diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index c4ab83c6e..919a15e1c 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -2,3 +2,8 @@ cmake-build*
 integration_tests/external*
 Dockerfile
 .dockerignore
+.gitignore
+.git
+appimage/Dockerfile.part
+appimage/export.sh
+appimage/Makefile
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c4fb154b5..82dd8837c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ docs/html-documentation-generated*
 integration_tests/external
 golang/pkg/client/version.go
 docs/internals/html
+appimage/*.AppImage
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diff --git a/appimage/Dockerfile.part b/appimage/Dockerfile.part
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a162f194f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appimage/Dockerfile.part
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# file is needed for appimagetool when its run with --appimage-extract-and-run
+# binutil is needed for strip
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -yqq --no-install-recommends python3-pip binutils file dietlibc-dev gcc musl musl-tools \
+	&& pip3 install --user exodus-bundler --no-warn-script-location \
+	&& /root/.local/bin/exodus --verbose --tarball --output=/tmp/pktvisor.tgz $(which pktvisord) $(which pktvisor-pcap) \
+	&& mkdir pktvisor \
+	&& tar --strip=1 -xf /tmp/pktvisor.tgz -C pktvisor/ \
+	&& strip --verbose --strip-debug pktvisor/data/* \
+	&& cp $(which pktvisor-cli) /pktvisor/bin/pktvisor-cli
+
+# get latest appimagetool
+ADD https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases/download/continuous/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage /bin/appimage-tool
+
+# add entrypoints and desktop things
+COPY appimage/pktvisor /pktvisor
+
+# create appimage without fuse
+RUN chmod +x /bin/appimage-tool /pktvisor/AppRun && appimage-tool --appimage-extract-and-run /pktvisor/
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diff --git a/appimage/Makefile b/appimage/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..085a7079c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appimage/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+DEV_IMAGE ?= ns1labs/pktvisor:latest
+
+# in dev mode we just use the latest image as the start point
+ifneq ($(strip $(DEV_MODE)),)
+DOCKERFILE_HEAD = <(echo "FROM $(DEV_IMAGE)")
+else
+DOCKERFILE_HEAD = docker/Dockerfile
+endif
+
+pktvisor-x86_64.AppImage: SHELL:=/bin/bash #needed for the fd when DOCKERFILE_HEAD is in DEV_MODE
+pktvisor-x86_64.AppImage:
+	ID=$$(cd .. && cat $(DOCKERFILE_HEAD) appimage/Dockerfile.part | docker build -q -f- .) ; \
+	bash export.sh $$ID
+
+.PHONEY: clean
+clean:
+	rm pktvisor-x86_64.AppImage
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diff --git a/appimage/README.md b/appimage/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..126ca1711
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appimage/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+AppImage Packaging
+==================
+
+Creates an AppImage that contains `pktvisord` `pktvisor-pcap` and `pktvisor-cli`. This implementation builds the AppImage in a docker using the assets generated by the docker [build](../docker). Because not all of the assets are statically linked we use [Exodus](https://github.com/intoli/exodus) to capture a minimal set of dependencies for the AppImage 
+
+
+## Build:
+`make pktvisor-x86_64.AppImage`
+
+## Development:
+Because the build can take a while you may want to build the appimage from the latest docker image on docker hub. To do this you can set the `DEV_MODE=` environment to anything. Like so:
+
+`DEV_MODE=t make pktvisor-x86_64.AppImage`
+
+You may also specify a custom image in dev mode by setting the env file `DEV_IMAGE=` to the image you wish to build on. Example:
+
+`DEV_IMAGE="ns1labs/pktvisor:develop" DEV_MODE=t make pktvisor-x86_64.AppImage`
+
+
+## Usage:
+To use the AppImage from the command line you can specify the binary you want to run as the first argument following the pattern:
+
+`
+./pktvisor-x86_64.AppImage [pktvisord|pktvisor-pcap|pktvisor-cli] <args>
+`
+
+If you don't specify a binary, all args are passed to pktvisord by default.
+
diff --git a/appimage/export.sh b/appimage/export.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00c27ff24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appimage/export.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+##
+# Try to extract files from docker image as atomically as possible
+#
+
+FILES=(pktvisor-x86_64.AppImage)
+
+die () {
+	echo "$@" >&2
+	exit 1
+}
+
+# pass in image id as $1
+main () {
+	[[ $1 ]] || die "image name not specified"
+	
+	# make a trap that see the var
+	id=
+	cleanup() {
+		docker rm -v "$id"
+	}
+
+	trap cleanup EXIT
+
+	# make it
+	id=$(docker create $1)
+	[[ $? == 0 ]] || die "failed to create container for export"
+	
+	# take it
+	for file in "${FILES[@]}" ; do
+		docker cp "$id:$file" .
+	done
+}
+
+main "$1"
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diff --git a/appimage/pktvisor/AppRun b/appimage/pktvisor/AppRun
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a08924b64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appimage/pktvisor/AppRun
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -x
+
+# borrowed from appimage directly
+SELF=$(readlink -f "$0")
+HERE=${SELF%/*}
+export PATH="${HERE}/usr/bin/:${HERE}/usr/sbin/:${HERE}/usr/games/:${HERE}/bin/:${HERE}/sbin/${PATH:+:$PATH}"
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${HERE}/usr/lib/:${HERE}/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/:${HERE}/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/:${HERE}/usr/lib32/:${HERE}/usr/lib64/:${HERE}/lib/:${HERE}/lib/i386-linux-gnu/:${HERE}/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/:${HERE}/lib32/:${HERE}/lib64/${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
+export PYTHONPATH="${HERE}/usr/share/pyshared/${PYTHONPATH:+:$PYTHONPATH}"
+export XDG_DATA_DIRS="${HERE}/usr/share/${XDG_DATA_DIRS:+:$XDG_DATA_DIRS}"
+export PERLLIB="${HERE}/usr/share/perl5/:${HERE}/usr/lib/perl5/${PERLLIB:+:$PERLLIB}"
+export GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR="${HERE}/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/${GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR:+:$GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR}"
+export QT_PLUGIN_PATH="${HERE}/usr/lib/qt4/plugins/:${HERE}/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt4/plugins/:${HERE}/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt4/plugins/:${HERE}/usr/lib32/qt4/plugins/:${HERE}/usr/lib64/qt4/plugins/:${HERE}/usr/lib/qt5/plugins/:${HERE}/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/:${HERE}/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/:${HERE}/usr/lib32/qt5/plugins/:${HERE}/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/${QT_PLUGIN_PATH:+:$QT_PLUGIN_PATH}"
+
+# begin entrypoint
+# default to pktvisord but allow first arg to specify binary
+BINARY="$1"
+case "$BINARY" in
+	pktvisor-cli) shift ;;
+	pktvisor-pcap) shift ;;
+	pktvisord) shift ;;
+	*) BINARY=pktvisord ;;
+esac
+
+# not a terminal try to alert the user
+if [ ! -t 1 ] ; then
+	xdg-open "file://${HERE}/TerminalEmulatorRequired.txt"
+	exit 1
+else
+	exec "${HERE}/bin/${BINARY}" "$@"
+fi
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diff --git a/appimage/pktvisor/TerminalEmulatorRequired.txt b/appimage/pktvisor/TerminalEmulatorRequired.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f463044a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appimage/pktvisor/TerminalEmulatorRequired.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This app needs to be run from a terminal to function correctly. See the docs at https://github.com/ns1/pktvisor for more details.
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diff --git a/appimage/pktvisor/pktvisor.desktop b/appimage/pktvisor/pktvisor.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..35a4e20b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appimage/pktvisor/pktvisor.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=pktvisor
+Terminal=true
+Exec=AppRun
+Icon=pktvisor
+Type=Application
+Categories=Utility;
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diff --git a/appimage/pktvisor/pktvisor.png b/appimage/pktvisor/pktvisor.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b5a78ad08
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diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index ba8f74a0e..31046b12d 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ RUN \
 FROM golang:latest AS gobuild
 COPY golang/ /src/
 WORKDIR /src/
+COPY --from=cppbuild /pktvisor-src/golang/pkg/client/version.go /src/pkg/client/version.go
 RUN go build -o pktvisor-cli cmd/pktvisor-cli/main.go
 
 FROM debian:bullseye-slim AS runtime