# ivan-hc/AM

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!

Repository: https://github.com/ivan-hc/AM
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/am
Homepage: https://portable-linux-apps.github.io
Language: Shell
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: cli, appman, updater, appimage-collection, appimage-repository, installer, appimage, am
Last push: 2026-08-26T08:03:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1751, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 19, "gap_med": 10, "n_releases_24m": 44}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1345, forks 125 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:27.247510+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: package-manager, cli, developer-tools, file-system
- domain: developer-tools, operating-systems, self-hosted
- platform: cli
- tags: appimage, portable-apps, aur-inspired, shell-scripts, app-management, sandboxing, app-updater, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- ivan-hc/AM (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:27.247510+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:42:45.682693+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ivan-hc/AM (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:27.247510+00:00, sha 6ed25e4b823f)
  - homepage: https://portable-linux-apps.github.io (fetched 2026-08-29T12:01:55.699004+00:00, sha 82e71402bceb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.