Flatsonar

Viper

by 0neGal

Viper is a launcher and updater for Northstar, and not much more than that

Broad permissions Verified creator GPL-3.0 v1.13.0
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About

Viper is a launcher and updater for the Titanfall|2 mod Northstar, and not much more than that.

Currently Viper is capable of:

  • Updating/Installing Northstar
  • Managing Mods
  • Being pretty!

Permissions

2 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
    --socket=x11
  • full access to your home folder
    --filesystem=home
  • network
    --share=network
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • access to ~/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam
    --filesystem=~/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam
  • access to /media
    --filesystem=/media
  • access to /mnt
    --filesystem=/mnt

Who publishes this

The creator demonstrably controls this app id: Flathub verification, the hosting account owns the namespace, or a well-known file on their domain.

  • verified on Flathub: the developer proved they control this app id
    publisher:flathub

Maintenance

Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.

No staleness signals: recent activity, or built and reviewed by Flathub.