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Helper application for Linux distributions serving as a kind of "entry point" for running and integrating AppImages

10 mentions on Hacker News by 9 people: 0 stories, 10 comments · first 2021-01-14 · latest 2025-09-26

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  1. Nice! How does it compare to https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher ?
    comment by mrbluecoat · 2025-09-26 · in Gear Lever: Integrate AppImages into your app menu with just one click
  2. There is AppImageLauncher [0] that can make it easier to get launcher shortcuts. [0] https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher
    comment by AiAi · 2024-06-25 · in Microsoft removes documentation for switching to a local account in Windows 11
  3. …that can provide some automated management of that. It's not perfect but it is helpful. [1]: https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher
    comment by freedomben · 2024-05-31 · in Debian KDE: Right Linux distribution for professional digital painting in 2024
  4. …it doesn't? i haven't really figured out the rhyme or reason [0] https://sparkle-project.org/ [1] https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher
    comment by arrakeen · 2023-08-21 · in Flatpak is not the future (2021)
  5. Try this: https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher
    comment by moxvallix · 2022-07-01 · in Thunderbird 102
  6. …There's a reason we have "portable executables" for windows as its own download option! [0]: https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher
    comment by rtpg · 2022-06-29 · in Thunderbird 102
  7. …way to trivially install a .desktop file for a given AppImage I've downloaded Here it is.[0,1] [0] https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher [1] https://docs.appimage.org/reference/desktop-integration.html
    comment by app4soft · 2021-10-15 · in Ubuntu 21.10
  8. For reference, what whatatita is talking about is at: https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher/releases ;)
    comment by maverick74 · 2021-01-15 · in Signal AppImage for Linux
  9. I posted this above, but at least for me, this project seems to do the trick: https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher I did use a terminal to install the AUR package on my system, however. ;)
    comment by vinay427 · 2021-01-14 · in Signal AppImage for Linux
  10. This solves this problem for me quite well: https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher It asks whether an AppImage should be integrated (with .desktop files, etc.) upon launching one and does everything automatically, even on my…
    comment by vinay427 · 2021-01-14 · in Signal AppImage for Linux