azubieta @azubieta@fosstodon.org

appimage-manager is now available for #archlinux on #AUR

check https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/appimage-manager/

Hello folks! I'm starting a blog about #AppImage.
My plan is to post there tips, tricks, tutorials and news about the interesting world of AppImages :)

Stay tune for updates!

https://appimagecrafters.github.io/appimage/2020/07/29/welcome-to-appimagecrafters.html

app-manager v0.1.2 is available and brings an improved update implementation (now is faster)

grab it while it's hot: https://github.com/AppImageCrafters/app-manager/releases/tag/v0.1.2

#AppImage #Linux

Learn how to make #AppImage at #Akademy2020

Room 01 - 7th September
18:00 UTC Make your App an Appimage

@konibo the author seems to really hate electron apps.

#Tkinter users, I have made an example of building an #AppImage from a #tkinter app. I would like to have some feedback before releasing it.

Please check, and leave your comments:
https://github.com/AppImageCrafters/appimage-builder/pull/31

appimage-builder v0.5.5 is now available. This version brings some critical bug fixes, see the changelog for details.

Get it using pip install appimage-builder

https://github.com/AppImageCrafters/appimage-builder/releases/tag/v0.5.5

#appimage #linux

Do you have a #PyQt application and want to reach as many #linux users as possible?

Use #AppImage!

Check the link below to learn how to do it. Try it, it's super simple.

https://appimage-builder.readthedocs.io/en/latest/examples/pyqt.html

#python #linux #Packaging

@danyspin97 it's not a substitute of pip. It actually uses pip to gather the dependencies.

Said that, packing a linux app as an AppImage allows you to control both the python packages and other binaries that your desktop app may require. Making possible to just download and install a given app. No need to install extra stuff and deal with any possible incompatibility.

This is specially useful when making desktop applications.

#Python application packaging made simple thanks to #AppImage

Check the link for a working example: https://github.com/AppImageCrafters/appimage-builder-python-example

@comrad @gnome @kde correct, using #AppImage removes the middle man between the app author and the users.

@comrad @gnome @kde apt and zypper are great tools but you depend of a third party to pack and make a given app available to you.

With #AppImage you can grab it right from the application author. The day it's released :)

@cld_tech @gnome @kde I don't want to be absolute in my opinion about size comparison but we definitively have to do serious measurements before giving opinions on which one is smaller

@cld_tech @gnome @kde by design an AppImage bundle contains almost everything it needs to run, and (if it's well done ) no more. So there's no resources sharing here.

But don't take for granted that you will be saving too much when using a flatpack or a snap. Two versions of an app may use different runtimes versions therefore you will have two copies of the runtime and a runtime definitively contains mora that what a single app will need.

Installing an app in #Linux, @gnome @kde should not be more complicated than this!

Now it's possible thanks to #AppImage and the appimage-manager!

https://github.com/AppImageCrafters/appimage-manager

@mondcivitano @ademalsasa @kde @libreoffice @inkscape @torproject @Jami you welcome

Manage your #AppImage collection from the CLI

#GNU #linux #apps

https://github.com/AppImageCrafters/appimage-installer