The culmination of several months of work by dozens of people, Flatpak 1.14.0 is now out!

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  • flatpak

    Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework

  • flatpak-external-data-checker

    A tool for checking if the external data used in Flatpak manifests is still up to date

  • 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.

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  • pastel

    A command-line tool to generate, analyze, convert and manipulate colors

  • I'm a fan of standalone binaries statically linked to musl for small command line applications. One such CLI app that releases this way is Pastel, a comprehensive color utility.

  • stew

    🥘 An independent package manager for compiled binaries.

  • There used to be a project called ginstall.sh that kept like, a manually maintained database of various projects with static binaries and how to install them. It still exists, but maintenance stopped because its model was also not sustainable. Its use case is better covered by tools like asdf, stew, and if you want to get even simpler, eget.

  • eget

    Easily install prebuilt binaries from GitHub.

  • There used to be a project called ginstall.sh that kept like, a manually maintained database of various projects with static binaries and how to install them. It still exists, but maintenance stopped because its model was also not sustainable. Its use case is better covered by tools like asdf, stew, and if you want to get even simpler, eget.

  • asdf

    Extendable version manager with support for Ruby, Node.js, Elixir, Erlang & more

  • There used to be a project called ginstall.sh that kept like, a manually maintained database of various projects with static binaries and how to install them. It still exists, but maintenance stopped because its model was also not sustainable. Its use case is better covered by tools like asdf, stew, and if you want to get even simpler, eget.

  • steam-for-linux

    Issue tracking for the Steam for Linux beta client

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • flathub

    Issue tracker and new submissions

  • The biggest issues I have with Flatpak is CLI tool support and Flathub's restriction on network access during builds.

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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