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AppImage Package Manager: AppImage sandboxing, local and system installation, update all AppImages, an extensible database of AppImages and portable apps, lists for AppImages and other GNU/Linux binaries, integrate AppImages by drag/drop or install unlisted AppImages, conversion of old AppImage types... and more! Manage AppImages like never before! observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/ivan-hc/AM · homepage · Shell · GPL-3.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

99/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 98
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 10
  • age_days: 1751
  • days_rel: 19
  • days_push: 7
  • n_releases_24m: 44

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1345 stars · 125 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

AM (Application Manager) is a Shell-based package manager for AppImage packages and other portable applications on GNU/Linux, inspired by the Arch User Repository. It installs, updates, removes, sandboxes, and integrates portable apps system-wide or locally, backed by a large community database of installation scripts.

Use cases

  • manage appimages from the command line
  • update all appimages at once
  • install portable apps on linux
  • sandbox appimages
  • integrate appimages into the application menu
  • find appimages in a curated database
  • install appimages without libfuse2

When to choose

  • you use many AppImage or portable apps on GNU/Linux and want APT-like management
  • you want system-wide or per-user installation of portable apps with menu integration
  • you want a large AUR-style catalog of AppImages with real update support

When to avoid

  • you only use Flatpak, Snap, or distro packages
  • you need a graphical software center rather than a CLI tool
  • you expect the manager to fix broken apps - it only installs and integrates what upstream provides

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

package-manager cli developer-tools file-system developer-tools operating-systems self-hosted cli appimage portable-apps aur-inspired shell-scripts app-management sandboxing app-updater command-line linux

2 sources

Member repositories

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