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)
smplayer
Free Media Player for Windows, Linux and Mac OS with YouTube support. (by smplayer-dev)
| AppMan | smplayer | |
|---|---|---|
| 37 | 7 | |
| 114 | 582 | |
| - | - | |
| 9.3 | 9.1 | |
| 4 days ago | 16 days ago | |
| Shell | C++ | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
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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)!
smplayer
Posts with mentions or reviews of smplayer.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-03-16.
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how do I compile smplayer on linux and windows
no idea but here's the source code. read thru the files, maybe there's something that'd help.
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VLC is banned in my country!!!
You can download SMPlayer from their github releases (https://github.com/smplayer-dev/smplayer/releases) or from their website
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I accept suggestions for uploading AppImage to "AM" and AppMan Application Managers
WARNING: this AppImage version (22.2) doesn't work, the main page of the official website provides the previous AppImage version (21.10) https://www.smplayer.info/downloads . I have reported this issue to the smplayer team right now https://github.com/smplayer-dev/smplayer/issues/416
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How to add some predefined speeds in SMPlayer?
ask here https://github.com/smplayer-dev/smplayer/discussions
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How to get smplayer to use config settings
it is open source so if you have the know-how you can fix it.
- Questions about kio[-fuse] URL protocol handling
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4K video on Linux stutters
Dunno. Smplayer activity seems slow. Someone else in the discussions had s similar problem that hasn't been addressed
What are some alternatives?
When comparing AppMan and smplayer you can also consider the following projects:
Ventoy - A new bootable USB solution.
mpv - 🎥 Command line video player
deb2appimage - Build AppImages from deb packages on any distro with simple json configuration
cinnamon - A Linux desktop featuring a traditional layout, built from modern technology and introducing brand new innovative features.
appimage-cli-tool - 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!
nyxt - Nyxt - the hacker's browser.
browser
utils - Utility scripts
TermuxArch - You can use setupTermuxArch.bash 📲 to install Arch Linux in Amazon, Android, Chromebook and Windows. https://sdrausty.github.io/TermuxArch/docs/install
tmux-appimage - Docker image and script for creating an AppImage package for Tmux