Hi HN ! Twelve days ago, I showcased: Hubstore – My contribution to how we distribute and manage FOSS apps [1]. Hubstore is a lightweight software that lets y

Hi HN ! 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 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26008018 [2] https://github.com/pyrustic/pyrustic https://github.com/pyrustic/pyrustic [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23930255 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23930255 [4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26010024 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26010024 [5] https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0427/ https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0427/ [6] https://xkcd.com/927/ https://xkcd.com/927/ [7] http://sl4.org/crocker.html http://sl4.org/crocker.html