# Developers

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## [Improving wiki and github dev UX](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/improving-wiki-and-github-dev-ux/1105)

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**Author:** [@sjb8100](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/sjb8100)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/improving-wiki-and-github-dev-ux/1105 "2019-03-21T20:39:29Z")

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Hi I am new to the AppImage community. One of my issues on GitHub was closed without being addressed. Perhaps there is no desire to have a good dev onboarding experience. Hence this topic. Those that are interested or…

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## [AppImage - A suggestion on Desktop Integration](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/appimage-a-suggestion-on-desktop-integration/150)

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**Author:** [@Hendrik\_Louw](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/Hendrik_Louw)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/appimage-a-suggestion-on-desktop-integration/150 "2018-05-31T18:09:05Z")

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Hi All, I've been reading up on AppImage and the work that Simon has been doing to automatically create desktop entries for downloaded AppImage applications and had some ideas on how we could make .AppImage files 1st cla…

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## [A discussion on the "chmod +x"](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/a-discussion-on-the-chmod-x/162)

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**Author:** [@Vadim\_Peretokin](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/Vadim_Peretokin)\
**Replies:** 42\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/a-discussion-on-the-chmod-x/162 "2018-05-30T15:21:15Z")

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I told my coworker that in order to run an app, he needs to download it, chmod +x it, and just run it. I completely lost him on “see ech mod plus ex”. I gave another my Ubuntu laptop and asked him to download and run my…

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## [Deeper integration with firejail for sandboxing](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/deeper-integration-with-firejail-for-sandboxing/88)

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**Author:** [@probono](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/probono)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/deeper-integration-with-firejail-for-sandboxing/88 "2018-05-30T15:16:48Z")

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The appimaged daemon described here now uses an existing installation of firejail to run AppImages without the need of making them executable. firejail, in turn, uses in-kernel mounting, which should make the AppImages e…

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## [New appimaged: Optional daemon that registers AppImages with the system](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/new-appimaged-optional-daemon-that-registers-appimages-with-the-system/87)

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**Author:** [@probono](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/probono)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2018, 6:56am UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/new-appimaged-optional-daemon-that-registers-appimages-with-the-system/87 "2018-05-30T06:56:52Z")

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appimaged is an optional daemon that watches locations like ~/bin and ~/Downloads for AppImages and if it detects some, registers them with the system, so that they show up in the menu, have their icons show up, MIME typ…

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## [Export Linux AppImage Package - Eclipse plug-in](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/export-linux-appimage-package-eclipse-plug-in/352)

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**Author:** [@brotenet](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/brotenet)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/export-linux-appimage-package-eclipse-plug-in/352 "2018-05-15T18:21:12Z")

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Hello, Just want to mention that I’ve just published on GitHub an eclipse plug-in that builds Java desktop application projects into AppImage packages. The project link is: https://github.com/brotenet/ide.export.appima…

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## [A thought about appstream info integration](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/a-thought-about-appstream-info-integration/316)

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**Author:** [@juanma1980](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/juanma1980)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/a-thought-about-appstream-info-integration/316 "2018-03-31T15:02:10Z")

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Hi all. I’m working on integrating appimage info with appstream using the appimage’s json. The info contained in it is pretty useful (it also includes screenshots, wow!!) but it lacks all the info about the releases av…

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## [Appimages Desktop Integration and how to achieve it](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/appimages-desktop-integration-and-how-to-achieve-it/305)

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**Author:** [@azubieta](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/azubieta)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/appimages-desktop-integration-and-how-to-achieve-it/305 "2018-03-09T19:44:30Z")

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Despite of the freedesktop.org efforts to standardize how applications should be integrated into a GNU/Linux desktop environment (DE no on) we can appreciate that in the end they do as they please. Take by example issue…

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## [How to use linuxdeployqt](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/how-to-use-linuxdeployqt/275)

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**Author:** [@cgarry](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/cgarry)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/how-to-use-linuxdeployqt/275 "2018-02-12T18:37:02Z")

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I am attempting to use linuxdeployqt to create an AppImage for my C++ QT application but am failing so far. I wish to use linuxdeployqt with a desktop file to generate the AppImage. On linuxdeployqt’s GitHub page it gi…

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## [How can I upload YAML file to the official github repo?](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/how-can-i-upload-yaml-file-to-the-official-github-repo/238)

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**Author:** [@Alexdaz](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/Alexdaz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/how-can-i-upload-yaml-file-to-the-official-github-repo/238 "2017-09-23T13:51:37Z")

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Hi, I am new here and I am interested to contribute uploading two desktop applications to the official repo. The applications are: Umbrello. DeSmuME. I felt in love with the project and I want to upload more applicat…

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## [Native appimaged distribution packages (debian, Fedora, openSUSE, etc.)](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/native-appimaged-distribution-packages-debian-fedora-opensuse-etc/144)

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**Author:** [@probono](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/probono)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2017, 10:16am UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/native-appimaged-distribution-packages-debian-fedora-opensuse-etc/144 "2017-02-12T10:16:14Z")

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Marguerite Su has been working on packaging AppImageKit for openSUSE http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/MargueriteSu/openSUSE\_Leap\_42.1/x86\_64/ Dirk Müller has been working on packaging AppImageKit for ope…

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## [Google Summer of Code 2017](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/google-summer-of-code-2017/106)

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**Author:** [@probono](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/probono)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/google-summer-of-code-2017/106 "2017-02-09T18:57:27Z")

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\[image\] The AppImage project is considering to apply to participate as a mentoring organization in Google Summer of Code 2017. Toward this end, we maintain a Google Summer of Code 2017 ideas page at https://github.co…

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## [The future of AppImage: Type 2 and new tools](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/the-future-of-appimage-type-2-and-new-tools/65)

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**Author:** [@probono](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/probono)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2017, 9:17am UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/the-future-of-appimage-type-2-and-new-tools/65 "2017-01-31T09:17:17Z")

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Experimenting with squashfs instead of ISO9660. Switching from zisofs to squashfs would: Significantly save space, up to 45% (e.g., 121 MB rather than 218 MB for QtCreator-5.7.0-x86\_64.AppImage when using a 1 MB block…

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## [Gsoc 2017 project AppImage catalog](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/gsoc-2017-project-appimage-catalog/119)

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**Author:** [@heshjay](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/heshjay)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/gsoc-2017-project-appimage-catalog/119 "2017-01-19T22:18:07Z")

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Hi All, I am Heshan Jayasinghe final year undegretuate of university of moratuwa,SriLanka.I think i have good knowledge in at in jave SE,EE,Python,C,MEAN stack.I am a Oracle certified java programmer and i do some contri…

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