Flatsonar

AppImage Pool

by prateekmedia

A simple, modern AppImageHub Client.

Dangerous permissions Verified creator GPL-3.0-only v5.1.0
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About

Simple AppImageHub Client

Main Highlights:

  • Simplified categories
  • Download from github directly, no extra-server involved
  • Integrate and Disintegrate appimages easily from your system
  • Version History and multi download support
  • FLOSS and non profit app

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
  • X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
    --socket=x11
  • network
    --share=network
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • audio
    --socket=pulseaudio
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • access to your download folder
    --filesystem=xdg-download
  • access to ~/.local/share/icons
    --filesystem=~/.local/share/icons:create
  • access to ~/Applications
    --filesystem=~/Applications:create
  • access to ~/.local/share/applications
    --filesystem=~/.local/share/applications:create
  • notifications
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.Notifications

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.

  • installs a prebuilt binary instead of building from source
    source:prebuilt
  • 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.