diff --git a/src/apps.js b/src/apps.js
index d88451283..153425c03 100644
--- a/src/apps.js
+++ b/src/apps.js
@@ -138,6 +138,10 @@ exports = module.exports = {
     LOCATION_TYPE_REDIRECT: 'redirect',
     LOCATION_TYPE_ALIAS: 'alias',
 
+    // respositories, match with appstore
+    REPOSITORY_CORE: 'core',
+    REPOSITORY_COMMUNITY: 'community',
+
     // exported for testing
     _validatePortBindings: validatePortBindings,
     _validateAccessRestriction: validateAccessRestriction,
@@ -747,6 +751,11 @@ function postProcess(result) {
     delete result.errorJson;
 
     result.taskId = result.taskId ? String(result.taskId) : null;
+
+    // package repository is currently determined by dockerImage
+    if (!result.manifest.dockerImage) result.repository = '';
+    else if (result.manifest.dockerImage.startsWith('cloudron/')) result.repository = exports.REPOSITORY_CORE;
+    else result.repository = exports.REPOSITORY_COMMUNITY;
 }
 
 function attachProperties(app, domainObjectMap) {