Platinum

Platinum is a tool that helps you manage AppImages with drag and drop.

Install on Your Distro

Run this setup script:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/abcdavk/platinum/refs/heads/main/tools/setup.sh | bash

To uninstall:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/abcdavk/platinum/refs/heads/main/tools/uninstall.sh | bash

Platform support

Platinum currently supports GNOME and requires the Nautilus file manager. Other desktop environments and file managers are not supported.

Build and run

Install Rust, Cargo, and the native GTK build dependencies. Platinum needs GTK 4.12 or newer and libadwaita 1.8 or newer. On Debian or Ubuntu (use a release/repository that provides these versions):

sudo apt install build-essential pkg-config libgtk-4-dev libadwaita-1-dev blueprint-compiler

Run Platinum from the project directory:

cargo run

Build an optimized executable:

cargo build --release

The executable will be available at target/release/platinum.

Work In Progress

• Create a Platinum Drop Window.
• Dragging file detection.
• Create AppImage validation.
• Extract metadata from the AppImage.
• Create a .desktop file generator.
• User confirmation dialog.
• AppImage manager.
• Add DwarFS AppImage support.
• Icon changer.