Build on your side.
Reach all of Z.
A platform for outside developers who build apps that run inside Z: your app is hosted by you, and Z isolates it, reviews every version, distributes it in the store and collects payments for you.
Build with tools you already know
Built in any tool. Runs inside Z.
An app built with an AI builder, a no-code platform or full code, and hosted on the web, can pass Z review and reach the store.
Names and marks belong to their owners. They are shown as examples of tools you can build with, and do not imply partnership or endorsement.
The model
You host. Z isolates and distributes.
Three sides, with a clear line between them. Your code stays on your server, in any stack. Z shows it in a native window and brokers every access to its services.
The app's path
From the first line of code to the store.
Every app takes the same path. The manifest is the version: what's in it is locked on approval, and any change to it is a new version that gets reviewed.
Security
The developer is a stranger. Always.
This is the principle that protects users, and so your app too. Three walls, and each one alone stops an action that wasn't approved.
Identity and data
Sign-in without a password.
Without exposing the user.
The user enters your app with one tap, and you get a stable ID meant only for you. Everything else passes only with explicit consent.
Payments
Charge through Z.
Without touching the money.
A paid app uses Z's payment system. You send a payment request, the user approves it in a Z window, and the money moves to your developer wallet.
Reach
Z's store.
On every screen of every user.
An approved app appears in Z's store and opens in a native window on desktop and phone. No install, no outside store, and in five languages.
Updates and standards
Update whenever you like.
No surprises from Z.
Your contract with Z is built on open standards and versioned from day one, so what you built keeps working.
Platform status
Early access. Coming soon.
The platform is being built in stages. Each stage closes only after a security review, and the first developers come in before it opens to everyone.
Fees and payouts will be set and published before payments open.
Building something Z users need?
Create a Z account now, get to know the desktop from the inside, and be ready for the moment the platform opens.
The first developers will come in through early access, before it opens to every developer.