AppImage Desktop Shortcut Manager

One-click management of AppImage desktop shortcuts - Auto-extract icons, create shortcuts, and clean invalid entries

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Desktop Shortcut Manager with GUI

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Quick Start

1️⃣ Download Scripts

Place appimage-shortcut-sync.sh in your AppImage directory:

# Example: ~/appinstall/ directory
cd ~/appinstall
# Ensure scripts are executable
chmod +x *.sh

2️⃣ Run Sync Tool

./appimage-shortcut-sync.sh

3️⃣ Select Operation

AppImage files needing shortcuts (5):
   [0] App1.AppImage
   [1] App2.AppImage
   ...

Select an operation:
   [a] Create all
   [number] Create specific items (space-separated, e.g.: 0 2 4)
   [s] Skip, don't create any shortcuts

👉 Your choice: a

4️⃣ Done!

Now you can launch your AppImage applications from desktop or application menu.

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Usage Guide

# Method 1: Script in AppImage directory (Recommended)
cd ~/appinstall
./appimage-shortcut-sync.sh

# Method 2: Specify directory from anywhere
./appimage-shortcut-sync.sh ~/appinstall

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License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE file for details.

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Acknowledgments

• Thanks to AppImage Project for providing portable application solutions
• Thanks to GNOME Project and DING Extension
• Thanks to all contributors and users for their feedback

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Made with ❤️ for Linux AppImage users