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>I think it would be make sense for ich.io to have a steam-like client They do! https://itch.io/app. It's even open source: https://github.com/itchio/itch. > Maybe it could it could come with a set of tools for developers too to help automate some of the packaging/publishing woes. They do have those as well! https://itch.io/docs/butler/ Technically it's shipped with the client so it does come with a set of tools.

There is AppImage (https://appimage.org/). I have no affiliation with it whatsoever, but if you're not going to have a verified Snap account, I think you're better off offering an AppImage from your website. And it seems like some companies are thinking about something like this (https://github.com/itchio/itch/issues/683). If your Snap account is unverified, there seems to be no way to know who created the snap. It looks like I can create an account with the name of any company and distribute stuff in their name, including malware. With something like AppImage, your users know that the AppImage is actually coming from you if you host the file on your domain. Then again, AppImage has its own drawbacks. But at least, if Slack put an official AppImage on its homepage, I'd be able to download it. Installing a Slack snap from the account of "F

Given that it's owned by Amazon, I doubt it will be DRM-free. Or will it? And is their Twitch client open source or not? Itch.io client[1] for example is. 1. https://github.com/itchio/itch

Good article. As it mentions, itch.io client is open source: https://github.com/itchio/itch I wish GOG would also open up their client and release it cross platform. Or at least document their protocol, as they promised.

Context: http://itch.io/ is a place for publishing indie games and other creative stuff. There is no greenlight process like on Steam, people can share content very easily without gatekeepers. (Disclosure: I know the devs pretty well but I'm submitting because I think it's interesting content for the HN audience) They recently released a Steam-like app for browsing, installing & updating games. There's an awful lot of interesting stuff being done like https://itch.io/docs/butler/ (CLI tool for efficiently patching games with diffing for both upload & download). The latest feature they added is experimental sandboxing which allows transparently running the games you download from itch.io as a separate restricted user / in a jail. The submission link details the research done to make it work. More info here: https://itch.io/docs/itch/using/

Hey HN! There's a bunch of moving parts to this, if you want to dive right into code, here's a few links: * itch repo: https://github.com/itchio/itch * golang helper: https://github.com/itchio/butler * jenkins-powered CI/CD job definitions: https://github.com/itchio/ci.itch.ovh * Jenkins configuration generator: https://github.com/itchio/cigale Feel free to ask any questions, I'll hang around this thread for a while and I'm sure leafo will too!