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https://github.com/boredsquirrel/flatpak-remotes

A list of public Flatpak repositories
https://github.com/boredsquirrel/flatpak-remotes

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# Flatpak Remotes

A list of public Flatpak repositories. Feel free to add missing ones!



> [!NOTE]

> RedHat has one or wants to build one, but it will likely not be public.



## ℹ️ Usage



### User & System Flatpaks

Use the `--user` flag to install them for this user only and remove the `flatpak` group / root privilege dependency. This will break some apps that rely on elevated privileges for hardware access, like [GPU Screen Recorder](https://flathub.org/apps/com.dec05eba.gpu_screen_recorder), in exchange for an abstract security benefit.



When installing as system repo, use `usermod -aG flatpak $USER` or an equivalent command, to avoid needing to be in the `wheel` group.



### View Installed Repos



    flatpak remotes

### Inspect A Repo

To list the contents of a remote, use:



    flatpak remote-ls REMOTENAME



### Repo Subsets

See below under "Flathub"



---



# Stable repositories



## [Flathub](https://flathub.org)



    flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo



> [!NOTE]

> Flathub also has subsets, allowing you to exclude apps with certain antifeatures.



(*If you use the terminal, you can add the unfiltered and a filtered remote. If the app is in the filtered one, you will get 2 possible options.*)



#### Verified

Only Apps supported by upstream (official) Developers end up here. Quite a few are missing



    flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists --subset=verified flathub-verified https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo



#### FLOSS

Only Open Source Apps end up here. This should calm down Richard Stallman



    flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists --subset=floss flathub-floss https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo  



#### FLOSS & Verified

Least apps, highest trustworthiness



    flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists --subset=verified_floss flathub-verified_floss https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo



### Modifying an existing remote



#### From restricted to unfiltered

The `--subset=` argument is currently incomplete as [there is no `subset=all`](https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/issues/5637). Workarounds:

    

    # normal method

    # will leave behind the info "xa.subset-is-set=true"

    flatpak remote-modify --subset= flathub

    

    # clean method

    # --force will not remove any apps or app data

    flatpak remote-delete --force flathub && flatpak remote-add flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo



#### From unfiltered to restricted



    flatpak remote-modify --subset=verified flathub



## [Fedora Flatpaks](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Flatpak#Why_do_we_need_Fedora_Flatpaks?)

Apps built with Fedoras built system and own runtime, from RPMs. Up to date, secure, mostly not officially supported but packaged by Fedora contributors. It is used for preinstalled applications on Atomic Fedora and the list of packages is growing to nearly the entire KDE & GNOME Suite and more. Still, fewer packages and many people replace it with Flathub.



    flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists fedora oci+https://registry.fedoraproject.org

    

## [ElementaryOS](https://appcenter.elementary.io/)



    flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists elementaryos https://flatpak.elementary.io/repo.flatpakrepo



## [EndlessOS](https://www.endlessos.org/)

It seems manually downloading the GPG key is needed



    wget https://origin.ostree.endlessm.com/keys/eos-flatpak-keyring.gpg



Then there are 2 repos, one for the educational apps



    flatpak remote-add --gpg-import=eos-flatpak-keyring.gpg eos-apps https://ostree.endlessm.com/ostree/eos-apps



And one for the development SDK



    flatpak remote-add --gpg-import=eos-flatpak-keyring.gpg eos-sdk https://ostree.endlessm.com/ostree/eos-sdk



> [!NOTE]

> [Endless Key](https://flathub.org/apps/org.endlessos.Key) is verified and available on Flathub.



## [PureOS](https://puri.sm/posts/introducing-flatpaks-on-pureos/)

Often outdated, but "more secure" apps, from the Purism developers.



    flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists PureOS https://store.puri.sm/repo/stable/pureos.flatpakrepo



## [Igalia](https://software.igalia.com/)

For [Gobby](https://gobby.github.io/), [Linphone](https://gobby.github.io/), the Webkit SDK and [Revolt](https://github.com/aperezdc/revolt/) (unmaintained)



    flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists igalia https://software.igalia.com/flatpak-refs/igalia.flatpakrepo



# Unstable Repositories



Add `--user` to the command, to install these apps only for this user.



## [Flathub Beta](https://discourse.flathub.org/t/how-to-use-flathub-beta/2111)

This has support for subsets too, like `verified.`



    flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub-beta https://flathub.org/beta-repo/flathub-beta.flatpakrepo



subsets work here too, see above



If apps have the same name, run them like this: `flatpak run --branch=beta org.gimp.GIMP`



## [KDE Nightly](https://userbase.kde.org/Tutorials/Flatpak#Nightly_KDE_apps)

The single repo is discontinued, now every nightly app has its own. You will always need the nightly runtime.



    flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists kde-runtime-nightly https://cdn.kde.org/flatpak/kde-runtime-nightly/kde-runtime-nightly.flatpakrepo



Example for dragon-nightly:



    flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists dragon-nightly https://cdn.kde.org/flatpak/dragon-nightly/dragon-nightly.flatpakrepo

    flatpak install dragon-nightly dragonplayer



You can find all of them [here](https://cdn.kde.org/flatpak). 



### KDE XWayland Videobridge Nightly

Compatibility bridge to make screensharing for legacy apps work on Wayland, now as a Flatpak.



    flatpak remote-add xwaylandvideobridge-nightly https://cdn.kde.org/flatpak/xwaylandvideobridge-nightly/xwaylandvideobridge-nightly.flatpakrepo



## [GNOME Nightly](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Nightly)

Also contains GIMP nightly (whereas GIMP beta is on Flathub-beta)



    flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists gnome-nightly https://nightly.gnome.org/gnome-nightly.flatpakrepo

    

## [Eclipse Nightly](http://eclipse.matbooth.co.uk/flatpak/nightlies.html)

(Flathub needed for dependencies)



    flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists eclipse-nightly https://download.eclipse.org/linuxtools/flatpak-I-builds/eclipse.flatpakrepo



## WebKit SDK for Epiphany Canary

(together with GNOME Nightly)



    flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists webkit-sdk https://software.igalia.com/flatpak-refs/webkit-sdk.flatpakrepo



## Firefox & Thunderbird



> [!Warning]

> These repos may have outdated signatures.

> (Nov. 2024)



### [Firefox Nightly](https://gitlab.com/projects261/firefox-nightly-flatpak)



    flatpak install https://gitlab.com/projects261/firefox-nightly-flatpak/-/raw/main/firefox-nightly.flatpakref

    

### [Thunderbird Nightly](https://gitlab.com/projects261/thunderbird-nightly-flatpak)

Flatpak build from the nightly/daily release binary. This command adds the remote.



    flatpak install https://gitlab.com/projects261/thunderbird-nightly-flatpak/-/raw/main/thunderbird-nightly.flatpakref



### [Firefox ESR](https://gitlab.com/projects261/firefox-esr-flatpak)



    flatpak install https://gitlab.com/projects261/firefox-esr-flatpak/-/raw/main/firefox-esr.flatpakref



### [Firefox Dev Edition](https://gitlab.com/projects261/firefox-dev-flatpak)



    flatpak install https://gitlab.com/projects261/firefox-dev-flatpak/-/raw/main/firefox-dev.flatpakref



## Other Projects

[Davinci Resolve Flatpak](https://github.com/pobthebuilder/resolve-flatpak) allows packaging it locally.



# ⚠️ Warnings



> [!WARNING]

> These Repositories are outdated, abandoned or even possibly taken by malicious actors.



## ~~[EndlessOS](http://endlessm.github.io/eos-knowledge-lib/contributing)~~

Key expired 2021!



    #flatpak remote-add --from eos-sdk #http://endlessm.github.io/eos-knowledge-lib/eos-sdk.flatpakrepo



## ~~[Igalia Webkit SDK](https://github.com/Igalia/webkit-flatpak-sdk)~~

Archived repository



    #flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists webkit https://software.igalia.com/flatpak-refs/webkit-sdk.flatpakrepo



## ~~[WinePak](https://winepak.github.io/)~~

[Website seems to have been hijacked, DONT USE](https://github.com/winepak/winepak/issues/27), project is unmaintained for 6 years.



    #flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists winepak #https://dl.winepak.org/repo/winepak.flatpakrepo