AppMan
Manage 1900+ AppImage packages and official standalone apps for GNU/Linux without root privileges using the extensible and ever-growing AUR-inspired database of "AM Application Manager". Easy to use like APT and powerful like PacMan. (by ivan-hc)
AppImageUpdate
AppImageUpdate lets you update AppImages in a decentral way using information embedded in the AppImage itself. (by AppImageCommunity)
| AppMan | AppImageUpdate | |
|---|---|---|
| 37 | 21 | |
| 114 | 545 | |
| - | 1.1% | |
| 9.3 | 4.6 | |
| 4 days ago | 6 months ago | |
| Shell | C++ | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | MIT License |
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
AppMan
Posts with mentions or reviews of AppMan.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-13.
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I'm sick of reading that among the disadvantages of AppImage is the lack of updates and a centralized repository!
I have been working on two CLI tools to install AppImage packages system wide and locall (they are AM and AppMan respectively). I've also written a website that acts as a catalog and a better source for downloading them all for real, https://portable-linux-apps.github.io !
- What’s the best way to install App Man, direct or via distrobox?
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Thank you for the review of "AM"
3:57, often appear the message "find: './containerd': Permission denied", this is because AM expects you install everything in /opt, to use a version that can work in any container or custom $HOME you want, use the portable version of AM, i.e. "AppMan", at https://github.com/ivan-hc/AppMan
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After two years of development on "AM", AppMan and many Appimage packages... I'm seriously considering giving it all up
I started writing AM/AppMan two years ago, it was just a custom script to install and always keep any Appimage package I needed updated to the latest version. Then become something much bigger.
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How to add applications
AppMan, at https://github.com/ivan-hc/AppMan, a copy of "AM" but portable, it can install everything into a directory of your choice in your $HOME, no root privileges are required.
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Portable-Linux-Apps.github.io - a "work in progress" site were we can upload AppImages and other standalone applications for GNU/Linux
AppMan, a copy of AM but that allows you to choose where to install the apps in your HOME directory and without root access.
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AppMan is back: v4.0.0 "PORTABLE", also available as an AppImage
More details at https://github.com/ivan-hc/AppMan
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Introducing AM and AppMan, two bash scripts that can install, update and manage all the AppImage packages and other standalone programs for GNU/Linux
https://github.com/ivan-hc/AM-AppMan ("AppMan", local integration only).
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AppMan 3.0.6.1: now you can choose the directory of your applications in your $HOME
RELEASE: https://github.com/ivan-hc/AppMan/releases/tag/3.0.6.1
- NEW "AppMan 3.0.6": not just another copy of "AM", now you can "convert" downloaded and created scripts for local installation (without root privileges)!
AppImageUpdate
Posts with mentions or reviews of AppImageUpdate.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-06.
- Why the neovim in the mint repo is so old? Im currently using mint 21.2. Is there a newer version available already? Im not able to use the plugins in this old version, and the snap version seems kinda laggy for me
- Why do I have do download >1 GB for Okular PDF viewer over flatpak? Installing it over dnf just totals to 81 MB
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Appimages are too large, Flatpak is the way to go!
There's an updater for appimages https://github.com/AppImageCommunity/AppImageUpdate
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Lamenting What AppImage Could Have Been
AppImages can contain update information (and even support partial updates using zsync), check out https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageUpdate.
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App Manager For .AppImage File
https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageUpdate this only works if the application has information regarding where to fetch the update from...
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feat: Linux AppImage update information
It would be very nice and handy if we could easily update Tutanota Linux desktop app. Luckily, since it is packaged as an AppImage, there's an easy-to-integrate utility available just for that.
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appimage-builder 1.0.0 was released, a tool for packing applications along with all of its dependencies using the system package manager to obtain binaries and resolve dependencies.
It's not centralised, not like Snap with SnapCraft, not even like Flatpak with it's 'not technically but kinda is in practice' Flathub repository. Anyone can make an AppImage, anyone can host an AppImage, anyone can download and run an AppImage, anyone can implement AppImage integration in a distro, and there's even a nice system for automatic updates for AppImage which again is nicely decentralised.
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Interesting Benchmarks of Flatpak vs. Snap vs. AppImage
Some have built-in. some not. Btw I considered AppImageUpdate , but it would become re-install a full new app
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AppImage and centralized repositories: my point of view
The fact is that the delta update system via Zsync and appimageupdatetool are real solutions to the problem, but too many developers do not implement it in their AppImage, myself included.
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Installing an openSUSE desktop for a non-technical person
Btw, regarding Flatpak, I've had multiple issues related to mouse cursor, fonts, and local folder access - all related to the sandboxing of apps, all resolvable, but potentially a problem for a non-technical user. I've had much better experiences with AppImages, but I don't know if they have a graphical app store like interface; even the AppImageUpdate idea is still catching on.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing AppMan and AppImageUpdate you can also consider the following projects:
Ventoy - A new bootable USB solution.
AppImageLauncher - Helper application for Linux distributions serving as a kind of "entry point" for running and integrating AppImages
deb2appimage - Build AppImages from deb packages on any distro with simple json configuration
topgrade - Upgrade everything
appimage-cli-tool - AppImage package manager
zap - :zap: Delightful AppImage package manager
AM - An "AUR-inspired" Database of AppImage packages and a CLI to manage/install/update them system-wide! This repo lists 1900+ standalone apps for GNU/Linux. You can extend it with custom repositories, create your own installation scripts and even build AppImages on the fly! "AM" Application Manager: Easy to use like APT and Powerful like PacMan!
firejail - Linux namespaces and seccomp-bpf sandbox
browser
winsparkle - App update framework for Windows, inspired by Sparkle for macOS
utils - Utility scripts
linuxdeployqt - Makes Linux applications self-contained by copying in the libraries and plugins that the application uses, and optionally generates an AppImage. Can be used for Qt and other applications