Just wanted to do a little statical post, showing proper numbers for the number of applications on AppsLib. Different websites appear to be reporting different numbers, ArchosLounge for example is reporting 1870 applications (as of 10/10/09). I’m really not sure where, or how these stats where gathered and it was very apparent that they where wrong when you actually open up the appslib program. I was interested myself in the real number of apps so I did a little research and figured other people might be interested as well.

From the data that I can pull directly from AppsLib I currently generate the following statistics (as of 10/30/09):

Applications by where the file is actually hosted:
AndAppStore:	55
SlideMe:	72
Phoload:	13
Getjar:	190
Other:	14 (google code, direct author sites)
Total applications:	457

Applications by category:
Communication	27
Entertainment	92
Finance	15
LifeStyle	19
Multimedia	35
News	34
Productivity	20
Reference	22
Shop	8
Social	47
Tools	110
Travel	22
Demos	4
Software Libraries	2

Applications approved by Archos
BGG Mobile	pl.tl.android.bgglite
Trafficman Maps	com.trafficmanmaps.mapstream
Wikidroid for Wikipedia	com.isaacwaller.wikipedia
ShopFusion	com.shopfusion.android
CrowdPleazer	com.threefiftynice.android.crowdpleazer
Tip Calculator	masterofmuppets.tipcalc
FotMob (ad version)	com.mobilefootie.fotmob
WiFi Buddy	org.rabold.android.wifibuddy
4 in a Row	com.androidcan.fourInARow
Moov	com.nextmobileweb.search
tRSSReader	jp.co.taosoftware.android.rssreader
tWareki	jp.co.taosoftware.android.wareki
Slashdot Reader	sak.sladjreader
digg Reader	sak.diggreader
SlideME App Installer	org.slideme.v1.installer
Renaixença Translator	com.acquamedia.widget.translator
Wapedia: Mobile Wiki_	getjar.bookmark302
Wattpad - 100000+ free books_	wp.wattpad
wisync_	mobi.gearsoft.android.wifisync
zyb import_	dk.zpon.zybImport
english turkish dictionary_	com.langtolang.englishturkish
english japanese dictionary_	com.langtolang.englishjapanese
dm 2d barcode_	org.drhu.DM2DBarCode
MixZing	com.mixzing.basic
FitSync	com.fitsync.demo
MemoryUp Pro - RAM Booster _	com.memoryup
Commodore 64 emulator _	de.joergjahnke.c64.android
Major League Baseball_	getjar.bookmark178
IMplus Mobile Messenger_	de.shapeservices.implus
OI Update_	org.openintents.updatechecker
flashlight_	android.flashlight
RockOn Music Player_	org.abrantes.filex
Note everything_	de.softxperience.android.noteeverything
transdroid_	org.transdroid
astrid task/todo list_	com.timsu.astrid
Exchange by TouchDown_	com.nitrodesk.nitroid
babbler lite for facebook_	com.kalicinscy.babble
Robotic Space Rock_	org.teacake.monolith.apk
bistromath_	com.google.android.bistromath
aTwitter_	com.dattasmoon.aTweeter
cashlog_	arnodenhond.cashlog
OI Safe_	org.openintents.safe
Tub Thumper_	com.sass.andrum
OI Shopping list_	org.openintents.shopping
OI Notepad_	org.openintents.notepad
WordMate Dict_	hongbo.wordmate
NetWalk_	com.beiks.netwalk
2 Player Reactor	coolcherrytrees.games.reactor
Wine Diary LE	com.jeremygottwig.winediaryle
Wapedia	com.taptu.wapedia.android
Funky Expenses	com.funkyandroid.banking.android.expenses.demo
ColorDict Dictionary Lite	com.socialnmobile.colordict.free
Phit Droid	biz.mtoy.phitdroid.big
AK Notepad	com.akproduction.notepad
BEIKS Netwalk for Android	com.beiks.netwalk
dicedroid	com.afarine.android.dicedroid
Allait - Breast feeding	com.expertiseandroid.allait.demo
TableauPeriodique	com.ocleos.tabperiodique
IP Cam Viewer Lite	com.rcreations.ipcamviewer
Aldiko Book Reader	com.aldiko.android
DiskUsage	com.google.android.diskusage
AppsLib	com.archos.appslib
Fontaines	com.fontaines
Total:	63

If you’d like to see more data - please just ask and I’ll try to collect and post the results.

A little while back on a forum CheBuzz was kind enough to post ArchUtil publicly. Below is a copy of the post:

archutil download: http://download.openpma.org/archutil/archutil.tbz
Well, since everything has been active on the Archos hacking front, I think I will take this opportunity to release archutil. I have been working on this utility for a while and I consider it to be mostly bug free. Please leave me a note if you find anything that doesn’t work as advertised.

This will allow you to decrypt nearly all AOS2 files. There is no documentation besides the code and the built-in help. If you have any questions, I’d be happy to answer them. It also verifies different signatures and will tell you what key was used to verify it. Code is also included to sign files with a built-in private key, or with a private key passed on the command-line. And finally, functionality is included to sign a firmware update file with your own private key.

Most of this has been initially tested. None of it has been thoroughly tested. Again, feel free to let me know of any bugs that you find.

And let me just get the first question out of the way: it will not work for A5IT files. It probably would if somebody could find its keys.

Now let me get the second question out of the way: this is not useful for hacking your Archos unless you know their private key. And let’s not waste time talking about brute-forcing the key, shall we? It’s just not feasible at this time.

Thankfully he released this, because it made it so much more simple to use the keys we found shortly after in the Archos 5 IT Android. So after some work by EiNSTeiN and myself we where able to extract the keys from the flash of the device and plunk them into CheBuzz’s utility.

Anyway, in case this of any use to anyone, you can download the sources for the util (packaged now as archutil-a5it) you can download them here:

http://www.strazzere.com/android/archos/archutil-a5it.rar

This will help you unpack aos files. You can pack aos files too — though they will not work on the Archos 5 IT Android since we do not have the private key for it. The keys that have been included as the AES key, Bootloader, RelMPK, DevMPK, PlugMPK, HDDMPK and GamesMPK.

Enjoy!

So it’s not the best thing in the world — but it’s functional… That’s more than I can say for the versions of AppsLib I’ve been able to install on my device :) I’d first like to thank Justin of nEx.Software for throwing together a design for me, since I’m horrible at html!

Anyway - I plan to add more features, such as searching, sorting methods (category, hosted by, approved) though they aren’t fully tested and I haven’t had the time to do that yet. I’ll also try to have a statistics page up, with who is hosting the most applications, app ranking, apps approved, etc. As of right now AppsLibrary (A Cheesy Alternative) will show you a listing of all applications, ten on each page sorted by the most updated/submitted application.

It will also show on the detailed page app name, developer, release notes, description, downloads (if available), version, date of last update, package name, category, if it is hosted by archos, if it is approved by archos and a download link to it.

Note that since some of the files are not hosted by archos there is no way to gadge their downloads. These links also might become dead as those hosts figure out AppsLib has been hotlinking them all this time too. So remember, this data is what AppsLib has — not something I’ve created myself, so please don’t request for me to “add more apps” :)

Feel free to post to me on twitter or on this page with requests of features, etc.