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Revolt

by aperezdc

Better integration of Element, a Matrix client, with desktop environments

Dangerous permissions Unverified publisher GPL-3.0
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About

Revolt is a small application which wraps Element to provide better integration with desktop environments in general, and GNOME in particular: - Having Element as a “standalone” application instead of it living in a browser tab - Persistent notifications (for desktop environments supporting them, i.e. GNOME) - Notifications are automatically prevented when the Revolt window is focused - Status icon for desktop environment which have a tray bar applet (XFCE, Budgie, likely many others)

Permissions

3 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • unrestricted access to the session D-Bus (all your running apps)
    --socket=session-bus
  • X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
    --socket=x11
  • dconf: all GNOME settings
    --talk-name=ca.desrt.dconf
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • network
    --share=network
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • audio
    --socket=pulseaudio
  • access to your documents folder
    --filesystem=xdg-documents
  • access to your pictures folder
    --filesystem=xdg-pictures
  • owns its own bus name
    --own-name=org.perezdecastro.Revolt
  • notifications
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.Notifications
  • talks to org.gtk.Notifications
    --talk-name=org.gtk.Notifications
  • sets environment variable GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR
    --env=GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR=/app/share/glib-2.0/schemas
  • access to xdg-run/dconf
    --filesystem=xdg-run/dconf
  • access to ~/.config/dconf
    --filesystem=~/.config/dconf:ro
  • sets environment variable DCONF_USER_CONFIG_DIR
    --env=DCONF_USER_CONFIG_DIR=.config/dconf

Who publishes this

Nobody has confirmed that the publisher controls this app id. Flatsonar warns before installing.

  • org.perezdecastro.Revolt claims the domain perezdecastro.org; only its owner can prove that
    publisher:namespace
  • git source tracks a moving branch: what gets built can change without the manifest changing
    source:unpinned
  • same name as chat.revolt.RevoltDesktop on Flathub but from a different repository
    publisher:lookalike

Maintenance

Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.

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