Gen Apps – Software And Game Marketplace

Gen Apps is a complete, self-hosted software & game download marketplace built with modern Laravel 13 and PHP 8.3. It is a finished, production-ready product not a starter kit. Launch your own app store, game portal, freeware directory, digital-download shop or premium membership site in minutes, with no coding required. Every page, color, menu, price, payment method and piece of text is controlled from a powerful admin panel.

What you can build: paid/free software portal · PC & mobile game marketplace · digital products store · freeware/shareware directory · subscription/membership site.

Why it stands out: 20+ payment gateways · upload files of ANY size directly to your site · per-account download protection · live theme engine · 1-click web installer (no SSH) · content auto-import engine.

Stack: Laravel 13 · PHP 8.3 · MySQL/MariaDB · Tailwind CSS v4 · Alpine.js · Blade · Vite · Tabler Icons. Fully responsive, clean code, easy to customize.

🔗 Demo: https://genappsdemo.alwaysdata.net/  — 🔑 Admin: admin@test.com / Admin123! (/admin)

Features

• 🛍️ Storefront & Catalog — configurable homepage (hero, featured, categories, latest, stats bar) · browse by category & operating system · rich product pages (description, version, developer, file size, license, OS, screenshot gallery, download links, ratings) · pricing types Free / Single price / Subscription / Freemium · license labels (Freeware, Shareware, Trial, Paid, Open Source, Freemium) · featured items · draft/published · live download counters & cached star ratings · SEO slugs + per-product meta · Pricing page & public FAQ.
• ⬇️ Downloads & File Delivery — self-host files of any size (resumable chunked uploads that bypass PHP upload limits, even on shared hosting) · or external URL · multiple links per product · files on a private disk, streamed through the site · per-account entitlement (shared links don't work for non-buyers) · resumable (range) downloads · optional login-required + guest download limits · per-user download history.
• 👤 User Accounts — registration/login with optional captcha · account area (profile, purchases, downloads, wishlist) · one-click wishlist · support tickets · self-service account-deletion request · optional login/signup popup modal.
• 💳 Payments — 20+ Gateways (all ship disabled & safe; enable + add your keys; only working+enabled show at checkout):
  • Core/Global: Stripe, PayPal, Coinbase Commerce (crypto), NOWPayments (crypto), Razorpay
  • Türkiye: PayTR, iyzico, ParamPOS (on-site 3-D Secure card form)
  • Europe: Mollie, Klarna, Trustly
  • Latin America: Mercado Pago, dLocal
  • Asia: Alipay, WeChat Pay, PayMongo
  • Middle East & Africa: PayTabs, Paystack
  • Multi-region: Adyen, Braintree (on-site Drop-in card form)
  • Built-in: Test gateway & Manual bank transfer
  • Signature-verified webhooks (HMAC/RSA/MD5) · region grouping with Live/Setup badges.
• 👑 Subscriptions & Memberships — unlimited plans · auto entitlement on payment · premium banners · full lifecycle (subscribe/active/cancel) · admin Subscriptions dashboard with MRR.
• ⭐ Reviews & Ratings — star ratings & written reviews · admin moderation (approve/reject/delete) · configurable settings · cached averages across the catalog.
• 🛠️ Admin Panel — Dashboard · Users (All Users, User Analytics, Site Visitors, Email System, Access & Registration) · Software (All Software, Add/Edit, Categories, Pages, Reviews) · Automation (Import Sources, Review Queue) · Subscription (Plans, Payment Settings, Orders, Subscriptions) · Appearance (Theme & Colors, Homepage Sections, Stats Bar, Card Data) · System (Navigation, Info Dropdown, Login/Signup Popup, Footer Bar, Popup, Settings, Captcha & Security) · Support (FAQ, Live Chat, Tickets, Delete Requests) · role-based access (Super Admin / Admin / customer) · orders approve & refund.
• 🎨 Theme Engine (no coding) — color presets + custom primary/accent (auto 50→950 shade ramp) · 13 fonts · corner radius · Card Data deep styling (border, shadow, hover, bg, icon, price, accent bar, toggles) · live preview + reset · applied via CSS variables (no rebuild) · logo/site name/tagline upload.
• 📝 Content & CMS — unlimited custom Pages with dynamic footer · FAQ accordion · Navigation Menu · Footer Bar builders · Info Dropdown, Promo Popup, Login/Signup Popup · SEO settings.
• 📧 Email System — admin SMTP config + test-send · automated welcome & order-receipt emails.
• 💬 Support Tools — ticket system (email-notified) · account-deletion workflow (GDPR-friendly) · live chat (Tawk.to / Crisp / custom).
• 🤖 Import Engine — RSS/Atom/JSON feeds · normalization, dedupe, hourly scheduler · human review queue (or auto-publish) · respects robots, never re-hosts files (attributed source links), max-items cap · ships off by default.
• 📊 Analytics — User Analytics · Site Visitors (hashed IPs, can disable) · download counters & logs.
• 🛡️ Security — captcha (built-in / hCaptcha / reCAPTCHA / Turnstile) · bcrypt passwords, CSRF, signed webhooks · private file storage + entitlement · registration & download access controls.
• 🧙 Installer — browser wizard (requirement check, live DB test, site & admin setup, optional demo content), no SSH, runs in short steps (no shared-hosting timeouts), assets pre-built (no Node needed).

Requirements

🖥️ Server Requirements

• PHP 8.2+ (8.3 recommended)
• MySQL 5.7+ or MariaDB 10.3+
• Extensions: pdo_mysql, mbstring, openssl, curl, gd, intl, zip, fileinfo, tokenizer, ctype, json, simplexml, dom
• Writable: storage/, bootstrap/cache/, .env
• Apache / Nginx / LiteSpeed, document root → /public
• Works on shared hosting, VPS, VDS — no Node.js needed on the server

Instructions

📥 Installation & Instructions

• Demo: front-end https://genappsdemo.alwaysdata.net/ · admin /admin → admin@test.com / Admin123!
• Package contains: full Laravel app (vendor + pre-built assets included), ready .env, INSTALL.md.

Install (no command line):

1. Create an empty MySQL/MariaDB database + user with full access.
2. Upload & extract the package.
3. Point the domain's document root to /public; make storage/ and bootstrap/cache/ writable (775).
4. Open your domain — the install wizard starts automatically.
5. Follow 4 steps: Requirements → Database (live test) → Site & Admin → Install.
6. Log in to /admin with your new admin account.

• After install: set Settings (name/logo/SEO) → Theme & Colors → enable Payment gateways + keys → add products → configure Email (SMTP) + test.
• Payment gateways need your own merchant/API keys; all ship disabled and safe.
• For payment webhooks location is "/webhooks/payment" like an example; ; https://xxx.com/webhooks/stripe