Show HN: Hubstore – Showcase your Python desktop applications
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Twelve days ago, I showcased: Hubstore – My contribution to how we distribute and manage FOSS apps [1].
Hubstore is a lightweight software that lets you download, install, manage, and run Python desktop applications. I have built Pyrustic [2] (warmly welcomed months ago on HN [3]) to help develop Python desktop applications.
Pyrustic is still a work in progress, but I also want end-users (even people with no programming experience) to easily consume the work of a Python programmer (Pyrustic based work or not). By work, I mean desktop applications of course.
I got some interesting feedback [4] on Hubstore (and Pyrustic too) and so here I am again to show a major Hubstore update.
Hubstore now consumes applications built with the Python standard packaging format Wheel [5] instead of reinventing the wheel [6]. Many pre-existing Python projects are de facto Hubstore-compatible.
Pyrustic has also had changes and can now produce wheels. I will do another Show HN specifically for Pyrustic after improving its documentation and README.
I look forward to reading your comments [7], questions etc. Thanks for your feedback. Genuinely appreciated.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26008018
[2] https://github.com/pyrustic/pyrustic
[3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23930255
[4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26010024