https://github.com/pi-apps-go/pi-apps
Raspberry Pi App Store for Open Source Projects but written in Go
https://github.com/pi-apps-go/pi-apps
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Raspberry Pi App Store for Open Source Projects but written in Go
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/pi-apps-go/pi-apps
- Owner: pi-apps-go
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2025-05-16T09:13:39.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-07-14T20:39:31.000Z (11 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-07-15T00:03:24.807Z (11 months ago)
- Topics: amd64, app-store, arm64, golang, gui, hacktoberfest, install, installer, pi-apps, raspberry-pi, raspberry-pi-4, raspberry-pi-5, raspbian, risc-v, uninstall, x86
- Language: Go
- Homepage:
- Size: 7.44 MB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 0
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
- License: COPYING
- Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- Security: SECURITY.md
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Original made with ❤ by Botspot, theofficialgman, and contributors, while rewrite with matu6968
Check out our website: (unavailable for the time being) pi-apps-go.io
## Introduction
Let's be honest: **Linux is harder to main than Windows.** Sometimes it's not user-friendly, and following an outdated tutorial may break your Raspberry Pi's operating system.
There is no centralized software repository, except for the `apt` repositories which lack many desktop applications.
Surely there is a better way! **There is.**
Introducing Pi-Apps Go, a Go based app store with a well-maintained collection of app installation-scripts that you can run with **one click** and **portable across supported distributions**.
Original Pi-Apps serves **over 1,000,000 people** and hosts [over 200 apps](https://pi-apps.io/wiki/getting-started/apps-list/).
**Pi-Apps Go is very new and is a work in progress.** Please expect some features to be missing/broken and [report](https://github.com/pi-apps-go/pi-apps/issues/new?template=bug-report.yml) any issues you encounter.
Also as it does not contain any apps yet, it is not recommended to use it as an Pi-Apps replacement until it is throughly tested and the apps are added.
## Install Pi-Apps Go
Open a terminal and run this command:
```bash
wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pi-apps-go/pi-apps/main/install | bash
```
### Supported systems:
#### Raspberry Pi 
(2/3/Zero 2 W/4/5)
- [**Raspberry Pi OS**](https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/operating-systems/) (32-bit/64-bit) (Bookworm/Trixie): fully supported
- 
[**Ubuntu**](https://ubuntu.com/download/raspberry-pi) (Jammy/Noble): fully supported
- 
[Arch Linux](https://archlinuxarm.org) (requires Arch Linux support plugin during installation): Support is in progress
#### Nintendo Switch 
- 
[**Switchroot L4T Ubuntu Noble (24.04)**](https://wiki.switchroot.org/wiki/linux/l4t-ubuntu-noble-installation-guide): fully supported
- [**Switchroot L4T Ubuntu Jammy (22.04)**](https://wiki.switchroot.org/wiki/linux/l4t-ubuntu-jammy-installation-guide): fully supported
#### Nvidia Jetson 
- [**Nvidia Jetpack 6**](https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded/jetpack-sdk-62) (Ubuntu Jammy): fully supported
- [**Nvidia Jetpack 5**](https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded/jetpack-sdk-514) (Ubuntu Focal): fully supported
#### Apple Silicon Macs
- [**Ubuntu Asahi**](https://ubuntuasahi.org/) (Ubuntu Noble): Not actively tested but all available apps should work
- [Arch Linux](https://archlinuxarm.org) (requires Arch Linux support plugin during installation): Support is in progress
#### [**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
- 
[Debian Bookworm/Trixie](https://www.debian.org/distrib/) (Official Releases from Debian **ONLY**): Not actively tested but all available apps should work
- [Ubuntu Jammy/Noble](https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop) (Official Releases from Canonical **ONLY**): Not actively tested but all available apps should work
- [Arch Linux](https://archlinuxarm.org) (Official Releases **ONLY**, requires Arch Linux support plugin during installation): Support is in progress
# Supported devices for the future:
#### [**Pine64**](https://www.pine64.org/), [**Orange Pi**](http://www.orangepi.org/), [**Radxa**](https://rockpi.org/), [**Banana Pi**](https://banana-pi.org/), [**Milk-V**](https://milkv.io/), [**SiFive**](https://www.sifive.com/), [**StarFive**](https://www.starfivetech.com/) and other **RISC-V** Devices
- [Debian Trixie](https://www.debian.org/distrib/) (Official Releases from Debian **ONLY**): Support is planned for the future, currently unsupported
- [Ubuntu Noble](https://ubuntu.com/download/risc-v) (Official Releases from Canonical **ONLY**): Support is planned for the future, currently unsupported
- [Arch Linux](https://archriscv.felixc.at/) (requires Arch Linux support plugin during installation): Support is planned for the future, currently unsupported
#### Generic **x86_64** devices
- [Raspberry Pi Desktop](https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/operating-systems/) (Trixie): Support is in progress
- [Debian Bookworm/Trixie](https://www.debian.org/distrib/) (Official Releases from Debian **ONLY**): Support is in progress
- [Ubuntu Jammy/Noble](https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop) (Official Releases from Canonical **ONLY**): Support is in progress
- [Arch Linux](https://archlinux.org) (requires Arch Linux support plugin during installation): Support is in progress
# Supported operating systems for the future:
#### Nintendo Switch
- [Switchroot L4T Fedora 41](https://wiki.switchroot.org/wiki/linux/l4t-fedora-installation-guide-1) (will require RHEL-like support plugin during installation): Support is planned for the future, currently unsupported
#### Everything else:
#### dnf based:
- 
[Fedora](https://fedoraproject.org) (will require RHEL-like support plugin during installation): Support is planned for the future, currently unsupported
- 
[RHEL](https://redhat.com/rhel/) (will require RHEL-like support plugin during installation): Support is planned for the future, currently unsupported
- 
[Rocky Linux](https://rockylinux.org) (will require RHEL-like support plugin during installation): Support is planned for the future, currently unsupported
- 
[AlmaLinux](https://almalinux.org) (will require RHEL-like support plugin during installation): Support is planned for the future, currently unsupported
- 
[CentOS Stream](https://centos.org) (will require RHEL-like support plugin during installation): Support is planned for the future, currently unsupported
#### apk based (not to be confused with the .apk format for applications on Android)
- 
[Alpine Linux](https://alpinelinux.org) (will require Alpine Linux support plugin during installation): Support is planned for the future, currently unsupported
### Unsupported systems:
- Raspberry Pi Pico (2): These devices are microcontrollers and cannot run linux.
- All **UNOFFICIAL** Debian, Ubuntu and Arch based releases (unless mentioned above): Expect many apps to have issues.
- Examples: **Orange Pi OS**, 
[**Pop_OS!**](https://pop.system76.com/), **Kali Linux**, and **ChromeOS Crostini** Debian Container
- Anything Non-Debian, Non-Ubuntu, Non-Arch and Non-RHEL compatible: Expect the majority of apps and the appstore to be broken.
- Examples: **Slackware**, **SUSE**, **Gentoo**, **Void Linux**, **NixOS**
- Anything not already mentioned: Expect nothing to work.
- Examples: **Microsoft Windows**, **MacOS**, **Android**, and **ChromeOS**
To install Pi-Apps manually if you prefer to see what happens under the hood
```
git clone https://github.com/pi-apps-go/pi-apps
~/pi-apps/install
```
To uninstall Pi-Apps
This will not uninstall any apps that you installed through Pi-Apps.
```
~/pi-apps/uninstall
```
## To run Pi-Apps Go
- From the start menu: Accessories -> Pi-Apps
- Use the terminal command: `pi-apps-go`
- Run Pi-Apps from its directory: `~/pi-apps/gui`
## To update Pi-Apps Go
- Pi-apps will automatically check for updates on boot and display a notification to update.
- To manually run the updater, use this command: `~/pi-apps/updater gui`
- It also supports a CLI interface: `~/pi-apps/updater cli`
## What do others say about Pi-Apps?
> 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"
> [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."
> [Video by **leepspvideo**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxyWQ3FV98I): "Thanks so much to Botspot for creating this; it's a great program."
> [Video by **Novaspirit Tech**](https://youtu.be/9dO448vYv18?t=164): "This is an awesome application for your Pi to install applications like WoR-flasher."
> 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.
> 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!"
> [**ShiftPlusOne** (Raspberry Pi forum moderator)](https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=290329&p=1755860#p1755857): "Thanks for the great work making it all simple for everybody."
> Email from [**Sakaki** (legendary RPi developer)](https://github.com/sakaki-): "Good luck with your projects, Botspot, you're really making waves!"
> 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."
## Basic usage
Pi-Apps Go is very easy to use.
- This is the **main window**.
-  Search for apps.
-  Open pi-apps settings.
- Click on a category to open it.
- Opening a category will reveal a **list of apps**:
-  Go back to the main list of categories.
- Click on an App name to see its details (see **details window** below)
- On the right is the app **details window**:
-  View the shell-scripts responsible for installing or uninstalling the selected app.
-  Modify the app's description, icons, or scripts. (This button is hidden unless you enable it in Settings)
-  Install the selected app.
-  Uninstall the selected app.
- If you install/uninstall an app, you will see the **progress window**, keep installing/uninstalling apps to add them to the queue:
- Pi-Apps Settings can be configured by launching Menu -> Preferences -> Pi-Apps Settings.
In addition to changeable settings, this window also gives access to these tools:
-  Does that one app seem to be in the wrong category? With this button, you can change it.
-  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/).
-  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.
-  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.
To learn more about Pi-Apps Go, read [the documentation](https://pi-apps-go.io/wiki/development/DOCUMENTATION/) and the [wiki](https://pi-apps-go.io/wiki/).
## :raised_hands: Contributing
You don't need to be a programmer to help!
- 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)
- 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)_/¯`
- You can [make suggestions](https://github.com/pi-apps-go/pi-apps/issues/new?template=suggestion.yml), [report bugs](https://github.com/pi-apps-go/pi-apps/issues/new?template=bug-report.yml), or [suggest apps](https://github.com/pi-apps-go/pi-apps/issues/new?template=app-suggestion.yml).
- 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)!
- You can also join our cheerful community:
## Badge
If your application is on Pi-Apps Go, please consider adding this pretty badge/hyperlink to your README (dark and light modes available):
[](https://github.com/pi-apps-go/pi-apps) [](https://github.com/pi-apps-go/pi-apps)
Embed code (Dark):
```
[](https://github.com/pi-apps-go/pi-apps)
```
Embed code (Light):
```
[](https://github.com/pi-apps-go/pi-apps)
```
### Q&A with matu6968
- Why did you make Pi-Apps Go?
> I have been wanting to improve the speed of Pi-Apps considering I have been seeing slow downs on my Pi Zero 2W because it was written in Bash.
> There have been also projects such as [Pi-Apps Recreates](https://github.com/Pi-Apps-Recreates) which brang [x86 support](https://github.com/Pi-Apps-Recreates/pi-apps-x86) to Pi-Apps, but it stopped being updated in ~2023, so it's the time for a modern replacement.
> So one day I realized: Why not make a modern rewrite of Pi-Apps in Go because the language started getting traction in being used in backend development? This would speed up significantly since Go can compile to a native binary which can speed the thing up.
- How long did it take to program this?
> For now you would think it's still under development. 🤪
> It still is, Pi-Apps Go took around 3 days to re-implement the entire API script from bash to Go (with some features still being missing), and ever since then it has been continually, and exponentially, improving. I started to re-implement the GUI portions of Pi-Apps (such as the manage script) and for now it's still under development.
- Is Pi-Apps Go free?
> Absolutely! [Donations are welcome](https://github.com/sponsors/matu6968), but Pi-Apps Go itself will always be free and open-source.
## API usage
Pi-Apps Go offers a Go module for other Go programs to use if Pi-Apps Go is installed.
### Example usage
To install it:
```bash
go get github.com/pi-apps-go/pi-apps/pkg/api
```
And then you can import the module with:
```go
import "github.com/pi-apps-go/pi-apps/pkg/api"
api.Init()
api.Status("Hello, world!")
```
Another example (installing a package):
```go
api.InstallApp("Ruffle")
```
Another example (uninstalling a package):
```go
api.UninstallApp("Ruffle")
```
For the full API, see the [API documentation](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/pi-apps-go/pi-apps/pkg/api).