awesome-appimage

AppImage toolkit

A comprehensive resource for creating, managing and deploying AppImages on Linux systems

Lovingly crafted AppImage tools and resources

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Awesome AppImage / AppImage discovery / App catalogs
AppImage.GitHub.io Catalog of AppImages that passed an automated test, links to upstream download pages
Get AppImage Collection of all AppImages in one website. Great search functionality

Awesome AppImage / AppImage discovery / App stores
AppImageHub.com Downloadable AppImages, powered by
pling.com Open store where creators can publish their libre products and creative content including AppImages
App Outlet Universal app store that works with AppImages, Flatpaks and Snaps
Manjaro Software Discover Web-based app store that contains applications in multiple formats, including AppImage

Awesome AppImage / AppImage discovery / App centers
NX Software Center 146 7 months ago Portable Software Center for portable AppImage applications
AppImagePool 647 4 months ago Simple, modern AppImageHub Client, powered by flutter

Awesome AppImage / AppImage discovery / App scrapers
appimages.scraper 11 about 6 years ago Search for AppImage releases over the web
AppImageRadar 13 over 6 years ago Search for AppImage-related activity on GitHub using Travis CI

Awesome AppImage / AppImage consumption tools / Desktop integration
Getting Started Managing Software with AppImage on Ubuntu Verbosely explains how to manage AppImages without the need for further software
go-appimaged 803 18 days ago Optional daemon that integrates AppImages into the system (experimental)
appimaged 298 about 4 years ago Optional daemon that integrates AppImages into the system (deprecated)
AppImageLauncher 5,641 about 1 month ago Integrates into users' systems and establishes a single directory, assisting the user to move AppImages into there, with support for updating and removing AppImages through apps launcher
appimage2desktop Creates a desktop file and an icon in the system for an AppImage, nothing else
appimagehelper Program for creating, deleting, controlling and organizing shortcuts to AppImage
LinuxPA 30 about 1 month ago PortableApps.com type launcher for Linux with AppImage support
AppImage Desktop Maker 14 over 1 year ago Creates menu entries for AppImages without the need for a daemon
Thumbnailer for AppImages 10 over 3 years ago Generates icons for AppImages that are shown in file managers of GNOME and KDE compatible desktop environments
XApp Thumbnailers 38 24 days ago Thumbnailers for GTK Desktop Environments, including one for the AppImage file format. Makes Gtk based file managers like Caja (MATE), Nautilus (GNOME), Nemo (Cinnamon), PCManFM (LXDE), and Thunar (Xfce) show application icons on AppImages
AppImage To Gnome 6 about 3 years ago Monitors and (de)installs AppImages from the Gnome desktop
AppImage-Integrator A simple program to integrate AppImages into the Linux desktop written in Qt6
gnome_appimage_installer 3 about 2 years ago Somewhat a misnomer (AppImages don't need to be "installed"), creates a desktop file that follows the freedesktop.org spec for your AppImage files; written in bash
Gear lever 562 6 days ago Integrates AppImages into the Gnome desktop by drag-and-drop onto the Gear lever application

Awesome AppImage / AppImage consumption tools / Updaters
AppImageUpdate 582 about 1 month ago Official grapical application to update AppImages; command-line tool to update AppImages
AppImageUpdater 39 over 3 years ago Simple updater for humans written in C++ and Qt
appimage-update 5 over 4 years ago AppImage Update implementation written in Go

Awesome AppImage / AppImage consumption tools / Sandboxes
Firejail 5,811 13 days ago Optional sandbox with support for AppImage built in
AppImage Sandboxing Project 38 16 days ago Golang library to help sandbox AppImages with bwrap

Awesome AppImage / AppImage consumption tools / Package managers
appimage-manager 107 about 1 year ago Command-line tool for managing AppImages allowing to search, install, remove and update applications
bauh 1,003 about 1 month ago Graphical user interface for managing Linux applications supporting AppImage, Arch (repositories/AUR), Flatpak, Snap and native Web applications
homebrew-appimage 10 almost 3 years ago Linuxbrew AppImage Formulae
AIPM 16 almost 2 years ago A Package Manager for AppImages
Zap 510 5 months ago AppImage package manager. Downloads the AppImage if it does not exist. If it already exists, updates it with AppImageUpdate. Integrates AppImage into the system
RookiePM 2 over 2 years ago Package manager for AppImages and Shell Scripts
AppMan 143 6 days ago AppImage Manager that works like APT or Pacman
jewelrystore Command line AppImage store made in ruby
ayy 16 over 2 years ago Package manager for AppImage. Single, static, dependency free binary. Written in Go
leap 11 10 months ago Fast and simple AppImage manager. Written in Rust
Bread 35 8 months ago Download, update, remove, and run AppImages from GitHub on the command line, and integrate apps into the desktop

Awesome AppImage / AppImage consumption tools / Linux distributions
Deepin When you double-click an AppImage or any other executable file that lacks execute permissions, a user-friendly dialog explains the situation and asks for your permission to set the execute permission and execute the executable
Nitrux Promotes the use of AppImage as the main format for getting applications, has a built in app center featuring AppImages
Linux Mint Has an to show application icons on AppImage files
Zenwalk GNU Linux Is "AppImage ready" and distributes some applications in AppImage format

Awesome AppImage / AppImage developer tools / Low-level tools
appimagetool 8,771 4 months ago Converts AppDirs into AppImages
nix-bundle 658 about 1 month ago Converts Nix derivations into AppImages

Awesome AppImage / AppImage developer tools / Build systems
appimagecraft 38 3 months ago Recipe based AppImage creation tool working from source
appimage-builder 316 7 months ago Recipe based AppImage creation tool working from source
KDE Craft Build system used by KDE that can produce AppImages and other formats
appimage-tooling Ruby tooling to generate Appimages
AppImage.cmake 17 over 3 years ago CMake script which facilitates generating AppImage executables for Linux
rules_appimage 27 6 days ago Bazel rules to package any lang_binary target as AppImage

Awesome AppImage / AppImage developer tools / Deployment tools for compiled applications
go-appimagetool 803 18 days ago Tool that deploys dependencies into AppDirs, and converts AppDirs into AppImages (experimental)
linuxdeployqt 2,216 2 months ago Deploys dependencies into AppDirs and creates AppImages; for Qt and other compiled applications
linuxdeploy 561 15 days ago AppDir creation and maintenance tool using plugins
XojoToAppImage 5 4 days ago Graphical tool for packaging compiled Xojo Linux programs into AppImages

Awesome AppImage / AppImage developer tools / Deployment tools for Python applications
python-appimage 175 about 1 month ago Ready to use AppImage distributions of Python (can be modified to include your application)
linuxdeploy-plugin-python 24 6 months ago Bundle Python into an AppDir using a source distribution and linuxdeploy
linuxdeploy-plugin-conda 29 3 months ago Bundle Python into an AppDir using a source distribution, Conda, and linuxdeploy
Briefcase Convert Python project into a standalone native application, e.g., using AppImage
pycharm-appimage-support Deploy Python project as an AppImage directly from the PyCharm IDE
PyAppImage 19 about 3 years ago Ultimately simple python-to-appimage bundler

Awesome AppImage / AppImage developer tools / Deployment tools for Electron applications
electron-builder 13,687 11 days ago Supports AppImage as an output format
electron-forge-maker-appimage 8 about 1 year ago Electron Forge builder for AppImage
Appnativefy 148 almost 2 years ago Create AppImage with embedded Electron browser from any website

Awesome AppImage / AppImage developer tools / Deployment tools for Windows applications
wine32-deploy 61 almost 4 years ago Creates AppImages for 32-bit Windows applications that can run on 64-bit Linux systems without multilib installed
AppImage For WINE 483 over 3 years ago WINE-based AppImages and LD_PRELOAD based patches to launch WINE from AppImages
ferion11/Wine_Appimage 44 over 3 years ago AppImage for WINE 32bits from PlayOnLinux, an run on no-multilib systems
GameImage GameImage is a way to package up games with either Wine or an Emulator into a portable AppImage that could be useful for the Steam Deck

Awesome AppImage / AppImage developer tools / Deployment tools for Java applications
nbPackager 8 3 months ago Packages NetBeans Platform Application with a JRE for AppImage, Linux, macOS and Windows

Awesome AppImage / AppImage developer tools / Deployment tools for .NET Core (Mono) applications
Publish-AppImage for .NET 30 over 1 year ago Publish AppImages for .NET applications
.NET Core AppImage example 46 about 1 month ago Example of how to deploy .NET Core (Mono) applications as an AppImage using from within a program
PupNet Deploy 195 6 months ago Cross-platform deployment utility which publishes your .NET project and packages it as a ready-to-ship installation file in a single step
DotnetPackaging 55 2 months ago Tool to distribute .NET applications in the AppImage format

Awesome AppImage / AppImage developer tools / Deployment tools for Flash applications
flash-to-appimage 2 about 3 years ago Script to package a Flash game ( ) into an AppImage

Awesome AppImage / AppImage developer tools / Deployment tools for Rust applications
Cargo AppImage 61 8 months ago Cargo program that allows you to convert your Rust programs into AppImages

Awesome AppImage / AppImage developer tools / Tools to convert from other package formats
pkg2appimage 697 18 days ago Converts from deb, zip, tar.gz and other formats to AppImage using YAML recipes
appimage2pkg Repack AppImage and make rpm/deb which does not require FUSE
flatpak2appdir 28 over 4 years ago Turn Flatpak into AppDir which in turn can be turned into AppImage
make-portable 35 11 months ago Deploys installed application to AppDir, uses strace to fetch all file system calls and copies all accessed files in to AppDir including glibc
AppImage cobbler Python application that takes strace.log and turns it into a directory suited for an AppImage
Elements 5 over 4 years ago Tool to generate single-file, runc-based AppImages using a minimal (~3 MB compressed) Alpine Linux rootfs
arch2appimage 337 over 1 year ago Python script to convert any Arch Linux package (official/AUR) to an AppImage
appimage-bash 1 4 months ago GitHub Action for creating AppImage releases from binaries inside archives
Package-to-appimage 4 about 2 years ago Tool for converting and packages into AppImage format by using Docker
GMAppImager 4 2 months ago Graphically Converts GameMaker Studio 2 games to AppImage bundles
AppImaGen 16 3 months ago Generates an AppImage from Debian or from a PPA of your choice for the previous (unfortunately not the oldest as recommended) and still supported Ubuntu LTS

Awesome AppImage / AppImage developer tools / Metadata tools
AppStream Generator Very simple generator for AppStream MetaInfo files which application authors can use to add metadata (like descriptions, screenshots, links) to their AppImage
AppStream MetaInfo Creator More elaborate generator for AppStream MetaInfo files by the author of the AppStream metainfo format

Awesome AppImage / AppImage developer tools / QC tools
appimage-testsuite 19 over 4 years ago AppImage testing environment based on Docker containers for various Linux distributions
appimagelint 42 3 months ago Tool to check AppImages for compatibility, best practices etc

Awesome AppImage / AppImage developer tools / Continuous integration
GitHub Actions example 49 3 months ago Example of how to upload AppImages built using GitHub Actions to GitHub Releases
appimage.yml 598 about 2 months ago Bigger, more complex example of how to build and upload AppImages using GitHub Actions
build-appimage-action 31 about 1 year ago GitHub Action for producing AppImages using appimage-builder
jniltinho/packages 6 over 4 years ago Drone.io example for producing AppImages using go-appimagetool
Link to the latest build artifact on GitLab CI Example of how to directly link to the latest build artifact on GitLab CI (can be tricky)

Awesome AppImage / AppImage developer tools / Libraries
QAppImageUpdate 28 about 3 years ago Qt5 library and plugin for updating AppImages, can be embedded into applications
AppImageServices 4 about 5 years ago D-Bus services providing a high-level interface over the AppImage manipulation libraries for file managers, software centers and other tools
libappimage 46 about 1 year ago Implements functionality for dealing with AppImage files, written in C++ using Boost
libzsync-go 13 over 2 years ago Zsync implementation written in Go that can be used to update AppImages
appenv 0 10 months ago Small C++ library telling where the app data resides and where the user data is by using ), thus allowing C++ applications to become relocatable in the filesystem

Awesome AppImage / AppImage developer tools / Templates
Qt Desktop Template 0 over 1 year ago Template for creating Qt Widgets desktop applications with AppImage generation using linuxdeployqt
qt-hello-world 2 about 1 year ago Qt Hello World project for AppImage creation using appimage-builder
qt-qml-project-template-with-ci 55 6 months ago Template for a Qt/QML application with batteries included: GitHub CI, automated GUI testing, automatic code-format checks and more. Compiles for Linux (AppImage), Mac, and Android
mini-qml 46 over 4 years ago Minimal Qml application template with deployment for Linux (AppImage), Windows, macOS and WebAssembly
wxWidgetsTemplate 16 over 3 years ago Cross-platform application template for wxWidgets C++, with pre-set files and IDE projects, supporting AppImage
Briefcase Linux AppImage Template 21 about 1 month ago Cookiecutter template for building Python apps that will run under Linux, packaged as an AppImage

Awesome AppImage / Resources / Specs
AppImageSpec 71 3 months ago Official specification for the AppImage format
Desktop Entry Specification Specification for the matadata used inside AppImages

Awesome AppImage / Resources / Documentation
docs.appimage.org Official AppImage documentation
appimage-builder.readthedocs.io Documentation of appimage-builder, includes tutorials, examples, and more

Awesome AppImage / Resources / Tutorials
Produce an AppImage that bundles everything with go-appimage How to make an AppImage that bundles required libraries so that it should run not only on newer, but also on systems than the build system

Awesome AppImage / Resources / Articles
The Background Story of AppImage Interview with the creator of AppImage, explaining the key ideas and motivations behind the concept
Flatpak, Snap and AppImage Jesse Smith on DistroWatch about AppImage, Flatpak and Snap
Don't Install, Just Copy with klik Article from 2005 that gives perspective on how AppImage started, relevant only for historical reasons now

Awesome AppImage / Resources / Videos
AppImage: Portable applications for Linux Official AppImage introduction video by its founder
Comparing Linux Package Formats - Deb, Flatpak, AppImage, etc. By Bryan Lunduke
AppImage: Universal Linux Apps, Overview and Thoughts By Jeremy "Jay" LaCroix, LearnLinuxTV
AppImage system integration on Ubuntu using go-appimaged New appimaged daemon from the go-appimage implementation
Integrate and Manage AppImages with AppImageLauncher By Eric Adams

Awesome AppImage / Resources / Books
Mastering Qt 5 Contains a section on how to package and deploy Qt applications for Linux using linuxdeployqt

Awesome AppImage / Resources / Blogs
Planet AppImage Blog Aggregator covering all things AppImage
TheAssassin Blog Blog covering AppImage related topics by TheAssassin
AppImage Crafters Blog Blog about AppImage creation an usage by azubieta

Awesome AppImage / Resources / Community
#AppImage channel on libera.chat Chat where AppImage developers and users hang out, be prepared to stay in the channel for days if you don't get answers immediately
discourse.appimage.org Official AppImage forum for users and application developers
Stack Overflow Questions tagged on Stack Overflow
r/AppImage/ AppImage subreddit

Awesome AppImage / Resources / Miscellaneous
AppImage wiki 8,771 4 months ago Official AppImage wiki
AppImageZip 5 almost 7 years ago Experimental pure Rust implementation of the AppImage runtime that uses Zip as the backing file system image
help-wanted AppImage issues that the AppImage team would like your help with. A great way to get started contributing to the project
appdwarf 26 19 days ago A tool to convert an AppDir or an existing AppImage file, either as a local file or from a URL, into a highly compressed portable image using dwarfs
Similar projects 8,771 4 months ago Comparison to other packaging systems

Awesome AppImage / Resources / Other awesome lists
awesome-linuxdeploy 45 about 1 month ago Awesome list on linuxdeploy
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