nextcloud / nextcloud/appstore

Implement filters to suppress junk in app store

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enhancement
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Description

## Feature requests
1. Add filter for minimum "Highest Nextcloud version"
2. Add filter for minimum "Last updated"
3. Tag apps "junk status" if they are "last updated" over 1 year ago OR "Highest NC version" is current minus two. Add filter "Suppress junk status apps" (default: active)

**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
I am new to Nextcloud, now migrating from Microsoft.
I need a backup for my data and entered "backup" in the app store search.
Result: Only 3 apps, and two of them say "Use this app at your own risk! Data loss may occur! Last updated
6 years, 11 months ago" (Ownbackup, Nextbackup). List of results shows 17 irrelevant apps.
Market trust in general depends on a professional first impression. This is destroys Nextcloud market reputation and chances.

**Describe the solution you'd like**
Implement the feature requests, so that either quality apps can be found or authors jump in to create them.

**Describe alternatives you've considered**
Tell my contacts that Nextcloud is still unprofessional.

**Additional context**

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by locating the app-store search and result-filtering entry points, then trace where “Highest Nextcloud version” and “Last updated” metadata are handled. Done means minimum-version and minimum-date filters work, stale apps receive the requested junk status, and junk suppression is enabled by default.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
django, python
Domain
backend, search
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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