Can MacOS apps be downloaded from outside the App Store as well as from it?

Can MacOS apps be downloaded from outside the App Store as well as from it? I'd like to make it available directly from my web site as well as within the App Store.

Yes. But you have to notarize the outside-appstore-app. Otherwise gatekeeper prevent the app to start.

Greetings Brigitte

Can MacOS apps be downloaded from outside the App Store as well as from it?
 
 
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