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Manager for flatpak repositories (by flatpak)

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flat-manager		com.discordapp.Discord
	Project
2	Mentions	67
166	Stars	114
3.6%	Growth	1.8%
6.7	Activity	7.9
17 days ago	Latest Commit	8 days ago
Rust	Language	Python
Apache License 2.0	License	-

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flat-manager

Posts with mentions or reviews of flat-manager. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-03-21.

Is flatpak really the future?
11 projects | /r/linux | 21 Mar 2022

You can host a flatpak repo as static files: https://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/hosting-a-repository.html. Flathub uses flat-manager which adds a bunch of features (build uploads, authentication, etc.)
Are Flatpak/Flathub completely open source or are some parts closed source?
1 project | /r/flatpak | 11 Jan 2022

com.discordapp.Discord

Posts with mentions or reviews of com.discordapp.Discord. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-16.

inconsistent window title bar
1 project | /r/linux4noobs | 5 Jun 2023

Here is a discussion about the discord one: https://github.com/flathub/com.discordapp.Discord/issues/90
Add Discord to Flathub officially
4 projects | /r/discordapp | 16 Apr 2023

The flatpak package already uses this by default and we have been since June 2021 (https://github.com/flathub/com.discordapp.Discord/commits/master/disable-breaking-updates.py)
Thinking of switching from Windows 11 to Linux Mint.
4 projects | /r/linuxmint | 12 Apr 2023
Gentoo and appimages problem
1 project | /r/Gentoo | 2 Feb 2023

This is apparently a problem with discord that the devs have refused to fix
update discord
1 project | /r/ManjaroLinux | 14 Jan 2023
First time Discord install - Blackscreen
2 projects | /r/Fedora | 26 Dec 2022
How to get notification badges on KDE ?
1 project | /r/kde | 10 Dec 2022

Please see https://github.com/flathub/com.discordapp.Discord/issues/228 & other links mentioned bellow
Discord RPC Question
1 project | /r/flatpak | 29 Nov 2022

Unfortunately, this too seems to be buggy or limited. There is an open bug about this feature here: https://github.com/flathub/com.discordapp.Discord/issues/189
Voice Chat on Steam Deck without Discord (just like on PC with Chat window) possible?
1 project | /r/SteamDeck | 19 Nov 2022
ditching Debian, but to what?
1 project | /r/linuxquestions | 24 Oct 2022

If you have to use Discord (clunky electron app that it is) use the flatpak

What are some alternatives?

When comparing flat-manager and com.discordapp.Discord you can also consider the following projects:

nix-gui - Use NixOS Without Coding

flatpak - Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework

dino - Modern XMPP ("Jabber") Chat Client using GTK+/Vala

fosscord - 📬 Spacebar is a free open source selfhostable discord compatible communication platform [Moved to: https://github.com/spacebarchat/spacebarchat]

makedeb - A simplicity-focused packaging tool for Debian archives

qubes-issues - The Qubes OS Project issue tracker

keyboard-center - Application for mapping macro keys on Logitech keyboards

opi - OBS Package Installer (CLI)

thinkfan-ui - A small gui app for Linux to control the fan speed and monitor temps on a ThinkPad

discord - RPM Package for discord

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