appimage-builder

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Build AppImage bundles with AppDir structure for portable Linux applications

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Build AppImage bundles for portable Linux application distribution that runs on most distributions.

Capabilities

Create AppDir structure
Generate .desktop files
Bundle dependencies
Configure AppRun script
Use appimagetool or linuxdeploy
Configure update information
Sign AppImages

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "projectPath": { "type": "string" },
    "appName": { "type": "string" },
    "executablePath": { "type": "string" },
    "iconPath": { "type": "string" },
    "updateUrl": { "type": "string" }
  },
  "required": ["projectPath", "appName", "executablePath"]
}

AppDir Structure

MyApp.AppDir/
├── AppRun
├── myapp.desktop
├── myapp.png
└── usr/
    ├── bin/
    │   └── myapp
    └── lib/
        └── [bundled libraries]

Build Commands

# Using appimagetool
ARCH=x86_64 appimagetool MyApp.AppDir MyApp-x86_64.AppImage

# Using linuxdeploy
linuxdeploy --appdir MyApp.AppDir --output appimage

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Last commit: Sep 2026

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Key: appimage-builder
Source: github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter

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