Flatsonar

Venom

by naxuroqa

a modern Tox client for the GNU/Linux desktop

Dangerous permissions Verified creator GPL-3.0
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About

a modern Tox client for the GNU/Linux desktop

Permissions

3 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • all devices (/dev): webcams, disks, raw hardware
    --device=all
  • X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
    --socket=x11
  • dconf: all GNOME settings
    --talk-name=ca.desrt.dconf
  • network
    --share=network
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • audio
    --socket=pulseaudio
  • notifications
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.Notifications
  • access to xdg-data/pixmaps/faces
    --filesystem=xdg-data/pixmaps/faces:ro
  • access to your download folder
    --filesystem=xdg-download

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.

  • git source tracks a moving branch: what gets built can change without the manifest changing
    source:unpinned
  • hosted by github.com/naxuroqa, which owns the com.github namespace of com.github.naxuroqa.venom
    publisher:namespace

Maintenance

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

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