Flatsonar

Test Center

by The Test Center Contributors

Install and manage experiments

Dangerous permissions Verified creator GPL-3.0-or-later v0.3.0
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About

Try experimental versions of apps and system components, from a merge request, branch, or bundle file.

System component installation only works on GNOME OS.

Permissions

2 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • sandbox escape: can run commands on the host via flatpak-spawn
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.Flatpak
  • talks to system service org.freedesktop.Flatpak.SystemHelper
    --system-talk-name=org.freedesktop.Flatpak.SystemHelper
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • network
    --share=network
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • access to ~/.var/app
    --filesystem=~/.var/app
  • access to /var/lib/flatpak
    --filesystem=/var/lib/flatpak
  • access to /run/extensions
    --filesystem=/run/extensions
  • access to /var/lib/extensions
    --filesystem=/var/lib/extensions
  • access to xdg-data/flatpak
    --filesystem=xdg-data/flatpak
  • session inhibit
    --talk-name=org.gnome.SessionManager

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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