag and drop feature to open a new window. The game begins playing and the full-screen DS dual-screen keyboard controller appears. The user then taps the other window for Delta, DS emulation pauses, and the user starts Super Mario for NES. Then the user taps back and forth between the games showing the automatic pausing and controller switching

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🚀 AltStore PAL 2.0.1 now available! Creators can now optionally distribute Patreon-exclusive apps to free members, allowing them to grow their Patreons while still offering free apps.

And because of recent changes to Apple’s CTF, we’re using this feature to make Clip entirely FREE 🎉

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⚠️ Due to MarketplaceKit limitations, you’ll need to install this update “manually” from the Settings app. Optionally, enable automatic app updates in Settings → App Installation to update in the background.

For update instructions, see our FAQ: https://faq.altstore.io/altstore-pal/updating-pal

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And that’s not all: we’ve also brought our latest Clip versions to non-PAL users — no Map tab necessary!

Now everyone around the world can enjoy our best Clip versions yet 😊 https://fosstodon.org/@altstore/112367239477819399

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