How to Develop Linux Applications (Part 2)

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on dev.to

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  • appimage-builder

    GNU/Linux packaging solution using the AppImage format

    wget -O appimage-builder-x86_64.AppImage https://github.com/AppImageCrafters/appimage-builder/releases/download/v1.0.0-beta.1/appimage-builder-1.0.0-677acbd-x86_64.AppImage chmod +x appimage-builder-x86_64.AppImage # install (optional) sudo mv appimage-builder-x86_64.AppImage /usr/local/bin/appimage-builder

  • flatpak

    Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework

    Flatpak is a framework for distributing desktop applications on Linux and runs as an independent open source project.

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  • houston

    Discontinued Debian-repository-based AppCenter Dashboard, the backend for elementary AppCenter on elementary OS 5.1 and earlier.

    AppCenter Dashboard

  • AppImageKit

    Package desktop applications as AppImages that run on common Linux-based operating systems, such as RHEL, CentOS, openSUSE, SLED, Ubuntu, Fedora, debian and derivatives. Join #AppImage on irc.libera.chat

    # Install appimagetool AppImage sudo wget https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases/download/continuous/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage -O /opt/appimagetool # workaround AppImage issues with Docker cd /opt/; sudo chmod +x appimagetool; sed -i 's|AI\x02|\x00\x00\x00|' appimagetool; sudo ./appimagetool --appimage-extract sudo mv /opt/squashfs-root /opt/appimagetool.AppDir sudo ln -s /opt/appimagetool.AppDir/AppRun /usr/local/bin/appimagetool

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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