Flatpak 1.16.0

A new world for application developers Flatpak changes app distribution for the better. Advantages include: Build for every distro. Create one app and distribute it to the entire Linux desktop market. Stable platforms. Runtimes provide platforms of common libraries that you can depend on. Consistent environments. Develop and test your application in an environment that’s identical to the one users have. Full control over dependencies. Flatpak makes it easy to bundle your own libraries as part of your app. Easy build tools. Flatpak’s build tools are simple and easy to use, and come with a full set of documentation. Future-proof builds. Flatpak apps continue to be compatible with new versions of Linux distributions. Distribution made easy. Make your app available to a rapidly growing audience of Flatpak users, with Flathub. An independent project. Flatpak is developed by an independent community, with no lock-in to a single vendor.

Tags linux application sandbox distribution c shell python
License GNU LGPLv3
State stable

Recent Releases

1.16.010 Jan 2025 03:08 major bugfix: Update libglnx to 2024-12-06: - an assertion failure if creating a parent directory encounters a. Dangling symlink a Meson warning. Don't emit terminal progress indicator escape sequences by default. They are. Interpreted as notifications by some terminal emulators. Introspection annotations in libflatpak. Enhancements: Add the `FLATPAK_TTY_PROGRESS` environment variable, which re-enables the. Terminal progress indicator escape sequences added in 1.15.91. Document the `FLATPAK_FANCY_OUTPUT` environment variable, which allows. Disabling the fancy formatting when outputting to a terminal.