In this day and age, all major platforms must have an app store. And thus today, the Raspberry Pi Foundation unveiled the Pi Store to act as the one-stop shop for users of the tiny computer.

The Pi Store, built in collaboration with IndieCity and Velocix, runs as an X application on the Debian-based Raspbian operating system (no word yet on whether the Pi Store will come to more OSes). Raspbian is the recommended operating system for those just starting out with the Pi, and the latest version has the Pi Store built-in. If you're already running Raspbian, you can add the Pi Store with this command: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install pistore .

"At launch, we have 23 free titles in the store, ranging from utilities like LibreOffice and [VoIP application] Asterisk to classic games like Freeciv and OpenTTD and Raspberry Pi exclusive Iridium Rising," the announcement said. "We also have one piece of commercial content: the excellent Storm in a Teacup from Cobra Mobile." The store also hosts "despotify," an open source Spotify client.

Anyone who writes software for the Pi is encouraged to submit content to the store, whether it be an application, tool, or tutorial. The free MagPi magazine for Pi users is being offered, and the Foundation "hope[s] to be able to host as many of your homebrew tutorials there as possible." The first tutorial to hit the store is called "Raspberry Invaders," which consists of 17 lessons in Python aimed at teaching beginners how to make a Space Invaders-style game.

Developers can charge if they'd like, and there is a "tip jar" allowing developers to make some money even when their applications are free. "We hope that the Pi Store will provide young people with a way to share their creations with a wider audience, and maybe to a make a little pocket money along the way; as well as offering commercial developers an easy way to get their software seen by the Raspberry Pi community," the announcement said. "We’re hoping to see everything, from hobbyist content to full-blown commercial software."

With just a couple dozen titles so far, it'll be easy to scan the apps and see what you want. But the goal is to get many more apps on the Pi Store without making it hard to navigate. As such, there are user-submitted reviews and "a recommendation engine which is tailored to you and your preferences, so the more you review, the better the recommendations we’ll be able to offer you."