Accrescent

A novel Android app repository with a focus on security, privacy and usability.

Note: Accrescent is not yet ready for production usage. Consider all software and services run by this organization as in a "pre-alpha" stage and fit only for development and preliminary testing.

The Google Play Store is the de-facto app store in the Android ecosystem. However, many users are unsatisfied with some of its practices and policies such as mandatory Play App Signing for new apps and the need for a Google account to use the store. These users often turn to F-Droid, which fails to adhere to the Android security model and provide timely and secure app updates from a repository with strict minimum security requirements.

Accrescent aims to provide an accessible app store with modern security features and strict minimum requirements for apps in its repository. It currently runs on Android 12 and up.

The name "Accrescent" and the Accrescent logo are common law trademarks owned by the Accrescent project. All other parties are forbidden from using Accrescent's name and branding, as are derivatives of Accrescent. Derivatives include, but are not limited to forks and unofficial builds.