The App Passport
Transparency over hype, on every listing
Every app on Appswap carries an App Passport — a trust dossier that gathers verifiable signals about the codebase, the demo, the docs and the seller, so you can evaluate an app on evidence before you ever reach for your card.
What it shows
What every passport shows
The passport pulls together the signals that actually matter when you're buying a software business — each one independently verifiable rather than self-reported.
When a seller connects a repository, the passport reads it directly — repository visibility, stars, forks, primary language, last-commit recency and repo age — so you see real history instead of screenshots.
Whether the app has a working live demo you can open and try before you commit, surfaced plainly on the passport.
Whether the listing ships real documentation — a signal that the codebase can actually be picked up and run by a new owner.
Whether the seller has completed identity verification (KYC). Sellers must verify before they can publish or sell, and the passport reflects that status.
An optional automated security scan of the codebase, when the seller runs one — an extra signal for buyers who want it.
An optional revenue-verified flag for listings whose income has been substantiated, so growth claims are backed rather than asserted.
A single trust score — roughly 40 to 99 — computed from every signal above, giving a fast read on how much an app has proven about itself.
The trust score
How the score is computed
The overall trust score lands in roughly the 40–99 range and is computed from the passport's signals. The more an app proves about itself, the higher it climbs — each of these raises it:
A connected public repository
Real, inspectable source history instead of claims.
A live demo
A working product you can open and evaluate.
Real, verified revenue
Income that has been substantiated, not just stated.
A verified seller
An identity-verified owner standing behind the app.
Scores are a guide, not a guarantee — they tell you how much an app has substantiated, so you always know what's been verified and what hasn't.
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GitHub provenance
Visibility
Public
Language
TypeScript
Stars
1,284
Forks
96
Last commit
3 days ago
Repo age
2.4 years
Illustrative example with mock data — not a real listing.
Why it matters
Buying a software business usually means trusting a stranger's pitch deck. The App Passport replaces that pitch with evidence: provenance you can inspect, a demo you can open, docs you can read and a seller who's verified their identity. The point isn't to flatter a listing — it's to let you see exactly what's been proven, so you can evaluate before you buy.
Evaluate on evidence, not promises
Browse verified apps with their passports in full view, or list your own and start building a passport buyers can trust.