awesome-appimage

Catalog of AppImages that passed an automated test, links to upstream download pages

Collection of all AppImages in one website. Great search functionality

Downloadable AppImages, powered by

Open store where creators can publish their libre products and creative content including AppImages

Universal app store that works with AppImages, Flatpaks and Snaps

Web-based app store that contains applications in multiple formats, including AppImage

NX Software Center

Portable Software Center for portable AppImage applications

AppImagePool

Simple, modern AppImageHub Client, powered by flutter

appimages.scraper

Search for AppImage releases over the web

AppImageRadar

Search for AppImage-related activity on GitHub using Travis CI

Verbosely explains how to manage AppImages without the need for further software

go-appimaged

Optional daemon that integrates AppImages into the system (experimental)

appimaged

Optional daemon that integrates AppImages into the system (deprecated)

AppImageLauncher

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

Creates a desktop file and an icon in the system for an AppImage, nothing else

Program for creating, deleting, controlling and organizing shortcuts to AppImage

LinuxPA

PortableApps.com type launcher for Linux with AppImage support

AppImage Desktop Maker

Creates menu entries for AppImages without the need for a daemon

Thumbnailer for AppImages

Generates icons for AppImages that are shown in file managers of GNOME and KDE compatible desktop environments

XApp Thumbnailers

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

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

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

Integrates AppImages into the Gnome desktop by drag-and-drop onto the Gear lever application

AppImageUpdate

Official grapical application to update AppImages; command-line tool to update AppImages

AppImageUpdater

Simple updater for humans written in C++ and Qt

appimage-update

AppImage Update implementation written in Go

Firejail

Optional sandbox with support for AppImage built in

AppImage Sandboxing Project

Golang library to help sandbox AppImages with bwrap

appimage-manager

Command-line tool for managing AppImages allowing to search, install, remove and update applications

bauh

Graphical user interface for managing Linux applications supporting AppImage, Arch (repositories/AUR), Flatpak, Snap and native Web applications

homebrew-appimage

Linuxbrew AppImage Formulae

AIPM

A Package Manager for AppImages

Zap

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

Package manager for AppImages and Shell Scripts

AppMan

AppImage Manager that works like APT or Pacman

Command line AppImage store made in ruby

ayy

Package manager for AppImage. Single, static, dependency free binary. Written in Go

leap

Fast and simple AppImage manager. Written in Rust

Bread

Download, update, remove, and run AppImages from GitHub on the command line, and integrate apps into the desktop

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

Promotes the use of AppImage as the main format for getting applications, has a built in app center featuring AppImages

Has an to show application icons on AppImage files

Is "AppImage ready" and distributes some applications in AppImage format

appimagetool

Converts AppDirs into AppImages

nix-bundle

Converts Nix derivations into AppImages

appimagecraft

Recipe based AppImage creation tool working from source

appimage-builder

Recipe based AppImage creation tool working from source

Build system used by KDE that can produce AppImages and other formats

Ruby tooling to generate Appimages

AppImage.cmake

CMake script which facilitates generating AppImage executables for Linux

rules_appimage

Bazel rules to package any lang_binary target as AppImage

go-appimagetool

Tool that deploys dependencies into AppDirs, and converts AppDirs into AppImages (experimental)

linuxdeployqt

Deploys dependencies into AppDirs and creates AppImages; for Qt and other compiled applications

linuxdeploy

AppDir creation and maintenance tool using plugins

XojoToAppImage

Graphical tool for packaging compiled Xojo Linux programs into AppImages

python-appimage

Ready to use AppImage distributions of Python (can be modified to include your application)

linuxdeploy-plugin-python

Bundle Python into an AppDir using a source distribution and linuxdeploy

linuxdeploy-plugin-conda

Bundle Python into an AppDir using a source distribution, Conda, and linuxdeploy

Convert Python project into a standalone native application, e.g., using AppImage

Deploy Python project as an AppImage directly from the PyCharm IDE

PyAppImage

Ultimately simple python-to-appimage bundler

electron-builder

Supports AppImage as an output format

electron-forge-maker-appimage

Electron Forge builder for AppImage

Appnativefy

Create AppImage with embedded Electron browser from any website

wine32-deploy

Creates AppImages for 32-bit Windows applications that can run on 64-bit Linux systems without multilib installed

AppImage For WINE

WINE-based AppImages and LD_PRELOAD based patches to launch WINE from AppImages

ferion11/Wine_Appimage

AppImage for WINE 32bits from PlayOnLinux, an run on no-multilib systems

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

nbPackager

Packages NetBeans Platform Application with a JRE for AppImage, Linux, macOS and Windows

Publish-AppImage for .NET

Publish AppImages for .NET applications

.NET Core AppImage example

Example of how to deploy .NET Core (Mono) applications as an AppImage using from within a program

PupNet Deploy

Cross-platform deployment utility which publishes your .NET project and packages it as a ready-to-ship installation file in a single step

DotnetPackaging

Tool to distribute .NET applications in the AppImage format

flash-to-appimage

Script to package a Flash game ( ) into an AppImage

Cargo AppImage

Cargo program that allows you to convert your Rust programs into AppImages

pkg2appimage

Converts from deb, zip, tar.gz and other formats to AppImage using YAML recipes

Repack AppImage and make rpm/deb which does not require FUSE

flatpak2appdir

Turn Flatpak into AppDir which in turn can be turned into AppImage

make-portable

Deploys installed application to AppDir, uses strace to fetch all file system calls and copies all accessed files in to AppDir including glibc

Python application that takes strace.log and turns it into a directory suited for an AppImage

Elements

Tool to generate single-file, runc-based AppImages using a minimal (~3 MB compressed) Alpine Linux rootfs

arch2appimage

Python script to convert any Arch Linux package (official/AUR) to an AppImage

appimage-bash

GitHub Action for creating AppImage releases from binaries inside archives

Package-to-appimage

Tool for converting and packages into AppImage format by using Docker

GMAppImager

Graphically Converts GameMaker Studio 2 games to AppImage bundles

AppImaGen

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

Very simple generator for AppStream MetaInfo files which application authors can use to add metadata (like descriptions, screenshots, links) to their AppImage

More elaborate generator for AppStream MetaInfo files by the author of the AppStream metainfo format

appimage-testsuite

AppImage testing environment based on Docker containers for various Linux distributions

appimagelint

Tool to check AppImages for compatibility, best practices etc

GitHub Actions example

Example of how to upload AppImages built using GitHub Actions to GitHub Releases

appimage.yml

Bigger, more complex example of how to build and upload AppImages using GitHub Actions

build-appimage-action

GitHub Action for producing AppImages using appimage-builder

jniltinho/packages

Drone.io example for producing AppImages using go-appimagetool

Example of how to directly link to the latest build artifact on GitLab CI (can be tricky)

QAppImageUpdate

Qt5 library and plugin for updating AppImages, can be embedded into applications

AppImageServices

D-Bus services providing a high-level interface over the AppImage manipulation libraries for file managers, software centers and other tools

libappimage

Implements functionality for dealing with AppImage files, written in C++ using Boost

libzsync-go

Zsync implementation written in Go that can be used to update AppImages

appenv

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

Qt Desktop Template

Template for creating Qt Widgets desktop applications with AppImage generation using linuxdeployqt

qt-hello-world

Qt Hello World project for AppImage creation using appimage-builder

qt-qml-project-template-with-ci

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

Minimal Qml application template with deployment for Linux (AppImage), Windows, macOS and WebAssembly

wxWidgetsTemplate

Cross-platform application template for wxWidgets C++, with pre-set files and IDE projects, supporting AppImage

Briefcase Linux AppImage Template

Cookiecutter template for building Python apps that will run under Linux, packaged as an AppImage

AppImageSpec

Official specification for the AppImage format

Specification for the matadata used inside AppImages

Official AppImage documentation

Documentation of appimage-builder, includes tutorials, examples, and more

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

Interview with the creator of AppImage, explaining the key ideas and motivations behind the concept

Jesse Smith on DistroWatch about AppImage, Flatpak and Snap

Article from 2005 that gives perspective on how AppImage started, relevant only for historical reasons now

Official AppImage introduction video by its founder

By Bryan Lunduke

By Jeremy "Jay" LaCroix, LearnLinuxTV

New appimaged daemon from the go-appimage implementation

By Eric Adams

Contains a section on how to package and deploy Qt applications for Linux using linuxdeployqt

Blog Aggregator covering all things AppImage

Blog covering AppImage related topics by TheAssassin

Blog about AppImage creation an usage by azubieta

Chat where AppImage developers and users hang out, be prepared to stay in the channel for days if you don't get answers immediately

Official AppImage forum for users and application developers

Questions tagged on Stack Overflow

AppImage subreddit

AppImage wiki

Official AppImage wiki

AppImageZip

Experimental pure Rust implementation of the AppImage runtime that uses Zip as the backing file system image

AppImage issues that the AppImage team would like your help with. A great way to get started contributing to the project

appdwarf

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

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