Flatsonar

Junction

by Sonny Piers

Application chooser

Dangerous permissions Verified creator GPL-3.0 v1.12

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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.