AppManager installs and manages AppImages

The AppImages are designed to be simple. You download one, make it executable, and run it. In Ubuntu, however, there is an extra step: Ubuntu comes with FUSE 3 by default, but some AppImages still require FUSE 2 (libfuse2t64) to run.

AppManager is a new (almost) GTK4/Libadwaita implementation that fixes this particular problem, using AppImages via uruntime instead of FUSE. It handles regular AppImages packaged with SquashFS, as well as newer ones packaged with DwarFS.

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Double-click an .AppImage file and AppManager opens a macOS-style installation flow. Drag the app icon into the folder and AppManager moves the file to ~/Applications or another directory of your choosing. AppManager will create the app launcher and shortcut for you.

If you already have multiple AppImages on your device and want to move them to run through this app, use the import option and place each AppImage or a folder full of them.

Configure and manage each application individually

AppManager is an AppImage manager, so it does more than just offer a way to create macOS-style startup shortcuts.

It can check and update AppImages using Gitlab or Github links. You can use the command line and choose to use 'portable' home and config folders per application or on a global basis. You can also set $PATH or environment variables.

To increase speed, there is an “extract” option in each application listing. Unzipping the package contents may, on slower systems, result in slightly faster opening of heavier software, but beware this cannot be easily undone and uses up disk space.

Updates can be set to run on a schedule and download zsync delta patches instead of the entire AppImage (this is also supported). For those who prefer the terminal, there is also a built-in CLI for installing and updating applications.

Download and install AppManager

As we mentioned at the beginning, AppManager does not depend on FUSE. This eliminates the need to remember which package to install before you can run AppImages on Ubuntu.

AppManager is open source and, of course, is released as an AppImage. The developer, Arnis K, says it runs on almost every desktop Linux distribution.

Download it from the GitHub page , give it execution permissions, then double-click to open it. Drag the icon to the folder as shown in the image, then make the settings from the main window.

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