Add a appstore?

[Meowcat285]

I feel like there should be a app store

[andersevenrud]

It would be nice to have something like this indeed. The underlying functionality for doing such a thing is almost done. See: os-js/osjs-client#21

However, I sadly haven't found much time this year to actually complete that.... but saying that, I will be able to complete it ASAP, because my work schedule just got a lot lighter for the rest of the year 😅

But that's just one part of it all. There would also need to be some kind of back-end service (and website) for hosting all of this with some kind of registry. This part I would definitely need some help on, which I've tried in the past, but it never really went anywhere: https://github.com/os-js/store.os-js.org (I actually don't remember what's currently in there because it was made by a community member looong ago).

So if you (or know of anyone) that might wanna team up on this, let me know! :)

[Meowcat285]

For something like this, as dumb as it sounds, you could use github pages or some sort of static hosting solution

[andersevenrud]

The infrastructure part of this is not an issue. I have a few dedicated servers I can use for things like this.

When I was talking about the "hosting" I was thinking about the actual services etc. that runs the app store 😊

[Meowcat285]

I can provide development related or temporary stuff using the google cloud platform for you. I dont know if thats useful in this case, but at least its some help I hope. I will send you my number and/or add you to a google cloud platform project with a monthly budget of 30-50 bucks.

[andersevenrud]

I can provide an account on one of my servers if you're interested in developing for this idea (in the case you need CI/CD).. No need for GCS.

[Meowcat285]

I could try, I am bad at back-end stuff doe, at most I could do bug hunting and fixing, I am better at that, so if you want help with bug hunting, I can do that, but back-end, sorry.

[andersevenrud]

If you're into bug hunting and fixing then you could probably set up an installation of your own and dig into that.

As for open issues, look here https://github.com/search?q=org%3Aos-js+is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+archived%3Afalse&type=Issues . It should contain all issues from all repos relating to this project.

And as for the app store related things, I'll let you know when that gets going -- because I'll need some testers 👼

[17lwinn]

i have an idea that might work, use glitch.com

it is free and i have used OS.js on it with great functionality

[andersevenrud]

@17lwinn It might be possible to have a glitch app that allows you to simply browse the contents over there and launch apps in an iframe. Because glitch is sort of like Codesandbox, yes ?

[17lwinn]

Sorry for the wait.

It would work, I installed OSjs in a project and works fine

[17lwinn]

You can see OS.JS running here:

https://pws-server.glitch.me/

Please wait while it loads

[andersevenrud]

@17lwinn I must have misunderstood what you meant entirely here.

Yes, OS.js can run inside things like glitch, codesandbox, codepen, jsfiddle, etc. just fine (there's even official examples on this online which can be found in the manual).

What I thought you meant here was to create an OS.js application that allows you to browse projects on Glitch and then open them in windows or something.

[17lwinn]

That could work! I could make an iframe application that links to a page full of projects to remix.

@andersevenrud how about i do this and name it something like 'app store'

[17lwinn]

Ive made a prototype, glitch requires a few seconds to load its resources and we COULD try to lower this time through sandboxing