You may have seen the “Verified” badge on apps from Flathub which shows that the developer has proven ownership of their app, e.g. via their website or code host.
With great adoption (nearly 1,000 verified apps!), we’re trying something out to help with transparency:
⚠️ Unverified
If you see this, it flags that the app has not been verified by its developer—it’s effectively a community-maintained package.
This provides a bit of clarity around the source of apps while helping increase trust for the growing number of verified apps. While we don’t require apps be verified or submitted by upstream developers, we highly encourage it.
Let us know what you think!
As a reminder, we’ve always human-reviewed every app submission on Flathub before it reaches users. Read about our other moderation improvements e.g. when permissions or an app’s name changes: https://docs.flathub.org/blog/improved-build-validation
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