Announcement: AltStore becomes a financial contributor to Fedify
We're thrilled to announce that AltStore has become a financial contributor to Fedify! This generous support comes as part of AltStore's broader commitment to strengthening the open social web ecosystem, as they prepare to become the world's first federated app store. Their investment in Fedify and other fediverse projects demonstrates a shared vision for building a more open, interoperable digital future.
AltStore's journey into the fediverse represents a groundbreaking approach to app distribution—connecting their alternative app marketplace with the open social web through ActivityPub. As pioneers who have already pushed Apple to change App Store policies twice in their first year, AltStore understands the transformative power of open protocols and decentralized systems. Their support will help Fedify continue developing robust tools and libraries that make it easier for developers to build federated applications. We're deeply grateful for AltStore's trust in our project and look forward to seeing how their innovative federated app store will reshape mobile app distribution while strengthening the entire fediverse ecosystem.
https://rileytestut.com/blog/2025/10/07/evolving-altstore-pal/
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Email notification from Open Collective showing AltStore has become a new financial contributor to Fedify as a corporate sponsor with a $500.00 monthly contribution. The email includes the Open Collective logo, information about AltStore with a link to their Open Collective page, and details about the sponsorship tier and amount.
📣 We have some exciting news — AltStore is officially joining the Fediverse!
We’re also:
💰 Donating $500,000 to various Fediverse-related projects
🌏 Launching PAL in several more countries this year
👥 Expanding the team!
For more information on all this, check out our blog post: https://rileytestut.com/blog/2025/10/07/evolving-altstore-pal/
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Evolving AltStore PAL
In April of last year, we launched AltStore PAL in the European Union as one of the first official alternative app marketplaces on iOS thanks to the Digital Markets Act. We launched with just 2 apps — my Nintendo emulator Delta and clipboard manager Clip — yet Apple immediately changed their App Store rules to allow emulators worldwide for the first time ever.
