Flatsonar

A Photo Tool (Libre)

by aphototoollibre

Photo editor for Linux

Broad permissions Verified creator GPL-3.0-or-later v1.0.7
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About

Easy to use photo editing software.

Fix and modify your jpeg photos to look even greater. Supports several other imageformats also.

Change exposure, contrast and color. Turn color photos in to black and white images with control how color is handled. Rotate, crop, straighten and resize photos.

Copyright (C) 2022-2025 Jari Ahola

Lisensed under GNU GPLv3. Full source code available at https://github.com/aphototool/A-Photo-Tool-Libre

Permissions

2 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
    --socket=x11
  • full access to your home folder
    --filesystem=home
  • 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-config/kdeglobals
    --filesystem=xdg-config/kdeglobals:ro
  • talks to com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar
    --talk-name=com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar
  • talks to org.kde.kconfig.notify
    --talk-name=org.kde.kconfig.notify
  • talks to org.kde.KGlobalSettings
    --talk-name=org.kde.KGlobalSettings

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.

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