This is a current list of AppImages in the DeLinxCo repos. By packaging the AppImage in a standard Arch Linux Package form, AppImages can be installed and deleted like any other application. The AppImages are stored in /opt/appimages and are automatically available to all users of the system, a desktop launcher and app icon are also created and installed automatically.

Understanding why AppImages are a better fit in Linux for non-system packages.

If you know anything Linux Packaging, you know that it is not without it’s share of issues. When a developer creates an app, they publish the source code, a distribution will then compile the package and offer it in their repos, where a user can then download the application and install it on to their system using the preferred package manager. And this is where Linux system have always shined, long before the Apple and Microsoft, Linux had software repositories, where a user just clicks and downloads an application in seconds instead of minutes or hours by having to scour the web for the applications.

But this ecosystem is not without it’s faults, one of the bigger challenges for the developer is that by having the distro compile the package, the distro can, if they wish, and some have, alter the package before it is compiled. This can lead to the developer having to deal with issue or bug reports that are not directly caused by the application but by the distro that compiled the application, this adds much more work for the developer.

Then there is the issue of outdated packages, some distros will only update packages based on dependency versions, it is not uncommon to have some distro release brand new ISO’s with two year old applications that are 3,4 or even more versions older than the current release of said application.

AppImages are designed to be “portable”, this means you can download an AppImage, right click on it, mark it as “executable”, then double click on it and the application just runs. This is as simple as it gets, you can even download multiple versions of the same application and just choose which version you want to load, maybe for testing etc. The obvious draw back is that it is not part of the repo system, and breaks that continuity of simple package installation. By bundling the AppImage inside the distros packaging system and delivering it through repos, you get the best of both worlds. Up-to-date Applications, automatic installation, with desktop icon and launcher.

Most non-system applications can have files scattered throughout the system, but AppImages keeps everything in one executable, and by bundling the appimage in a package, only three files are needed to be installed, AppImage, Icon and desktop launcher. The AppImage is for all intents and purposes isolated from the main system because most AppImages bundle all dependencies in the AppImage.

If the developer offers an AppImage, and more and more are doing so, we pull the AppImage directly from the developers site or hosting system, verify the hash of the appimage and package it as is, what the developer created is what is given to the user. We try to avoid third party AppImages if possible, we currently only use 4 AppImages that do not come directly from the developer, see list below.

You will find the Applications as AppImages by the file name, it will have the -appimage appended to the application name.

You may use the standard GUI or use the command line to install and uninstall the application:

To Iinstall: sudo pacman -Sy gimp-appimage
To uninstall: sudo pacman -R gimp-appimage

or to use YAY

Install: yay gimp-appimage
Uninstall: yay -R gimp-appimage

Note: AppImages are updated once per month, if update exists, unless a security issue arises.

AppAppImageNameSource
Audacityaudacity-appimageDeveloper
blender-appimageThirdParty
cin-appimageDeveloper
darktable-appimageDeveloper
duplicati-appimageDeveloper
firefox-appimageThirdParty
frappe-books-appimageDeveloper
gimp-appimageDeveloper
GPU-Screen-Recordergpu-screen-recorder-appimageThirdParty
inkscape-appimageDeveloper
joplin-appimageDeveloper
Kdenlivekdenlive-appimageDeveloper
Kritakrita-appimageDeveloper
libreoffice-fresh-full-appimageDeveloper
lm-studio-appimageDeveloper
LM Studio Bioniclm-studio-bionic-appimageDeveloper
localsend-appimageDeveloper
Mission-Centermission-center-appimageDeveloper
musescore-studio-appimageDeveloper
ocenaudioocenaudio-appimageDeveloper
obs-studio-appimageThirdParty
OnlyOfficeonlyoffice-desktopeditors-appimageDeveloper
openRGBopenrgb-appimageDeveloper
OpenShotopenshot-appimageDeveloper
RClone Managerrclone-manager-appimageDeveloper
rustdesk-client-appimageDeveloper
Shotcutshotcut-appimageDeveloper
Signal Desktop Appsignal-appimageDeveloper
Stellariumstellarium-appimageDeveloper
tmog-appimageDeveloper
Tenacitytenacity-appimagewDeveloper
Upscaylupscayl-appimageDeveloper
vscodium-appimageDeveloper
zen-browser-appimageDeveloper