NETLINUX APPS
apps.netlinux.co.uk · private repository
Private Android distribution

Apps Play Store won't take,
installed and kept up to date from here.

NetLinux builds small, single-purpose Android tools that lean on platform behaviour the Play Store's review process won't allow — background call recording, manual screen capture, direct filesystem writes. This site is the private repository they live in: download the NetLinux AppStore app once, and it handles browsing, installing, and updating everything else below from then on.

Get started

One app to install by hand — it manages the rest.

01

Allow this source

Tap the download button, then when Android warns about installing from an unknown source, choose Settings and allow it for your browser. This is a one-time prompt per browser.

02

Install NetLinux AppStore

Open the downloaded APK and tap Install. It's the only app you'll ever need to fetch manually — everything else installs from inside it.

03

Browse & install

Open the app, pick a tool from the catalog, tap Install. Updates show up the same way — open the app and tap Update.

NetLinux AppStore

The client itself. Points at this server by default — nothing else to configure.

Download APK

No Google account, no Play Store dependency. Installed apps write recordings to a plain Recordings/<App>/ folder so they're easy to find and copy off the device by hand.

What's in the catalog

This list is live — it's the same data the app in your pocket sees. Growing over time as more tools get built.

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Why a private store

The behaviour is the point

Recording both sides of a call, capturing the screen without a third-party SDK, writing straight to a browsable folder — these are exactly the things Play Store review exists to stop. They're also exactly what these tools are for.

You control the server

Every install has the repository URL in Settings, editable, not hardcoded. This server is the default, not the only option.

Updates, without a store

The app compares installed vs. catalog version on-device and offers Update — same feeling as Play Store, none of the review queue.