Flatsonar

Desktop Plus

by Pol Rivero

Git client for power users

Dangerous permissions Verified creator MIT v3.6.6.0
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About

This is an up-to-date fork of GitHub Desktop, with many quality of life improvements and advanced features, including:

  • Multi-account support (e.g. two GitHub accounts at once).
  • Rich integration with GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab, Codeberg/Forgejo, and Gitea, including self-hosted instances. Basic git functionality in other platforms.
  • Search for commits by title, message, tag, or hash.
  • Ability to visualize the commit graph.
  • Ability to create several stashes per branch.
  • Many small improvements to speed up your workflow, like unpushed branch indicators, and recognizable icons and colors across the UI.

For a full list of added features and improvements, see: https://desktop-plus.org/#feature-list

Permissions

6 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • all devices (/dev): webcams, disks, raw hardware
    --device=all
  • full access to your entire file system
    --filesystem=host
  • sandbox escape: can run commands on the host via flatpak-spawn
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.Flatpak
  • your GPG agent (can sign/decrypt with your keys)
    --socket=gpg-agent
  • your SSH agent (can sign with your SSH keys)
    --socket=ssh-auth
  • your keyring / saved passwords
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.secrets
  • 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
  • access to xdg-run/keyring
    --filesystem=xdg-run/keyring
  • access to /var/lib/flatpak/app
    --filesystem=/var/lib/flatpak/app:ro
  • talks to com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar
    --talk-name=com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar
  • talks to org.gtk.vfs.*
    --talk-name=org.gtk.vfs.*

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.