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align=\"center\"\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"https://pi-apps.io\"\u003e\n        \u003cimg src=\"https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps/blob/master/icons/proglogo.png?raw=true\" alt=\"Pi-Apps logo\"\u003e\n    \u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003eThe most popular app store for Raspberry Pi computers. 100% free, open-source and written in shell scripts.\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md\"\u003e\n    View changelog\u003c/a\u003e\n  |\n  \u003ca href=\"https://pi-apps.io/wiki/getting-started/apps-list/\"\u003e\n    Apps List\u003c/a\u003e\n  |\n  \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps/issues/new?template=bug-report.yml\"\u003e\n    Report an error\u003c/a\u003e\n  |\n  \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps/issues/new?template=suggestion.yml\"\u003e\n    Make a general suggestion\u003c/a\u003e\n  |\n  \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps/issues/new?assignees=\u0026labels=App+Request\u0026template=app-suggestion.yml\u0026title=EDIT+ME+Include+the+app+name\"\u003e\n    Suggest new app\u003c/a\u003e\n  |\n  \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps/issues/new?assignees=\u0026labels=App+Request%2CZip%2FPR+included\u0026template=app-submission.yml\u0026title=EDIT+ME+Include+the+app+name+and+if+it+is+a+Package+app+or+an+Install+based+App\"\u003e\n    Submit a new app\u003c/a\u003e\n\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps/stargazers\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://img.shields.io/github/stars/Botspot/pi-apps\" alt=\"stars\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps/network/members\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://img.shields.io/github/forks/Botspot/pi-apps\" alt=\"forks\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps/graphs/contributors\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/Botspot/pi-apps\" alt=\"contributors\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps/pulls\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://img.shields.io/github/issues-pr/Botspot/pi-apps\" alt=\"prs\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Abug\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://img.shields.io/github/issues/Botspot/pi-apps/bug?color=red\u0026label=bugs\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22App+Request%22\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://img.shields.io/github/issues/Botspot/pi-apps/App%20Request?color=Green\u0026label=app%20requests\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps/blob/master/COPYING\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://img.shields.io/github/license/Botspot/pi-apps\" alt=\"license\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"https://discord.gg/RXSTvaUvuu\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://img.shields.io/discord/770629697909424159.svg?color=7289da\u0026label=Discord%20server\u0026logo=discord\" alt=\"Join the Discord server\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMade with \u0026#10084; by \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/Botspot\"\u003eBotspot\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://github.com/theofficialgman\"\u003etheofficialgman\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps/graphs/contributors\"\u003econtributors\u003c/a\u003e\n\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n    Check out our website: \u003ca href=\"https://pi-apps.io\"\u003epi-apps.io\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\n## Introduction\nLet's be honest: **Linux is harder to master than Windows.** Sometimes it's not user-friendly, and following an outdated tutorial may break your Raspberry Pi's operating system.  \nThere is no centralized software repository, except for the `apt` repositories which lack many desktop applications.  \nSurely there is a better way! **There is.**  \nIntroducing Pi-Apps, a well-maintained collection of app installation-scripts that you can run with **one click**.  \n\nPi-Apps now serves **over 1,000,000 people** and hosts [over 200 apps](https://pi-apps.io/wiki/getting-started/apps-list/).\n\n## Install Pi-Apps\nOpen a terminal and run this command:\n```bash\nwget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Botspot/pi-apps/master/install | bash\n```\n\u003cimg src=\"icons/screenshots/main%20window.png?raw=true\" align=\"right\" height=\"270px\"/\u003e\n\n### Supported systems:\n#### Raspberry Pi \u003cimg src=\"https://pi-apps.io/img/other-icons/raspberrypi-icon.svg\" height=\"14\"\u003e (2/3/Zero 2 W/4/5)\n- \u003cimg src=\"https://pi-apps.io/img/other-icons/raspberrypi-icon.svg\" height=\"14\"\u003e [**Raspberry Pi OS**](https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/operating-systems/) (32-bit/64-bit) (Bullseye/Bookworm): \u003cspan style=\"color:var(--success-dark);\"\u003efully supported\u003c/span\u003e\n- \u003cimg src=\"https://pi-apps.io/img/other-icons/ubuntu-icon.svg\" height=\"14\"\u003e [**Ubuntu**](https://ubuntu.com/download/raspberry-pi) (Jammy/Noble): \u003cspan style=\"color:var(--success-dark);\"\u003efully supported\u003c/span\u003e\n#### Nintendo Switch \u003cimg src=https://pi-apps.io/img/other-icons/switch-icon.svg height=\"14\"\u003e\n- \u003cimg src=https://pi-apps.io/img/other-icons/switchroot-icon.png height=\"14\"\u003e [**Switchroot L4T Ubuntu Noble (24.04)**](https://wiki.switchroot.org/wiki/linux/l4t-ubuntu-noble-installation-guide): \u003cspan style=\"color:var(--success-dark);\"\u003efully supported\u003c/span\u003e\n- \u003cimg src=https://pi-apps.io/img/other-icons/switchroot-icon.png height=\"14\"\u003e [**Switchroot L4T Ubuntu Jammy (22.04)**](https://wiki.switchroot.org/wiki/linux/l4t-ubuntu-jammy-installation-guide): \u003cspan style=\"color:var(--success-dark);\"\u003efully supported\u003c/span\u003e\n#### Nvidia Jetson \u003cimg src=https://pi-apps.io/img/other-icons/nvidia-icon.svg height=\"14\"\u003e\n- \u003cimg src=https://pi-apps.io/img/other-icons/nvidia-icon.svg height=\"14\"\u003e [**Nvidia Jetpack 6**](https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded/jetpack-sdk-60dp) (Ubuntu Jammy): \u003cspan style=\"color:var(--success-dark);\"\u003efully supported\u003c/span\u003e\n- \u003cimg src=https://pi-apps.io/img/other-icons/nvidia-icon.svg height=\"14\"\u003e [**Nvidia Jetpack 5**](https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded/jetpack-sdk-513) (Ubuntu Focal): \u003cspan style=\"color:var(--success-dark);\"\u003efully supported\u003c/span\u003e\n#### Apple Silicon Macs\n- \u003cimg src=\"https://pi-apps.io/img/other-icons/ubuntu-icon.svg\" height=\"14\"\u003e [**Ubuntu Asahi**](https://ubuntuasahi.org/) (Ubuntu Noble): \u003cspan style=\"color:var(--warn-dark);\"\u003eNot actively tested but all available apps should work\u003c/span\u003e\n#### [**Pine64**](https://www.pine64.org/), [**Orange Pi**](http://www.orangepi.org/), [**Radxa**](https://rockpi.org/), [**Banana Pi**](https://banana-pi.org/), [**Khadas**](https://www.khadas.com/), [**Inovato**](https://www.inovato.com/), [**Libre Computer**](https://libre.computer/), and other **ARMv7/ARMv8/ARMv9** Devices\n- \u003cimg src=\"https://pi-apps.io/img/other-icons/debian-icon.svg\" height=\"14\"\u003e [Debian Bullseye/Bookworm](https://www.debian.org/distrib/) (Official Releases from Debian **ONLY**): \u003cspan style=\"color:var(--warn-dark);\"\u003eNot actively tested but all available apps should work\u003c/span\u003e\n- \u003cimg src=\"https://pi-apps.io/img/other-icons/ubuntu-icon.svg\" height=\"14\"\u003e [Ubuntu Focal/Jammy/Noble](https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop) (Official Releases from Canonical **ONLY**): \u003cspan style=\"color:var(--warn-dark);\"\u003eNot actively tested but all available apps should work\u003c/span\u003e\n\n### Unsupported systems:\n- Raspberry Pi Pico: \u003cspan style=\"color:var(--danger-dark);\"\u003eThese devices are microcontrollers and cannot run linux.\n- All **UNOFFICIAL** Debian and Ubuntu based releases (unless mentioned above): \u003cspan style=\"color:var(--danger-dark);\"\u003eExpect many apps to have issues.\u003c/span\u003e\n  - Examples: **Orange Pi OS**, \u003cimg src=\"https://pi-apps.io/img/other-icons/pop-os.svg\" height=\"14\"\u003e [**Pop_OS!**](https://pop.system76.com/), **Kali Linux**, and **ChromeOS Crostini** Debian Container\n- Anything Non-Debian and Non-Ubuntu: \u003cspan style=\"color:var(--danger-dark);\"\u003eExpect the majority of apps and the appstore to be broken.\u003c/span\u003e\n  - Examples: **Slackware**, **RHEL**, **Fedora**, **SUSE**, **Arch Linux**, **Gentoo**, **Void Linux**, **NixOS**\n- Anything not already mentioned: \u003cspan style=\"color:var(--danger-dark);\"\u003eExpect nothing to work.\u003c/span\u003e\n  - Examples: **Microsoft Windows**, **MacOS**, **Android**, and **ChromeOS**\n\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003e\u003cb\u003eTo install Pi-Apps manually\u003c/b\u003e if you prefer to see what happens under the hood\u003c/summary\u003e\n \n```\ngit clone https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps\n~/pi-apps/install\n```\n\u003c/details\u003e\n\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003e\u003cb\u003eTo uninstall Pi-Apps\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/summary\u003e\nThis will not uninstall any apps that you installed through Pi-Apps.\n\n```\n~/pi-apps/uninstall\n```\n\u003c/details\u003e\n\n## To run Pi-Apps\n- From the start menu: Accessories -\u003e Pi-Apps\n- Use the terminal command: `pi-apps`\n- Run Pi-Apps from its directory: `~/pi-apps/gui`\n\n## To update Pi-Apps\n- Pi-apps will automatically check for updates on boot and display a notification to update.\n- To manually run the updater, use this command: `~/pi-apps/updater gui`\n- It also supports a cli interface: `~/pi-apps/updater cli`\n\n## What do others say about Pi-Apps?\n\u003e Message from a **[pi-top](https://pi-top.com)** employee: \"Happy to say that I recommend pi-apps to almost every school I work with when they start using Raspberry Pi\"\n\n\u003e [Video by **ETA Prime**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqNWJ52DLes): \"It's an awesome Raspberry Pi app store and it works really well and there's lots of great stuff in here and it's super easy to install. I want to give the devs of Pi-Apps a big shout-out.\"\n\n\u003e [Video by **leepspvideo**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxyWQ3FV98I): \"Thanks so much to Botspot for creating this; it's a great program.\"\n\n\u003e [Video by **Novaspirit Tech**](https://youtu.be/9dO448vYv18?t=164): \"This is an awesome application for your Pi to install applications like WoR-flasher.\"\n\n\u003e Email from a **Raspberry Pi employee**: \"I gave Pi-Apps a go a while back and have suggested it to others quite a few times.\n\u003e We can't provide all the options people may want, so it helps a lot that there are people like you who can help bridge the gap. Thank you Botspot!\"\n\n\u003e [**ShiftPlusOne** (Raspberry Pi forum moderator)](https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=63\u0026t=290329\u0026p=1755860#p1755857): \"Thanks for the great work making it all simple for everybody.\"\n\n\u003e Email from [**Sakaki** (legendary RPi developer)](https://github.com/sakaki-): \"Good luck with your projects, Botspot, you're really making waves!\"\n\n\u003e Message from one of our many satisfied users: \"Thank you for making pi-apps, it has helped me a ton (no more searching hours to find how to install etcher) and I cannot thank you enough.\"\n\n## Basic usage\nPi-Apps is very easy to use.  \n- This is the **main window**.  \n![main window](icons/screenshots/main%20window.png?raw=true)  \n  - ![icon](icons/screenshots/buttons/search.png?raw=true) Search for apps.\n  - ![icon](icons/screenshots/buttons/settings.png?raw=true) Open pi-apps settings.\n  - Click on a category to open it.\n    \n- Opening a category will reveal a **list of apps**:  \n![app list](icons/screenshots/app%20list.png?raw=true)  \n  - ![icon](icons/screenshots/buttons/back2.png?raw=true) Go back to the main list of categories.\n  - Click on an App name to see its details (see **details window** below)\n\n- On the right is the app **details window**:  \n![details](icons/screenshots/details%20window.png?raw=true)  \n  - ![icon](icons/screenshots/buttons/scripts.png?raw=true) View the shell-scripts responsible for installing or uninstalling the selected app.\n  - ![icon](icons/screenshots/buttons/edit.png?raw=true) Modify the app's description, icons, or scripts. (This button is hidden unless you enable it in Settings)\n  - ![icon](icons/screenshots/buttons/install.png?raw=true) Install the selected app.\n  - ![icon](icons/screenshots/buttons/uninstall.png?raw=true) Uninstall the selected app.\n\n- If you install/uninstall an app, you will see the **progress window**, keep installing/uninstalling apps to add them to the queue:  \n![details](icons/screenshots/manage.png?raw=true)\n\n- Pi-Apps Settings can be configured by launching Menu -\u003e Preferences -\u003e Pi-Apps Settings.  \n![settings](icons/screenshots/settings.png?raw=true)  \nIn addition to changeable settings, this window also gives access to these tools:\n  - ![icon](icons/screenshots/buttons/categories.png?raw=true) Does that one app seem to be in the wrong category? With this button, you can change it.\n  - ![icon](icons/screenshots/buttons/new%20app.png?raw=true) Create a new app with a wizard-style set of dialogs. We recommend reading [the tutorial](https://pi-apps.io/wiki/development/Creating-an-app/).\n  - ![icon](icons/screenshots/buttons/log%20files.png?raw=true) View the past weeks-worth of installation logs. This is useful if you ever encounter an app that won't install and want to see the terminal output after you closed the terminal.\n  - ![icon](icons/screenshots/buttons/import%20app.png?raw=true) This allows you to easily import a 3rd-party app from elsewhere. It helps Pi-Apps developers test upcoming apps for reliability on a variety of systems.\n\nTo learn more about Pi-Apps, read [the documentation](https://pi-apps.io/wiki/development/DOCUMENTATION/) and the [wiki](https://pi-apps.io/wiki/).\n\n## :raised_hands: Contributing\nYou don't need to be a programmer to help!  \n- The easiest way to help is by \"Starring\" our repository - it helps more people find Pi-Apps. (Scroll to the top of this page and on the right there is a \"Star\" button)\n- If you know somebody else who has a Raspberry Pi, feel free to tell them about Pi-Apps. We would offer you a referral discount, but Pi-Apps is free, so... `¯\\_(ツ)_/¯`\n- You can [make suggestions](https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps/issues/new?template=suggestion.yml), [report bugs](https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps/issues/new?template=bug-report.yml), or [suggest apps](https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps/issues/new?template=app-suggestion.yml).\n- You can [create and submit an app](https://pi-apps.io/wiki/development/Creating-an-app/). Don't worry, it's about as easy as using the terminal (and it's even easier if you're submitting a simple apt-package)!\n- You can also join our cheerful community: \u003ca href=\"https://discord.gg/RXSTvaUvuu\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://img.shields.io/discord/770629697909424159.svg?color=7289da\u0026label=Discord%20server\u0026logo=discord\" alt=\"Join the Discord server\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\n## Badge\nIf your application is on Pi-Apps, please consider adding this pretty badge/hyperlink to your README (dark and light modes available):  \n\n[![badge](https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps/blob/master/icons/badge.png?raw=true)](https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps)  [![badge](https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps/blob/master/icons/badge-light.png?raw=true)](https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps)\n\nEmbed code (Dark):  \n```\n[![badge](https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps/blob/master/icons/badge.png?raw=true)](https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps)\n```\nEmbed code (Light):  \n```\n[![badge](https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps/blob/master/icons/badge-light.png?raw=true)](https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps)\n```\n\n### Q\u0026A with Botspot\n - Why did you make Pi-Apps?  \n\u003e For a long time I have been saddened by how difficult it is to install software on Linux. In that regard, nearly all other operating systems put us to shame.  \n\u003e How will people discover useful, free software?  \n\u003e Most people **don't**.  \n\u003e One day I realized: Why not make a collection of scripts to install popular apps? This would save so much time, and makes it much easier to use a Raspberry Pi as a daily, desktop computer solution.  \n\n - How long did it take to program this?  \n\u003e Why would you think it's not still under development? 🤪  \n\u003e Pi-Apps took around 14 days to lay the groundwork, and ever since then it has been continually, and exponentially, improved. I (Botspot) am not the sole programmer anymore - [others](https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps/graphs/contributors) have stepped in and made improvements too.\n\n - Is Pi-Apps free?\n\u003e Absolutely! 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