Quick start
Five minutes from a fresh install to a desktop app running in a tab. If Orivon is not installed yet, start with Download and install.
1. Enter Orivon
The first launch shows a welcome screen with one button, Enter Orivon. A short question follows about anonymous usage statistics; choose either answer, it changes nothing else. The new-tab page opens with a search box, a row of featured apps and your bookmarks.
2. Open an app by its name
Type this in the address bar and press Enter:
freetube.orivonstack.eth
Before anything loads, Orivon proves the name. A light client on your machine checks the .eth
record against the Ethereum chain, and every block of the app is hashed against its content
identifier as it arrives. No server along the way is trusted to be right.
3. Read the question, then decide
FreeTube is a desktop app, so it needs more than a web page may have. Orivon shows one question, in plain words, covering everything the app declared:
Choose Allow and the app is installed: its files are cached and pinned to the exact version you accepted. Choose Deny and nothing is granted.
4. Use it
FreeTube now runs in the tab as its desktop version does. Next time you open the name, it starts from your disk, even with the network unplugged.
5. Check what you are on
Click the shield in the address bar: the Web3 Score panel says what your machine verified. The Permissions button beside it lists every power the app holds, each with its own switch.
Try the others
| App | Address | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Element | element.orivonstack.eth | Encrypted Matrix chat |
| The Lounge | thelounge.orivonstack.eth | An IRC client whose own Node.js server runs inside the tab |
| AirGap Vault | airgapvault.orivonstack.eth | Secret storage for offline signing |
| ASGARDEX | asgardex.orivonstack.eth | A THORChain wallet and cross-chain swap client |
| Orivon Explore | explore.orivonstack.eth | A directory of Web3 sites, each with its Web3 Score |
:::caution Early access
These apps are early-access ports. Keep funds you cannot afford to lose out of the wallets for now.
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Next
- Apps from a link: how an address becomes an app, and how updates work.
- Permissions in plain words: changing your mind later.
- Building for Orivon: your own app, from a frontend and a manifest.