There is an amazing community building around the Raspberry Pi and there is some great work done by independent developers. Today the Raspberry Pi foundation have launched a Pi Store for developers to share games, applications, tools and tutorials with the community. There is an application you run on your Pi that enables downloading and publication of programs on the device.

There are free and paid applications in the store and they have made it easy for independent developers to publish their own apps. It’s a great idea not only for having Pi content in one place but it also encourages develops to get their apps published.

More details from the Raspberry Pi blog and you can find the store at store.raspberrypi.com

We’ve been amazed by the variety of software that people have written for, or ported to, the Raspberry Pi. Today, together with our friends at IndieCity andVelocix, we’re launching the Pi Store to make it easier for developers of all ages to share their games, applications, tools and tutorials with the rest of the community. The Pi Store will, we hope, become a one-stop shop for all your Raspberry Pi needs; it’s also an easier way into the Raspberry Pi experience for total beginners, who will find everything they need to get going in one place, for free.

The store runs as an X application under Raspbian, and allows users to download content, and to upload their own content for moderation and release. At launch, we have 23 free titles in the store, ranging from utilities likeLibreOffice and Asterisk to classic games like Freeciv and OpenTTD and Raspberry Pi exclusive Iridium Rising. We also have one piece of commercial content: the excellent Storm in a Teacup from Cobra Mobile.

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