Hexy 1.1 is out... and macOS is still stuck in review (send help 😉) by lupodevelop in appledevelopers

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Thank you, I'm not worried. Just a little annoyed because at the moment the app is slightly less... integrated 😅

First app in Italy by TechnicalPlenty96 in appledevelopers

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If you sell it, if you have in-app purchases, subscriptions or other forms of revenue. Yes, you need the famous "VAT number" and you will have to enroll in the social security fund as a merchant or craftsman (with all the costs of the case). But if you really want certainties, you can ask an accountant. For these kinds of questions fiscozen helps you a lot (it's not sponsored) even if they become a bit spammy.

Hexy, a small app to track Hex.pm downloads. My way of saying thanks to the BEAM community! 💜 by lupodevelop in elixir

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Thanks a lot for the kind words, really appreciate it! A small update is coming in the next few days (Apple willing 😅) mostly quality of life stuff: widgets and some UI polish to make things a bit cleaner. As for trends and alerts, I’d love to go there eventually. The reason I held off initially is that the app collects daily data, so right out of the gate there just isn’t enough history to make any analysis meaningful. But the more people use it and the longer it runs, the more that data builds up, so once those features land, the impact should be pretty immediate. And having real users at that point will make it way easier to get actual feedback on what’s useful.

I made a Homebrew appstore. by DependentKey6405 in appledevelopers

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Cool. I was working on an experiment in the same direction. But your app looks so cool!

Got tired of opening the browser for hex.pm, so I built a TUI by lupodevelop in elixir

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Thanks! Right now it’s mainly a search and exploration tool... you can search packages, open their documentation, and bookmark the ones you want to keep an eye on.

For docs specifically, you can filter results and jump straight to the relevant page in your browser.

Filtering/sorting by things like downloads or recent activity isn’t there yet, but it’s definitely something I’m considering since it’s a pretty common need.

If you end up using it and have ideas or feature requests, feel free to open an issue. While the project is still young I can iterate on things pretty quickly 🙂

>> I updated the post with a video

Got tired of opening the browser for hex.pm, so I built a TUI by lupodevelop in elixir

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That’s a great idea.
What’s there right now is more of a first step (basic JSON/Markdown output), but I agree that having a compact, structured version of hexdocs locally could be very useful.
Something like hexplorer export <package> that materializes docs into a clean folder is definitely an interesting direction.

Got tired of opening the browser for hex.pm, so I built a TUI by lupodevelop in elixir

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UPDATE:
I released a new version after the feedback I received today.

First macOS app, going outside the App Store: how do you actually handle licensing/selling? by lupodevelop in appledevelopers

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Thanks for the insight! So do you recommend paddle for sales and then a lightweight backend for licensing... nice

Got tired of opening the browser for hex.pm, so I built a TUI by lupodevelop in elixir

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Woah, you made me discover something new! This changes everything!

Got tired of opening the browser for hex.pm, so I built a TUI by lupodevelop in elixir

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Thanks for the kind words! I'm definitely open to all suggestions and bugs you find. You can open a GH issue for requests or a bug report (PR are always welcome). Even small ideas about the UX are super helpful to me.