Flatsonar

Pulsar

by Pulsar Edit

A community-led, hyper-hackable text editor

Dangerous permissions Flathub reviewed MIT v1.132.1
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About

Pulsar is a fork of the discontinued Atom editor - assuming its mission of being a zero-compromise combination of hackability and usability.

Permissions

4 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • full access to your entire file system
    --filesystem=host
  • X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
    --socket=x11
  • your SSH agent (can sign with your SSH keys)
    --socket=ssh-auth
  • your keyring / saved passwords
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.secrets
  • network
    --share=network
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • audio
    --socket=pulseaudio
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • notifications
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.Notifications
  • talks to org.gtk.vfs.*
    --talk-name=org.gtk.vfs.*

Who publishes this

On Flathub: the manifest was reviewed and built on Flathub's infrastructure, but the developer has not verified ownership of the app id.

  • installs a prebuilt binary instead of building from source (x2)
    source:prebuilt
  • on Flathub: manifest reviewed and built by Flathub; the developer has not verified the 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.