A collection of software containers for use as desktop applications ("apps").

Requirements

Install a container runtime tool:

• Docker
• Podman

GUI apps

For apps with a graphical user interface (GUI), install x11docker.

If you don't want to install x11docker for all users, copy x11docker to ~/.local/bin and make sure ~/.local/bin is in PATH.

x11docker helps containerized applications display GUIs on the host. More details at the x11docker repository.

CLI apps

Nothing else required.

Usage

Install an application with the install script.

./install gimp

Run the application like any other throught the app menu or command line interface (CLI).

gimp

Development

When creating a new image for an app, be sure to check Alpine and Debian package repositories before doing manual installs. Using the packages generally resolves most dependencies.