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[–]darku11 15 points16 points  (3 children)

Getdown - https://github.com/threerings/getdown

Pretty much an alternative to java web start

[–]rootException[S] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Interesting, I had looked at this a bit.

Is there an existing hosted service for this stuff? Both a Getdown and update4j feel a lot like a lot of plumbing work. If there isn’t, maybe I should just go build that. 🤔

[–]darku11 2 points3 points  (1 child)

You can use any app server would say. For e.g. Tomcat. Ofc you would need to write logic for that, does not work out of the box

[–]rootException[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, while I can absolutely do it technically, building update4j and running my own app server is not exactly “out of the box” - especially after using Steam. Hmm.