[Feature Request]: Verify on Flathub

[cassidyjames]

Guidelines

• I have searched the issue tracker for open and closed issues that are similar to the feature request I want to file, without success.
• I have searched the documentation for information that matches the description of the feature request I want to file, without success.
• This issue contains only one feature request.

Problem Description

FreeTube is currently one of the most popular apps on Flathub in the top 100 with nearly 500k installs (congratulations!). However, it's not possible to see at a glance from Flathub (or native app store clients) that it's actually the FreeTube app linked to from the FreeTube site.

Proposed Solution

Flathub now supports app verification; it only requires placing a .well-known file at your domain to show the app ID belongs to the same people who control the site itself. Then you'll get a nice ✅ Verified indication on the Flathub site and in native app stores like GNOME Software.

Alternatives Considered

You could choose not to verify the app, I suppose. 😄

Issue Labels

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Additional Information

I'm a volunteer at Flathub and am happy to help you out however I can.

[absidue]

The docs say that the process has to be started from a logged in FlatHub account, because of that limitation, as mentioned in this comment #4339 (reply in thread), it won't happen before the next release.

[cassidyjames]

Ah, great @absidue! I searched for issues but missed that discussion. :)

Yep, you can log into Flathub with your GitHub account; if you have commit access to the Flatpak manifest, your app will automatically show on your dashboard. If you don't have commit access, that's something we should get set up—I can file an issue on Flathub if that's the case.

Once you're logged in, you're given the verification token for your app, which can then be placed in a plain text file at https://freetubeapp.io/.well-known/org.flathub.VerifiedApps.txt. It's a pretty quick process and doesn't technically require making a release.

I'm happy to help out and answer any additional questions!

[efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc]

Lets continue this over at #4339 so we can keep the issue tracker clean of duplicates