Developers
Developer docs
Everything you need to sell and update a signed desktop app on AppsXi. New here? Start with Getting started.
Getting started
- Getting startedFrom a signed installer to a live AppsXi listing, and what happens on every release after that.
- Package standardThe formats, signing and notarization rules every AppsXi build must meet.
- appxi.jsonThe package manifest that declares what your app is and what it needs.
- Pipeline checks and fixesWhat AppsXi checks on every build, what each outcome means, and how to fix each finding.
- UpdatesAppsXi-hosted update feeds for Sparkle, WinSparkle, electron-updater and App Installer, with rollback.
Selling and services
- Pricing, sales and bundlesPricing models (free, freemium, free trial, paid, pay what you want), license types (personal, commercial, team, education), sales and launch discounts, AppsXi sales events, coupon codes, bundles, the buyer's cart and receipts.
- LicensingLevel 0 download gating, the Level 1 license key API, trials, seats, license types and offline entitlement tokens. Level 2 is Sign in with AppsXi.
- Sign in with AppsXiLicensing Level 2. One button, offline entitlement tokens, in-app trials and automatic unlock after purchase, for apps and plugins.
- License bridgeSend AppsXi sales, refunds, revoked licenses and coupon redemptions to your own license server, signed, and return your own key.
- Backend KitRemote config and feature flags, per-buyer storage, crash reports, usage counts, an AI proxy and announcements, with no server of your own.
Growth
- AffiliatesLet creators earn a commission on the sales they send you, paid by Square at the moment of sale. Nothing for you to pay out.
- Sponsored placementsPay to show one of your apps in the labeled Sponsored slot on a category page or for search words. It never changes the charts.
- Charts and badgesHow AppsXi's Top Paid, Top Free and Rising charts rank apps, and how to embed your rank badge and social card.
- Launch DayBook a launch day for a new app or a major update, get featured on AppsXi, and share your launch card.
- Built with AISay your app was built with AI coding tools, write a build log about how you made it, and join the monthly showcase.
Tools and automation
- Developer APITokens and endpoints for submitting builds from scripts and CI, and for reading your orders, licenses and reviews.
- CLIappxi check, package, doctor, init, publish, status and mcp.
- GitHub releasesPublish every GitHub release to AppsXi, with the AppsXi GitHub App or the publish action.
- MCP and AI toolsThe remote and local AppsXi MCP servers, and the skills, rules and AGENTS.md section for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex.
More
- Content ratingsRate what your app shows with a short questionnaire. Games need a rating before they go live.
- Using your own license serverSell an app that activates with your own keys: upload keys or coupon codes, or use the license bridge, and how free trials work when your server checks licenses.
- Buyer supportWho answers buyers, the support email you need to sell, the support inbox, reply times, and your public developer page.