Flathub
The primary distribution platform for Linux desktop applications, based on the Flatpak packaging format. It provides users with secure, sandboxed application installation and update services.
Timeline (last 90 days)
Flathub hosts about 2,800 apps and reached 25 million downloads in 2025, up 21% year over year, with more than 1,000 of those apps published directly by their original developers.
word-sys's PDF Editor released version v1.11.2 and landed on the Flathub app store.
Flatpak applications calling LibreOffice (soffice) must request the flatpak-spawn permission to break out of the sandbox boundary, which creates tension with Flathub security review requirements.
Users can install the Flatpak version via Flathub, or obtain .deb packages and AppImages from GitHub Releases, or build from source.
Flatpak is led by Red Hat; applications run in a sandbox with dependencies shared through runtimes, and Flathub is its main application repository.
Flatpak packages an application and all its dependencies into a standalone runtime container, implements process-level sandbox isolation via technologies such as Bubblewrap, and provides a unified distribution channel through Flathub.
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Flathub hosts about 2,800 apps and reached 25 million downloads in 2025, up 21% year over year, with more than 1,000 of those apps published directly by their original developers.
50%UnverifiedFlatpak applications calling LibreOffice (soffice) must request the flatpak-spawn permission to break out of the sandbox boundary, which creates tension with Flathub security review requirements.
50%UnverifiedUsers can install the Flatpak version via Flathub, or obtain .deb packages and AppImages from GitHub Releases, or build from source.
50%UnverifiedFlatpak is led by Red Hat; applications run in a sandbox with dependencies shared through runtimes, and Flathub is its main application repository.
50%UnverifiedFlatpak packages an application and all its dependencies into a standalone runtime container, implements process-level sandbox isolation via technologies such as Bubblewrap, and provides a unified distribution channel through Flathub.
50%Unverifiedword-sys's PDF Editor released version v1.11.2 and landed on the Flathub app store.
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