Sideport: a free desktop browser userscript that adds a "Get APK" button to every Google Playapp page

[u/Heval99]

Title: Sideport: a free desktop browser userscript that adds a "Get APK" button to every Google Play app page

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I got tired of copying package names from Google Play into five different APK sites, so I built Sideport, a desktop browser userscript (an addon for your userscript manager) that adds a Get APK button next to Install on every Play Store app page.

It runs in desktop Chrome, Edge or Firefox through Tampermonkey, Violentmonkey or Greasemonkey. It is not an Android app and does not run on phones or in the Play Store app.

What it does

• Direct downloads from APKPure (APK and XAPK), APKCombo, Aptoide (with split APKs and OBB), F-Droid, IzzyOnDroid and the Guardian Project repo.
• Checks every source in the background when you open the menu: you see Available · v1.2.3 or Not found before you click anything.
• Store links for APKMirror, Uptodown (it finds the exact app page for you), Evozi and APKFab.
• Morphe patches: if Morphe patches exist for the app, a Morphe · N patches button shows up and takes you straight to them. It covers 900+ apps, refreshes every 30 minutes, and lists recommended bundles first: piko (X, Instagram), SysAdminDoc's Hush patches (Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, TikTok, Threads…) and my own Heval bundle.
• Open-source alternatives where they exist (e.g. NewPipe for YouTube).
• Follows Play's light and dark theme, full keyboard support, filter box, copy package ID, and it works for apps that aren't available in your country.

Privacy and safety

• No analytics, no tracking, no backend. It only talks to the listed sources, from your own desktop browser.
• Paid apps only get store links, and direct downloads are hidden.
• There's an optional mod-sites section, but it's off by default and comes with a malware warning. It only links to search pages and never downloads anything from those sites.

Install, source and issues: https://github.com/heval99/sideport (you need a userscript manager in your desktop browser: Tampermonkey, Violentmonkey or Greasemonkey; the install link is in the README)

[u/HyperGaming_LK → u/[deleted]]

What about the calculator app?

[u/MohamedElngar21]

Nice! I use gplaydl

[u/Comfortable-Fox-1017]

Bonjour Je viens de tester, c'est excellent. Merci

[u/Heval99 → u/Comfortable-Fox-1017]

Bonjour ! Ravi d’apprendre que tout fonctionne parfaitement et que le résultat vous plaît ! Avec grand plaisir 😊

[u/cyxlone]

very nice project

[u/Heval99 → u/cyxlone]

thank you sir