Vibe Store: What We're Building for Developers

This is an announcement, not a release. Some of what's described below already works; some is in development. We separate the two explicitly — no "coming soon" where it hasn't shipped.

The short version: Korfix is moving toward a marketplace where developers write a mini-app and earn from it. Working name: Vibe Store. Here's what that means and what already exists for it.

The vision

Mini-apps in Korfix are HTML/JS applications that install in the platform and work with its data. Right now most of them are built for personal use or for a specific team.

Vibe Store turns this into a market. A developer builds a mini-app — a business tool, a utility, a game — and publishes it. Another user finds it in the marketplace, installs it, pays. The developer gets money.

The idea is simple and as old as the App Store. What's new is that writing a mini-app no longer means evening after evening alone: you describe the app to AI, it builds it. The threshold from "have an idea" to "have a product" drops to a conversation. Hence the name.

The model: 80/20

When the marketplace opens for paid apps, the split will be:

• 80% of the sale — to the developer.
• 20% — to the platform.

That's below most marketplace commissions. The logic: the platform earns when developers earn, not the other way around. The more a developer keeps, the more reason they have to build good apps.

The payment mechanics — money processing, payouts, taxes — are still in development. That's why we're not writing specifics here about timelines or "how to withdraw your first thousand". When the mechanics are ready, there'll be a separate piece with numbers.

What you'll be able to sell

Marketplace categories are already defined:

• Business — CRM, inventory, finance, HR tools.
• Personal — trackers, notes, habits, budgets.
• Tools — import, integrations, data utilities.
• Games — HTML5 games (a separate article on Games Hub).
• AI Agents — specialized bots on top of catalogs.

The long tail works better than a handful of universal tools: a thousand niche apps close a thousand niche tasks. A universal tool closes none of them fully.

How deploy works — right now

This is the part that works. Not roadmap — current state.

A mini-app is a folder of files: config.json, HTML, JS, styles. Deploy: pack into a zip and send with one POST request:

zip -r /tmp/app.zip config.json *.html *.js *.css
curl -X POST "https://vibe.korfix.info/api/db/marketplace"   -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"   -F 'name=My App'   -F "doc1=@/tmp/app.zip;type=application/zip"

No server, no hosting, no CI pipeline. The app appears in the marketplace and can be installed. An update is the same request with the app ID in the URL.

In other words, the path "wrote → published" already exists. What doesn't exist yet is the "sold" layer.

Current status

Where the platform stands at the time of writing:

• Several dozen mini-apps have been written — prototypes, reference apps, experiments.
• Some are published in the marketplace and installable.
• Deploy via API — stable.
• The korfix-devkit plugin for Claude Code — released: AI builds a mini-app from idea to zip.

So the development and publishing tools exist. Vibe Store adds the commercial layer on top.

What's in the roadmap

What isn't there yet and what's being built:

• Payment processing for paid mini-apps.
• Developer dashboard — your apps, installs, revenue in one place.
• Analytics — installs, retention, engagement.
• Payouts to developers on the 80/20 model.

We're not naming timelines intentionally. An announcement is honestly saying where we're going, not selling a date.

How to prepare

Vibe Store will open for those who already have something to publish. You can prepare right now, and it doesn't require waiting:

1. Sign up at vibe.korfix.info.
2. Install the korfix-devkit plugin for Claude Code.
3. Build your first mini-app — describe the idea to AI, it'll create the scaffold, code, and zip.
4. Publish it to the marketplace. Free apps work today.

When the paid layer arrives, you'll have not just an idea but a published app and an understanding of how everything works here.

Start building now. Registration is free. Every mini-app you build before Vibe Store launches is a head start. When the paid layer opens, the first ones on the shelf will be the ones already there.