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    Flatpak

    Flatpak is a cross-distribution utility for software deployment and package management for a wide range of Linux

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    What is Flatpak?

    Distributing applications on Linux is a pain: different distributions in multiple versions, each with their own versions of libraries and packaging formats. Flatpak is here to change all that. It allows the same app to be installed on different Linux distributions, including different versions. And it has been designed from the ground up with security in mind, so that apps are isolated from each other and from the host system.

    Features:
    • Quickly and easily search or install applications using https://flathub.org

    • Get more recent version of application
    Flatpak is widely popular with both Linux users and Linux software developers who are interested in installing the most recent versions of the application or using the optional package manager built-in sandbox environment. While at the same time remaining in control of the security.

    • Directly provide updates to users
    Flatpak allows application developers to directly provide updates to users without going through distributions, and without having to package and test the application separately for each distribution.[9]
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    • Top positive comment  over 3 years ago • 0 replies
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    Flatpak is an excellent project. It enables the same software to be installed on all Linux distros (e.g. Signal, Spotify... many others). So if it comes as a Flatpak, you don't have to sorry if your system is a .deb, .rpm. or whatever system. The flatpaks will install regardless. Long overdue and well implemented. Better than Snap packages from Canonical, which aim at the same thing and do it worse.

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    Sneetsher
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    • Top positive comment  almost 4 years ago • 0 replies
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    It really simplify staying updated with edge release of gnu/linux applications.

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    Said about Flatpak as an alternative

    headlines Also works well on all Linux distributions, but easier to manage apps like GNOME Software or the Flatpak command line interface.
    Positive comment • over 1 year ago • as an alternative to  AppImageKit AppImageKit

    It can be installed simply on any GNU/Linux systems. Not just executable, it is installable.
    Positive comment • almost 4 years ago • as an alternative to  AppImageKit AppImageKit

    BurnerStudios While snapcraft and flatpak are both universal package managers, flatpak (in my experience) supports distributions other than ubuntu much better than snapcraft.
    Positive comment • over 1 year ago • as an alternative to  Snapcraft Snapcraft

    Categories

    Development • OS & Utilities

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    • software-distribution
    • software-packaging
    • app-packaging
    • build-tool

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    Summary

    Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about Flatpak, and it has gotten 31 likes

    • Developed by freedesktop
    • Open Source and Free product.
    • Average rating of 4.5
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    Flatpak was added to AlternativeTo by NickAshley on Dec 11, 2016 and this page was last updated Dec 19, 2021.

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