https://github.com/sweetbbak/flatpak-cli

A command line program to search and install flatpaks from the flathub repo using a fzf like interface.
https://github.com/sweetbbak/flatpak-cli

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A command line program to search and install flatpaks from the flathub repo using a fzf like interface.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/sweetbbak/flatpak-cli
• Owner: sweetbbak
• Created: 2023-09-09T05:43:43.000Z (9 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-01-27T19:01:13.000Z (5 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-02-03T20:05:41.780Z (4 months ago)
• Language: Go
• Size: 21.1 MB
• Stars: 7
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
![preview image](assets/go-flatpak.png)

A simple command line tool to search and install flatpaks.

Using "flatpak search org.XYZ.123" is not only inconvenient, its annoying and slow.

With go-flatpak you can just run it and install what you wan't too without using the slow CLI tool

or having to use a GUI flatpak installer.

Its the same issue with running flatpaks on the command line. The names are hard to remember and ridiculous

to type... `go-flatpak` solves this issue by creating "shim" scripts that wrap running the flatpak, so now

you can just type `blender` insead of `flatpak run org.Blender.blender` and its easier to maintain than creating

shims manually or adding each one as an alias.

![preview image](assets/img.png)

Please note that go-flatpak is still in an early phase!

Build and run:

```sh

  go build -o go-flatpak

  ./go-flatpak

```

Use the Fzf-like interface to browse through the flatpak database and hit ENTER to install a package

or mark multiple packages with TAB to install more than one at a time.

> if this project becomes more popular, I will add binaries for Unix platforms in the releases section.

# Export flatpak apps to the Command line

## Link Flatpak apps to their usual command line names

```sh

  ./go-flatpak --link

```

Creates a "flatpak-bin" folder in the current directory with executable files that link the flatpak app

with their shorthand names that you would usually use on the command line for a non-flatpak tool or application.

Examples:

- `org.Blender.blender` becomes `blender`

- `io.github.giantpinkrobots.flatsweep` becomes `flatsweep`

- `com.google.AndroidStudio` becomes `android_studio`