Flatsonar

Main Menu

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Customize the menu

Dangerous permissions Verified creator GPL-3.0-or-later v1.10.5
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About

This program lists all application launchers that are installed on your system. You can then use a clean, modern, and intuitive interface to customize the main menu to your liking.

The following features are included:

  • set launcher-icons to a specific file or icon-name
  • search through icons of your installed icon-theme
  • add and remove search-keywords
  • make launchers execute a specific file or command
  • set working directory for the execution
  • convert weblinks into valid commands
  • change launcher names and comments
  • create, edit, and remove launcher-actions
  • show or hide launchers in the main menu
  • show or hide launchers in certain desktop environments
  • change the launcher's menu-categories
  • enable or disable launcher's startup-animations
  • show a terminal-window when executing launchers
  • use a more powerful GPU for certain launchers
  • change advanced settings with your default text-editor
  • reset launchers back to their original states
  • create and delete custom launchers
  • use search to find your launchers in the sidebar
  • show hidden launchers in the sidebar
  • create duplicates of launchers
  • open .desktop files through the app-menu, the file-manager, or via drag-and-drop
  • install .desktop files to the desktop-environment's application menu
  • export .desktop files to custom locations
  • open locations of launcher's .desktop files in file-manager
  • use the application on any freedesktop.org compliant desktop-environment
  • use the application on small-screen devices
  • navigate the interface with your keyboard

Permissions

3 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • sandbox escape: can run commands on the host via flatpak-spawn
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.Flatpak
  • access to your whole config directory (other apps' settings and data)
    --filesystem=xdg-config:create
  • read-only access to your entire file system
    --filesystem=host:ro
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • access to /var/lib/snapd
    --filesystem=/var/lib/snapd:ro
  • access to /var/lib/flatpak
    --filesystem=/var/lib/flatpak:ro
  • access to xdg-data/flatpak
    --filesystem=xdg-data/flatpak:ro
  • access to your download folder
    --filesystem=xdg-download
  • access to ~/.var/app
    --filesystem=~/.var/app:ro
  • access to xdg-data/applications
    --filesystem=xdg-data/applications:create
  • access to xdg-data/xdg-desktop-portal
    --filesystem=xdg-data/xdg-desktop-portal:ro
  • access to your desktop folder
    --filesystem=xdg-desktop

Who publishes this

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  • verified on Flathub: the developer proved they control this app id
    publisher:flathub

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