Appstore Workbench 3.2

A desktop gui for the Homebrew Appstore written in python.

Uses the switchbru/4TU team's site as a backend for image and package downloads.

One of the main goals of this app is to provide a homebrew management tool that doesn't require the switch to access the internet. Especially useful for people who always keep their switch in airplane mode.

Features:

• Dynamic Search
• Categories
• Downloading directly from the switchbru/4tu site
• Compatible with the Homebrew Appstore package manager
• Easily open project pages
• Threaded operations mean the app stays responsive with big downloads
• Scalable window

Requirements:

• Works on: macOS, Windows, Linux
• Python 3.6 or greater

How to use:

• Windows:
  • Extract appstore-workbench.zip
  • Install python
  • You must restart your pc after installing python for the first time.
  • If you do a custom installation remember to install tcl/tk, add python to the path, and include pip
  • In a command prompt navigate to the dir you extracted the app to and type pip install -r requirements to install dependencies
  • Double-click appstoreworkbench.bat
• Macintosh:
  • Extract appstore-workbench.zip
  • Mac users may already have a compatible version of python installed, try double-clicking appstoreworkbench.py --If the file opens in a text reader, close the reader and right-click the file and open it with pylauncher
  • If this still doesn't work, install python
  • To run the app: double-click unofficial-appstore.py
• Linux:
  • Extract appstore-workbench.zip
  • Navigate to the directory in a terminal
  • Type python appstoreworkbench.py
  • If you are missing dependencies do the following:
  • sudo apt install python3 python3-pip python3-tk python3-pil.imagetk
  • If you don't know how to do this you should probably be using Windows.

TroubleShooting:

• Mac:
  • Error: ssl.SSLCertVerificationError: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate (_ssl.c:1056)
  • Solution: Macintosh HD > Applications > Python3.6 folder (or whatever version of python you're using) > double click on "Install Certificates.command" file

How to use:

• Connect your SD card to your computer
• Start the app
• Click the "Select SD root" button
• A file dialog should appear, select the root of your SD card
• Select an app you'd like to see more about
• Click install to have the app properly installed on to the SD card
• When you're done, unmount your SD card, put it in your homebrewed Nintendo Switch, and reboot.

Troubleshooting:

• If you are getting errors about tkinter or pillow look above at the setup instructions for your OS
• Image download errors are to be expected, please do not report them.

by LifeOnEdge.