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![appimagekitr](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2480569/34471155-5b53131a-ef41-11e7-90a0-8c57b3c21551.png)

Using AppImageKit you can package desktop applications as AppImages that run on common Linux-based operating systems, such as RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian and derivatives.
Using the AppImage format you can package desktop applications as AppImages that run on common Linux-based operating systems, such as RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian and derivatives.

Copyright (c) 2004-21 Simon Peter <[email protected]> and contributors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppImage

__AppImageKit__ is a concrete implementation of the AppImage format and provides tools such as `appimagetool` and `appimaged` for conveniently handling AppImages.

`appimagetool` converts an AppDir into a self-mounting filesystem image. `appimaged` is a daemon that handles registering and unregistering AppImages with the system (e.g., menu entries, icons, MIME types, binary delta updates, and such).
__AppImageKit__ is a concrete implementation of the AppImage format, especially the tiny runtime that becomes part of each AppImage.

Providing an [AppImage](http://appimage.org/) for distributing application has, among others, these advantages:
- Applications packaged as an AppImage can run on many distributions (including Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, CentOS, elementaryOS, Linux Mint, and others)
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