AppImageDaemon2 (aid2 - proposed)

Alternatives

• appimaged
• AppImageKit
• appimagetool
• AppImageUpdate
• AppImageLauncher

Problem

Several appimage helper programs exist, but none provide the desired "integration feel" I'm looking for

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
• https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageSpec