AppImageLauncher
Helper application for Linux distributions serving as a kind of "entry point" for running and integrating AppImages.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Linux
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- hced reviewed AppImageLauncher
Streamlines AppImage maintenance that can be quite a hassle otherwise. Personally I prefer creating a standard Posix folder for third party apps: mkdir ~/.local/opt and then symlink the location used by AppImageLauncher: ln -s ~/.local/opt ~/Applications
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What is AppImageLauncher?
Makes your Linux desktop AppImage ready.
Integrate AppImages to your application launcher with one click, and manage, update and remove them from there. Double-click AppImages to open them, without having to make them executable first.
AppImageLauncher plays well with other applications managing AppImages, for example, app stores. However, it doesn't depend on any of those, and can run completely standalone. AppImageLauncher is a novel and unique solution for integrating with the system. It intercepts all attempts to open an AppImage to provide its integration features.
Being the launcher for AppImages, AppImageLauncher can control how the system treats AppImages. It integrates them into the system, provides helpers for updating or removing AppImages, and a lot more.
On their first execution (i.e., if they have not been integrated yet), it displays a dialog prompting the user whether to run the AppImage once, or move it to a predefined location and adding it to the application menus, launchers, etc.
Comments and Reviews
Streamlines AppImage maintenance that can be quite a hassle otherwise. Personally I prefer creating a standard Posix folder for third party apps: mkdir ~/.local/opt and then symlink the location used by AppImageLauncher: ln -s ~/.local/opt ~/Applications
Provides an easy way to integrate AppImages into the regular desktop GUI.
Not sure what the deal is with the automatic updater and it has problems with some AppImages - mainly I've seen it with JetBrains Toolbox where it continuously asks whether to run or integrate (one can choose run and it launches, but next time one will be asked the same q).