I like to play with Portable Linux Apps, in particularAppImage packages.

I'm just an enthusiast who likes to write scripts for GNU/Linux, for fun.

I started writing small scripts for personal use, in my free time... and then sharing them here, on Github.

Main project

Creating AppImage packages

• My Tools
• My AppImage packages
• My 32-bit AppImage packages

Scripts and utilities

"AM" Application Manager

Package manager, database & solutions for all AppImages and portable apps for GNU/Linux!

"AM"/"AppMan" is a set of scripts and modules for installing, updating, and managing AppImage packages and other portable formats, in the same way that APT manages DEBs packages, DNF the RPMs, and so on... using a large database of Shell scripts inspired by the Arch User Repository, each dedicated to an app or set of applications.

The engine of "AM"/"AppMan" is the "APP-MANAGER" script which, depending on how you install or rename it, allows you to install apps system-wide (for a single system administrator) or locally (for each user).

"AM"/"AppMan" aims to be the default package manager for all AppImage packages, giving them a home to stay.

You can consult the entirelist of managed apps atportable-linux-apps.github.io/apps.

Sometimes my Appimage packages are built from a base of precompiled packages, whether they are in .deb or .tar format it doesn't matter, as long as they know how to work by themselves.

Unfortunately it's not always that simple, so we need to download more dependencies from external packages.

When a program requires multiple external libraries to work, I use three tools to generate my AppImage packages:

• ArchImage is a script that builds AppImages containing a portable Arch Linux container, named "JuNest". The final AppImage package is compatible with all the GNU/Linux distributions
• AppImaGen is a script that builds AppImages from Ubuntu PPAs or Debian repositories. The final packages are GLIBC compatible for the chosen Debian release or the previous (not the latest, not the oldest) Ubuntu LTS. This method is closest to those commonly used among AppImage packagers
• Snap2AppImage is an experimental script to convert Snap packages to portable AppImages, good for standalone programs and Electron-based apps available on the Canonical/Ubuntu's Snapstore

To recap, in order of "efficiency":

Name	AppImages base	Efficiency (%)	Stars
ArchImage	Arch Linux	90%
AppImaGen	Ubuntu LTS or Debian	50%
Snap2AppImage	Snap packages	10%

Also I'm open to cooperation in teams by experiencing new methods to create Appimages. As a special guest, I also have aSteam AppImage built usingRunimage, thanks to the big effort of one of my best cooperators,Samueru-sama.

This is the list of all AppImage packages I build in my repositories for both "AM" and "AppMan".

Application	Source / Based on...	Stars
Abiword	Arch Linux - JuNest (ArchImage)
Aisleriot	Arch Linux - JuNest (ArchImage)
Amarok	Arch Linux - JuNest (ArchImage)
AnyDesk	DEB, upstream
Avidemux	Arch Linux - JuNest (ArchImage)
Bottles	Arch Linux - JuNest (ArchImage)
Brave Stable/Beta/Nightly	TAR/ZIP, upstream
Celestia "Enanched"	Arch Linux - JuNest (ArchImage)
Chrome Stable/Beta/Unstable	DEB, upstream
Chromium Stable/Candidate/Beta/Edge	Snap
Dropbox	TAR/ZIP, upstream
Emacs	Arch Linux - JuNest (ArchImage)
Evince	Arch Linux - JuNest (ArchImage)
Gedit	Arch Linux - JuNest (ArchImage)
GIMP Stable/Developer/Git/Hybrid	Arch Linux - JuNest (ArchImage)
GNOME Boxes	Arch Linux - JuNest (ArchImage)
Gnome-calculator	Arch Linux - JuNest (ArchImage)
Gnumeric	Arch Linux - JuNest (ArchImage)
Handbrake	Arch Linux - JuNest (ArchImage)
Hypnotix	Arch Linux - JuNest (ArchImage)
KDE-games	Arch Linux - JuNest (ArchImage)
KDE-utils	Arch Linux - JuNest (ArchImage)
Microsoft Edge Stable/Beta/Dev	DEB, upstream
MPV	Arch Linux - JuNest (ArchImage)
OBS-Studio	Arch Linux - JuNest (ArchImage)
ocenaudio	Arch Linux - JuNest (ArchImage)
Opera Stable/Beta/Dev	DEB, upstream
PowerShell	TAR/ZIP, upstream
Rhythmbox	Arch Linux - JuNest (ArchImage)
Sideload	DEB, elementaryOS
Skype	Snap
SpaceCadet Pinball (AUR)	Arch Linux - JuNest (ArchImage)
Spotify	DEB, upstream
Steam	Runimage
SuperTuxKart	TAR/ZIP, upstream
Torcs	Arch Linux - JuNest (ArchImage)
Transmission-gtk	Arch Linux - JuNest (ArchImage)
VirtualBox KVM	Arch Linux - JuNest (ArchImage)
Vivaldi Stable/Snapshot	DEB, upstream
VLC Stable/Git	Arch Linux - JuNest (ArchImage)
WhatsApp Nativefier	TAR/ZIP, upstream
WPS Office	DEB, upstream
Yandex Browser Stable/Beta/Corporate	DEB, upstream
Database of pkg2appimaged packages*	Various sources

*NOTE, the last one in the table above is a database containing small random apps and games that you may need. The AppImages contained in this repository are:

All of these applications have been built since September 2021, and (if my time will be enough) I will build even more AppImages. Just browse my repositories to find other experimental projects I'm working on. My main workflow is based on theArchImage method since summer 2023, and I believe I will continue to work this way until a better solution than this is discovered.

I hope you enjoy them!

32-bit GNU/Linux distributions are increasingly rarely used, but this does not mean they should be excluded. If you use Debian Stable for i386 (recommended) or higher, I have created a specific repository for those applications, all manageable through AM and AppMan.

Application	Source / Based on...	Stars
32-bit AppImage packages database	Various .deb sources

The 32-bit AppImages contained in this repository are:

I have not included them in the main repositories of their 64-bit counterparts to avoid confusion.

Project	Stars
Firefox for Linux, installation scripts
Flatpak installer, a custom action

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1. AMAMPublic

   AppImage Package Manager: AppImage sandboxing, local and system installation, update all AppImages, an extensible database of AppImages and portable apps, lists for AppImages and other GNU/Linux bi…

   Shell 664 50

2. ArchImageArchImagePublic

   Build AppImage packages for all distributions but including Arch Linux packages. Powered by JuNest.

   Shell 158 3

3. Portable-Linux-Apps/Portable-Linux-Apps.github.ioPortable-Linux-Apps/Portable-Linux-Apps.github.ioPublic

   Largest AppImages collection!

   SCSS 37 18

4. GIMP-appimageGIMP-appimagePublic

   GNU Image Manipulation Program Stable & Developer Edition.

   Shell 53 4

5. Steam-appimageSteam-appimagePublic

   Unofficial Steam AppImage built using Runimage.

   Shell 42 7

6. VirtualBox-appimageVirtualBox-appimagePublic

   Unofficial VirtualBox KVM AppImage

   Shell 18 5