# mijorus/gearlever

Manage AppImages with ease 📦

Repository: https://github.com/mijorus/gearlever
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gearlever
Homepage: https://gearlever.mijorus.it
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-07-22T19:16:16+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 92/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 93, release rhythm 94, longevity 85
- inputs: {"age_days": 1202, "days_push": 42, "days_rel": 42, "gap_med": 6, "n_releases_24m": 58}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2136, forks 93 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:17.561980+00:00)

## What it is
Gear Lever is a Linux desktop application for managing AppImages, letting users integrate them into the app menu, organize them in a custom folder, and handle updates with a modern GTK UI. It also ships a CLI with JSON output for scripting AppImage integration, updates, and removal.

## Use cases
- integrate appimages into my app menu
- manage appimage updates on linux
- organize appimages in a folder
- update appimages from the command line
- remove appimages and their desktop entries
- list installed appimages as json

## When to choose
- you use many AppImages on Linux and want menu integration and update management
- you want a GUI plus scriptable CLI for AppImage lifecycle
- you prefer Flatpak-distributed desktop tools

## When to avoid
- you only use Flatpak, deb, or rpm packages rather than AppImages
- you need a general-purpose Linux package manager
- you are not on a Linux desktop with a freedesktop-compliant menu

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, cli, file-system, developer-tools
- domain: desktop-applications, operating-systems, developer-tools
- platform: cli
- tags: appimage, appimage-management, flatpak, gtk, package-management, desktop-integration, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- mijorus/gearlever (main) score 92

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:17.561980+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 2026-08-30T02:51:53.047462+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mijorus/gearlever (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:17.561980+00:00, sha f9dc29e7cf2b)
  - homepage: https://gearlever.mijorus.it (fetched 2026-08-29T10:31:55.082863+00:00, sha e742b0fccb2f)
  - site_page: https://gearlever.mijorus.it/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T10:31:55.086330+00:00, sha 3f1a379622cb)
  - site_page: https://gearlever.mijorus.it/changelog (fetched 2026-08-29T10:31:55.088438+00:00, sha b35176cc8ef5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.