AppImages are portable Linux applications packaged in a single file that you can download and run without installation. Unlike DEB or RPM packages, they don’t require root access or system-level changes. You just make the file executable and double-click to run.
But here’s the catch. AppImages don’t actually install on your system in the traditional sense. They exist as standalone executables that you have to manage manually. There’s no automatic desktop integration, no system menu entries, and no built-in update mechanism.
This way, you are stuck manually making files executable, going through folders to launch apps, and checking for updates yourself.
That is where AppManager comes in. This is a tool that handles all that tedious legwork for you.
How is this different from AppImageManager (which just moves it to an “Applications” directory)?Is this just to make Mac users feel more at home? I mean, I don’t think anyone will be complaining (as long as it’s not forced upon us, the more weird projects the better. If you are complaining than just don’t use it, you’re not the target audience??)edit: Just read the article, yeah, it is supposed to look like macOS with the dragging to the Applications directory. Pretty neat I guess if somebody is used to macOS!