Support upstream projects in providing AppImages

[probonopd]

This ticket tracks issues of upstream projects interested in providing AppImages.

An AppImage is a distribution format for applications that can run anywhere without installation: Distribute your desktop Linux application in the AppImage format and win users running all common Linux distributions. Package once and run everywhere. Reach users on all major desktop distributions.

Note to upstream application authors: If your project appears in this list, it most likely means that AppImage has been suggested as a way to distribute your application. Please open an issue in this project if you are an upstream application developer requesting support for packaging your application as an AppImage.

Find details on AppImageKit here.

This repository contains some example Recipe files that show how to package applications as AppImages.

Also, many projects are building on Travis CI using Qt; these could potentially be interested in providing AppImages of the build results.

Applications

• Mumble snapshot Linux packaging mumble-voip/mumble#1986
• Application icon on Linux - Making Linux package/installer evothings/evothings-studio#27
• Portable version of Natron for Linux MrKepzie/Natron#120
• Provide Bluegriffon linux binaries using AppImage therealglazou/bluegriffon#15 - can't get it to build; no CI available
• Integrate AppImage for Linux releases mavlink/qgroundcontrol#2913
• Provide corebird Linux app using AppImage  baedert/corebird#518 - upstream does not target older target systems
• Puddletag AppImage  puddletag/puddletag#288
• Provide an AppImage OpenShot/openshot-qt#93
• https://github.com/markummitchell/engauge-digitizer/issues/112
• AppImage package Philip-Scott/Notes-up#25 - @demonpig working on it
• Provide Linux AppImage GoldenCheetah/GoldenCheetah#1913
• Create an appimage Linux package for Etcher balena-io/etcher#323
• Do not put AppImage into a zip file cjcliffe/CubicSDR#334
• https://github.com/iridium-browser/iridium-browser/issues/24
• Need package maintainers gnunn1/tilix#25
• libicuuc.so.52: cannot open shared object file (Ubuntu 16.04) ossia/score#186
• ZeroNet AppImage HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet#283
• Linux package maintainers wanted! cpvrlab/ImagePlay#57 (comment)
• Support AppImages itchio/itch#683
• https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/ALL-712?query=AppImage
• Suggestions drawpile/Drawpile#338
• Create automatic packaging for .deb, .rpm, snap and flatpack nuttyartist/notes#13
• Package building on Linux LMMS/lmms#2556
• Provide nightly builds as AppImage file servo/servo#12031 - official download does not run for me
• Investigate Appimage OtterBrowser/otter-browser#1148
• Build on ubuntu 16.04. worked. Ultimaker/cura-build#63 | [WIP] Rework cura-build to separate dependencies and provide signing targets Ultimaker/cura-build#75
• AppImages on releases page aferrero2707/PhotoFlow#103
• Build binary releases of ESP examples on Linux. damellis/ESP#323
• AppImage arkottke/strata#1
• Flatpakization vinszent/gnome-twitch#157 - upstream seemingly not interested in AppImage
• https://github.com/DemonsawCommunity/demonsaw/issues/4
• https://github.com/xdgurl/xdgurl
• Build Packages for Debian environments. Swordfish90/cool-retro-term#136 (comment)
• https://github.com/FreeRDP/Remmina/issues/1123#issuecomment-282304895
• Make a final release for version 1.5.1 alamminsalo/orion#197
• [Feature Request] - AppImage jamiemcg/Remarkable#178
• Use AppImage for Linux builds lbryio/lbry-desktop#332
• Adopt Arch Linux package file KDAB/hotspot#58
• Update PPA bilelmoussaoui/Hardcode-Tray#391
• Add AppImage Linux (x86_64) builds chenxiaolong/DualBootPatcher#611
• Please create an AppImage for QTodoTxt QTodoTxt/QTodoTxt2#30
• Packaging for Linux Distributions hyperdriveguy/OpenGospel#12
• Bookworm as AppImage : Arc-theme support and distro-agnosticism babluboy/bookworm#46
• Provide an AppImage gcompris/GCompris-qt#191
• Provide qBittorrent AppImage built on Travis CI qbittorrent/qBittorrent#7312
• Provide an AppImage for Linux brave/browser-laptop#10250 (comment)

Games

See our sister project, https://github.com/RazZziel/PortableLinuxGames

• Using AppImage for portable GNU/Linux binaries luanti-org/luanti#3568
• Automatically build key portions of AppImageKit worldforge/hammer#13
• Provide the RoR game for Linux using AppImage  RigsOfRods/rigs-of-rods#800
• Requesting AppImage for Supertuxkart  supertuxkart/stk-code#2448
• Compiling in Linux - lasmjit AND lpng16_static RPCS3/rpcs3#1561
• Create a distribution-independend binary of planeworld planeworld/planeworld#39
• Automated cross-platform distribution & packaging speed-boulder/speed-boulder#2
• Automated Release Builds unfoldingWord-dev/ts-desktop#194
• TrenchBroom AppImage built on Ubuntu 14.04 complains about missing libpng12.so.0 on Arch Linux AppImage/AppImageKit#177 TrenchBroom
• FreeDOS is not delivered dosemu2/dosemu2#93 (comment)
• AppImages! Secretchronicles/TSC#614
• [General] Add Linux distributable LateStartStudio/Hero6#187 (already builds on Travis CI)

Other

• Mega Prototype Issue alganet/AppPackPrototype#1

[crayxt]

https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent

[crayxt]

qbittorent depends on libtorrent-rasterbar which depends on newer boost libraries - they are available in epel6, but I cannot make libtorrent-rasterbar see those boost libraries (boost148)

[probonopd]

Might be necessary to build all the special deps yourself? If they don't build it's probably best to seek help from the upstream project. Sometimes apps have higher build-time requirements than CentOS 6.

[darealshinji]

KDEnlive is now provided as an AppImage: https://kdenlive.org/download/
MediaInfo AppImages are a work in progress: MediaArea/MediaArea-Utils@8b00c71

Update:
XnViewMP AppImage: http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=34581