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Multi-platform auto-proxy client, supporting Sing-box, X-ray, TUIC, Hysteria, Reality, Trojan, SSH etc. It’s an open-source, secure and ad-free.
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App is not available on any linux repository, and the Microsoft store version is outdated. #985

Open Jackson-Nickk opened 5 months ago

Jackson-Nickk commented 5 months ago

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The only reason someone would prefer Microsoft store over traditional installation is the auto update functionality, which is pointless in this case because the store version of Hiddify is not updated yet (v1.1.1 as I'm writing this).

Hiddify is not available on any official linux distribution repository (AUR is not official) and since the app has native packages for Deb and RPM, I don't see any reason for Hiddify to not be in the official repos.

Suggestion for Windows: Either make the build process for Microsoft store better so the updates reach the store sooner, or add this GitHub repo and its releases to the WinGet repository so the windows package manager can fetch the updates from GitHub directly. But fixing the store problem would be better since Microsoft store is also a part of WinGet sources.

Suggestion for Linux: Package the app in a Flatpak. Flatpak is a universal sandboxed packaging format which is distro agnostic and bundles dependencies in the installer itself. I know the dependency is not a deal for Hiddify since it's a Flutter app, but universality of Flatpak is a good convenience, and makes the app visible on GNOME and KDE app stores, because most linux distros ship FlatHub as a software repository.

AppImage is good for portability but it's not a real installable package, just a self containing bundle.

I think the native builds (Deb, RPM) should not go away and if you guys can find a maintainer to ship them into repositories, it would be perfect. But Flatpak is the future of linux packaging system and there are already a few distros with an immutable/atomic architecture (such as Fedora SilverBlue) which primarily rely on only Flatpak, AppImage, Homebrew, and Snap for their apps because these are sandboxed bundles.

Hiddify is a wonderful app and I wish it to be taken seriously as a reliable software available on every platform, even obscure ones (FreeBSD ?).

xmha97 commented 5 months ago

Please update this app on Microsoft Store.

Jackson-Nickk commented 5 months ago

Please update this app on Microsoft Store.

AND make it easy for all to just sudo apt/dnf/pacman install the app without the need for opening a browser to get the app in a file or something

tangqiu0205 commented 5 months ago

Expect the Microsoft Store to continue to update, but developers don't seem to care about issues.

Genry777Morgan commented 5 months ago

And I can’t install version 1.4 as an update either.