A simple command line tool to search and install flatpaks. Using "flatpak search org.XYZ.123" is not only inconvenient, its annoying and slow. With go-flatpak you can just run it and install what you wan't too without using the slow CLI tool or having to use a GUI flatpak installer.

Its the same issue with running flatpaks on the command line. The names are hard to remember and ridiculous to type... go-flatpak solves this issue by creating "shim" scripts that wrap running the flatpak, so now you can just type blender insead of flatpak run org.Blender.blender and its easier to maintain than creating shims manually or adding each one as an alias.

Please note that go-flatpak is still in an early phase!

Build and run:

  go build -o go-flatpak
  ./go-flatpak

Use the Fzf-like interface to browse through the flatpak database and hit ENTER to install a package or mark multiple packages with TAB to install more than one at a time.

if this project becomes more popular, I will add binaries for Unix platforms in the releases section.

Export flatpak apps to the Command line

Link Flatpak apps to their usual command line names

  ./go-flatpak --link

Creates a "flatpak-bin" folder in the current directory with executable files that link the flatpak app with their shorthand names that you would usually use on the command line for a non-flatpak tool or application.

Examples:

• org.Blender.blender becomes blender
• io.github.giantpinkrobots.flatsweep becomes flatsweep
• com.google.AndroidStudio becomes android_studio