Fun fact: if my process and math is correct, Flathub is down to <5% of apps being built from other packaging formats as extra-data sources.

205/4101

Thanks to @wjt's blog post¹ for pointing me in the right direction and gasinvein’s Flatpak Remote Metadata Fetcher² for the handy tool.

¹blogs.gnome.org/wjjt/2022/06/1…

²github.com/gasinvein/flatpak-r…

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@bbhtt corrected me (there's a bug in the count of desktop apps, oops); it's around 6% of non-EOL desktop apps that use extra-data. Still, down half from ~12% a couple of years ago!

Another fun fact: over half of the (non-EOL, desktop) apps on Flathub are now verified.

if anyone’s super into this Flatpak and Flathub stuff—especially if you’re knowledgeable about safety protections built into the ecosystem—I could use your review of a decently-long blog post. Let me know and I’ll DM you a link. ☺️

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It's live! Feedback still welcome, of course. :)

docs.flathub.org/blog/app-safe…

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Flathub Safety: A Layered Approach from Source to User

With thousands of apps and billions of downloads, Flathub has a responsibility to help ensure the safety of our millions of active users.

^{Cassidy James Blaede (docs.flathub.org)}