Junction
by Sonny Piers
Application chooser
Dangerous permissions
Verified creator
GPL-3.0
v1.12
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Flatsonar is just the shop window. The people below made Junction.
About
Junction pops up automatically when you open a file or link in another app. Use the mouse or keyboard navigation to choose which app you want to open it with.
Features:
- Choose the app to open with
- Show the location before opening
- Edit the URL before opening
- Show a hint for insecure links
- Keyboard navigation
- Supports desktop actions on right click
- Middle Click or Ctrl + Click to open in multiple applications
- Linux Mobile support
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 - X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
--socket=x11 - read-only access to your entire file system
--filesystem=host:ro - 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-data/applications
--filesystem=xdg-data/applications:ro - access to /var/lib/flatpak
--filesystem=/var/lib/flatpak:ro - access to /var/lib/snapd
--filesystem=/var/lib/snapd:ro - access to xdg-data/flatpak
--filesystem=xdg-data/flatpak:ro
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.