~/Applications/
├── Makefile
├── *.AppImage                          (your existing AppImages)
└── appimage-updater/
    ├── lib/
    │   └── common.sh                   (shared functions: version compare, download, backup, etc.)
    └── apps/
        ├── aider.sh                    ← paul-gauthier/aider
        ├── arduino.sh                  ← arduino/arduino-ide
        ├── dbgate.sh                   ← dbgate/dbgate
        ├── logseq.sh                   ← logseq/logseq
        ├── mattermost.sh               ← mattermost/desktop
        ├── mqtt-explorer.sh            ← thomasnordquist/MQTT-Explorer
        ├── obsidian.sh                 ← obsidianmd/obsidian-releases
        ├── redis-insight.sh            ← RedisInsight/RedisInsight (ASAR extraction)
        ├── smplayer.sh                 ← smplayer-dev/smplayer
        ├── teams-for-linux.sh          ← IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux
        ├── veracrypt.sh                ← veracrypt/VeraCrypt
        └── zcode.sh                    ← zcode.z.ai (web scraper)

AppImage Updater

Checks installed AppImages for updates and offers to download new versions.

Requirements

• curl and jq
• GitHub token for authenticated API requests (avoids rate limits)

Usage

# Check and update all applications
make

# Update a single application
make aider-desk
make -C ~/Applications obsidian
make -C ~/Applications redis-insight

# Check multiple specific apps
make -C ~/Applications logseq dbgate veracrypt

Set GITHUB_TOKEN to avoid rate limits:

export GITHUB_TOKEN=$(gh auth token)
make -C ~/Applications

The Makefile auto-detects the token from gh auth token if available.

Available targets

Target	Application
aider-desk	Aider Desk
arduino	Arduino IDE
dbgate	DbGate
logseq	Logseq
mattermost	Mattermost Desktop
mqtt-explorer	MQTT Explorer
obsidian	Obsidian
redis-insight	Redis Insight
smplayer	SMPlayer
teams-for-linux	Teams for Linux
veracrypt	VeraCrypt
zcode	ZCode
all	All of the above