Get Started
Get a basic app running, built, and ready for distribution with our Getting Started guide
Design
Learn about the design principles that make up apps on elementary OS.
Reference
Get more info about code style, reporting issues, and proposing design changes
Get In Front of Users
- New apps get featured with a large, branded banner. Plus, trending and recently-updated apps are featured on the front page.
- Define your app's keywords, categories, and subcategories to help people find it.
- With built-in social media sharing and app URLs, users can easily share your app right from AppCenter.
Monetize Your Work With Familiar Tools
- Fast, easy pay-what-you-want downloads from users of elementary OS.
- Powered by Stripe Connect ensuring simplicity, security, and compliance.
- No enrollment fees or subscription costs.
- Keep issue tracking & release management where you're familiar.
- Submit updates and see review status in AppCenter Dashboard.
- Track review feedback with GitHub Issues.
Vala. A Modern, Fast, Open Source Language.
Familiar to anyone who's seen C#, but maintains API/ABI compatibility with C
Low memory requirements, native execution, and purpose-built for GObject
Signals, properties, generics, lambdas, assisted memory management, exception handling, type inference, async/yield & more
public class MyApp : Gtk.Application {
public MyApp () {
Object (
application_id: "com.github.myteam.myapp",
flags: ApplicationFlags.FLAGS_NONE
);
}
protected override void activate () {
var window = new Gtk.ApplicationWindow (this) {
default_height = 768,
default_width = 1024,
title = "MyApp"
};
window.show_all ();
}
public static int main (string[] args) {
return new MyApp ().run (args);
}
}
Full API documentation available on
Download elementary OS 5.1 Hera
Build and release your apps for the latest version of elementary OS. Hera brings new APIs, improved notifications, a new location agent, new Granite CSS constants, new icons, and tons more. Build feature-full apps easier than ever with Gtk 3.22 & Vala 0.40.
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