By including one of the Main Categories in an application's desktop entry file, the application will be ensured that it will show up in a section of the application menu dedicated to this category. If multiple Main Categories are included in a single desktop entry file, the entry may appear more than once in the menu.
Hence, please add at least one of the following in the Categories= key.
Main Category
Description
Notes
AudioVideo
Application for presenting, creating, or processing multimedia (audio/video)
Audio
An audio application
Desktop entry must include AudioVideo as well
Video
A video application
Desktop entry must include AudioVideo as well
Development
An application for development
Education
Educational software
Game
A game
Graphics
Application for viewing, creating, or processing graphics
Network
Network application such as a web browser
Office
An office type application
Science
Scientific software
Settings
Settings applications
Entries may appear in a separate menu or as part of a "Control Center"
System
System application, "System Tools" such as say a log viewer or network monitor
Utility
Small utility application, "Accessories"
In addition, you could specify one or more from the longer list of Additional Categories.
Please test the result with desktop-file-validate and make sure it passes.
electron-builder offers native support for this since v19.22.1.
dkastl
commented
5 years ago
The desktop file is lacking a
Categories=entry in the*.desktopfile.According to the menu spec,
Hence, please add at least one of the following in the
Categories=key.In addition, you could specify one or more from the longer list of Additional Categories.
Please test the result with
desktop-file-validateand make sure it passes.electron-builder offers native support for this since v19.22.1.
Reference: https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageHub/issues/2