Linuxy

AppImage manager that doesn't get in your way.
Install, browse, sandbox, and update AppImages from one window.

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Screenshots

Library — installed apps at a glance	Discover — browse AppImageHub + GitHub
Settings — themes, storage, sandboxing	Auto-detect — watches your Downloads folder

Features

Feature	Description
Drag-and-drop install	Drop an AppImage — Linuxy extracts metadata, icons, creates .desktop entry, and copies it to ~/.local/appimages/. Done.
App discovery	Browse the AppImageHub catalog or search GitHub repos tagged appimage. Install in one click.
Firejail sandboxing	Toggle per-app. Enabled apps run under firejail --appimage with restricted filesystem and network access.
Delta updates	Bundles appimageupdatetool. Only fetches the binary diff, not the whole AppImage.
Downloads watcher	Notices new AppImages in ~/Downloads and prompts to install. "Later" snoozes until the next one appears.
CLI mode	linuxy install, linuxy list, linuxy launch. Works headless.
Dark/Light/System themes	Persists across sessions.
Storage dashboard	Disk usage and app count at a glance.

Install

One-liner (any distro)

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/swadhinbiswas/linuxy/main/install.sh | bash

Automatically detects your package manager (APT, DNF, Zypper) and downloads the right package. Falls back to the universal AppImage.

Manual

Debian / Ubuntu / Mint / Pop!_OS

sudo apt install ./linuxy_*_amd64.deb

Fedora / RHEL

sudo dnf install ./linuxy-*.rpm

openSUSE

sudo zypper install ./linuxy-*.rpm

Arch Linux (AUR)

yay -S linuxy

Any distro (AppImage)

chmod +x Linuxy_*.AppImage
./Linuxy_*.AppImage

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/swadhinbiswas/linuxy.git
cd linuxy
bun install
bun run tauri build

Usage

GUI

Tab	What it does
Library	Your installed apps. Launch, toggle sandbox, check updates, remove. Drag new AppImages here.
Discover	Browse AppImageHub or search GitHub. One-click install.
Settings	Theme toggle, storage stats, Firejail / updater status.

CLI

linuxy install ~/Downloads/App.AppImage   # install from path
linuxy install https://example.org/app    # install from URL
linuxy list                               # list installed apps
linuxy launch AppName                     # launch by name
linuxy remove AppName                     # remove by name
linuxy --help                             # full command list

Configuration

Path	Contents
~/.local/appimages/	AppImage binaries
~/.local/share/applications/	.desktop entries
~/.local/share/icons/hicolor/*/apps/	Extracted icons

Firejail: install with your distro's package manager, then toggle per-app from the GUI. When enabled, Linuxy rewrites the .desktop Exec= line to prepend firejail --appimage.

Wayland: Linuxy runs via XWayland by default (WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1). No configuration needed.

Development

Prerequisites

# Ubuntu / Debian
sudo apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev build-essential libssl-dev \
  libgtk-3-dev libayatana-appindicator3-dev librsvg2-dev libxdo-dev

# Fedora
sudo dnf install webkit2gtk4.1-devel openssl-devel gtk3-devel \
  libappindicator-gtk3-devel librsvg2-devel libxdo-devel

Run

bun install
bun run tauri dev

Checks

bun run typecheck
bun run lint
cd src-tauri && cargo clippy && cargo test

Contributing

git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/linuxy.git
cd linuxy
git checkout -b feat/your-thing
# make changes
git commit -m "feat: what you did"
git push origin feat/your-thing

Open a pull request. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.

License

MIT

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