AltStore PAL, which launched as one of the first alternative iOS app stores in the EU last year, is coming to more countries, developer Riley Testut announced today. “Specifically, we plan to launch in Japan, Brazil, and Australia before the end of the year, with the UK to follow in 2026,” Testut says. Launching in more countries is “by far our number one request,” though the AltStore team is still waiting to hear more from Apple “on exact timing.”

Testut also says that AltStore is making a big push into the fediverse by using the ActivityPub protocol to “federate apps, app updates, and news alerts from AltStore to the open social web.” Here’s how that will work, according to Testut:

Each AltStore source will receive its own ActivityPub account, which can then be followed by any other op

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