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From: Steve Groesz <steve@groesz.org>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 19:18:24 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add project overview to readme

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+AppImageDaemon2 (aid2 - proposed)
+
+
+Alternatives
+- Per https://docs.appimage.org/introduction/software-overview.html#appimaged
+  - appimaged
+  - AppImageKit
+  - appimagetool
+  - AppImageUpdate
+  - AppImageLauncher
+
+Problem
+Several appimage helper programs exist
+
+Planned Features
+- Folder watching; ie ~/Applications
+  - Similar to appimaged
+- Config file; ~/.local/aid2/aid2.conf
+  - Stores watched location(s)
+  - Feature missing from appimaged (?)
+  - Stores web address to appimage repositor[y|ies]
+  - RunByDefault | InstallByDefault | InstallRunByDefault | AskByDefault
+  - appimage source location overrides by app - in case this can't be determined from the appimage directly
+- Python (?)
+- Right click (context) menu (functions provided by aid2)
+  - Appimage
+    - Run
+    - Install | Remove
+    - Update
+    - About
+- Look into Mint-Update integration
+- Look into mintinstall (Mint app store) integration for appimages, similar to how Flatpaks are integrated
+- Use local tools and binaries when working on appimages
+  - Security - avoid executing runtimes distributed with appimages which may be untrustworthy
+- Documentation
+- Manpages (?)
+  - Missing from appimaged (?) and others (?)
+- Primary distribution as .deb package
+  - Dogfooding is cool and all, but time and place. This is meant to add key functionality to the OS
+- Daemonize (obvs.)
+- Minimal user interaction - should appear as if built into the native OS by default
+- Possibly windows to confirm actions (xyz Installed; xyz Removed; No updates found | xyz Updated to 1.2.3.4 | etc)
+
+
+Resources
+https://docs.appimage.org/introduction/software-overview.html
+https://docs.appimage.org/user-guide/run-appimages.html
+https://docs.appimage.org/reference/desktop-integration.html
+https://docs.appimage.org/reference/appdir.html
+https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/issues/830
+