Flatsonar

Flatseal

by Martin Abente Lahaye

Manage Flatpak permissions

Broad permissions Verified creator GPL-3.0-or-later v2.4.1
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About

Flatseal is a graphical utility to review and modify permissions from your Flatpak applications.

Permissions

2 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
    --socket=x11
  • can change portal permissions
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.impl.portal.PermissionStore
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • access to xdg-data/flatpak/overrides
    --filesystem=xdg-data/flatpak/overrides:create
  • access to /var/lib/flatpak/app
    --filesystem=/var/lib/flatpak/app:ro
  • access to xdg-data/flatpak/app
    --filesystem=xdg-data/flatpak/app:ro
  • talks to org.gnome.Software
    --talk-name=org.gnome.Software

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.

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