appimage-builder

name	appimage-builder
description	Build AppImage bundles with AppDir structure for portable Linux applications
allowed-tools	Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Glob, Grep
tags	["linux","appimage","portable","packaging","distribution"]
graph	{"domains":["domain:software-engineering"],"specializations":["specialization:desktop-development"],"skillAreas":["skill-area:cross-platform-desktop","skill-area:deployment-infrastructure-management"],"roles":["role:desktop-developer","role:fullstack-engineer"],"workflows":["workflow:feature-development","workflow:release-management"]}

appimage-builder

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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