PackagePicker is a quick way to install your favorite software on a new computer using existing package managers. Just select the apps you want, we'll give you a command to install them all at once!
Flatpak is an easy way to install desktop software across many Linux distros. They are downloadable files, but there's also a CLI and repos such as Flathub. For CLI utilities, you're better off using another package manager alongside this one!
⬇️ Select the packages you'd like to install with Flatpak: ⬇️
Browsers 🌐
Mozilla Firefox is a free and open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation. It uses the Gecko rendering engine to display web pages, which implements current web standards. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: org.mozilla.firefox
Chrome is Google's browser based on the open source Chromium. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: com.google.Chrome
Chromium is a free and open-source web browser project, primarily developed and maintained by Google. It is a widely-used codebase, providing the vast majority of code for Google Chrome and many other browsers, including Microsoft Edge, Samsung Internet, and Opera. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: org.chromium.Chromium
ungoogled-chromium is a free and open-source variant of Chromium that removes all Google-specific web services. [Wikipedia]
Vivaldi is a free, Chromium-based browser with extensive customization options and targeted towards technical users. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: com.vivaldi.Vivaldi
Opera is a multi-platform web browser. The current edition of the browser is based on Chromium. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: com.opera.Opera
Brave is a free and open-source web browser based on the Chromium web browser. It is focused on privacy, and does some interesting things with adblocking and cryptocurrency. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: com.brave.Browser
Messaging & Communication 📧
Discord is an instant messaging and VoIP social platform which has voice and video calls. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: com.discordapp.Discord
Slack is a cloud-based team communication platform based primarily around instant messaging. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: com.slack.Slack
Skype is a proprietary telecommunications application operated by Skype Technologies, a division of Microsoft, best known videoconferencing, voice calls, and instant messaging. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: com.skype.Client
Mozilla Thunderbird is free and open-source email client software which also functions as a full personal information manager with a calendar and contactbook, as well as an RSS feed reader, chat client (IRC/XMPP/Matrix), and news client. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: org.mozilla.Thunderbird
Security 🔐
Bitwarden is a freemium open-source password management service. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: com.bitwarden.desktop
KeePassXC is a free and open-source password manager. It started as a community fork of KeePassX. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: org.keepassxc.KeePassXC
KeePass Password Safe is a free and open-source password manager. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: org.keepassxc.KeePassXC
Media 🎞
Spotify is an audio streaming app with music and podcasts. It has a premium subscription to remove ads. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: com.spotify.Client
VLC media player is a free and open-source, portable, cross-platform media player software [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: org.videolan.VLC
HandBrake is a free and open-source transcoder for digital video files. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: fr.handbrake.ghb
Utility 🔧
Flameshot is an open-source and cross platform screenshot tool.
📦 Flatpak: org.flameshot.Flameshot
File Sharing 📂
qBittorrent is a cross-platform free and open-source BitTorrent client. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: org.qbittorrent.qBittorrent
Transmission is a free and open-source BitTorrent client which features a variety of user interfaces on top of a cross-platform back-end [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: com.transmissionbt.Transmission
Deluge BitTorrent Client is a free and open-source, cross-platform BitTorrent client written in Python. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: org.deluge_torrent.deluge
Creative 🎨
OBS Studio is a free and open-source, cross-platform screencasting and streaming app. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: com.obsproject.Studio
Audacity is a free and open-source digital audio editor and recording application. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: org.audacityteam.Audacity
Unity is a cross-platform game engine for 2d and 3d games. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: com.unity.UnityHub
Godot is a cross-platform, free and open-source game engine released under the permissive MIT license. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: org.godotengine.Godot
Blender is a free and open-source 3D computer graphics software tool set used for creating animated films, visual effects, art, 3D-printed models and motion graphics. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: org.blender.Blender
GNU Image Manipulation Program, commonly known by its acronym GIMP, is a free and open-source raster graphics editor used for image manipulation and editing. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: org.gimp.GIMP
Krita is a free and open-source raster graphics editor designed primarily for digital art, digital painting, and 2D animation. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: org.kde.krita
Figma is a collaborative web and desktop application for interface design. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: io.github.Figma_Linux.figma_linux
Inkscape is a free and open-source cross-platform vector graphics editor. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: org.inkscape.Inkscape
Compression 🗜️
PeaZip is a free and open-source cross-platform file manager and file archiver. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: io.github.peazip.PeaZip
Cloud ☁️
Dropbox is a file storage and synchronization service. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: com.dropbox.Client
Nextcloud is a file synchronization service that can be self-hosted. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: com.nextcloud.desktopclient.nextcloud
Writing 🖋
Obsidian is a personal knowledge base and note-taking software application that operates on Markdown files. It allows users to link between notes and create a knowledge graph. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: md.obsidian.Obsidian
Logseq is an open-source and cross-platform knowledge base and organizational tool.
📦 Flatpak: com.logseq.Logseq
LibreOffice is a free and open-source office productivity software suite. It provides similar functionality to the Microsoft Office Suite. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: org.libreoffice.LibreOffice
Gaming 🎮
Steam is a video game digital distribution service and storefront developed by Valve. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: com.valvesoftware.Steam
Heroic is a free, open-source, and cross-platform launcher for Epic, GOG and Amazon Prime Games
📦 Flatpak: com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl
Lutris is a free and open source game manager for Linux. It bundles tools like emulators and compatibility layers to simplify running games on Linux. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: net.lutris.Lutris
Dev Tools 🪛
Visual Studio Code, also commonly referred to as VS Code, is a source-code editor developed by Microsoft. It is cross-platform. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: com.visualstudio.code
VSCodium is a community-driven, freely-licensed binary distribution of Microsoft’s editor VS Code
📦 Flatpak: com.vscodium.codium
FileZilla is a free and open-source, cross-platform FTP application, consisting of FileZilla Client and FileZilla Server. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: org.filezillaproject.Filezilla
PuTTY is a free and open-source terminal emulator, serial console and network file transfer application. It supports several network protocols, including SCP, SSH, Telnet, rlogin, and raw socket connection. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: uk.org.greenend.chiark.sgtatham.putty
Aruino IDE is an editor and other tools required for programming and flashing Arduino microcontrollers.
📦 Flatpak: cc.arduino.IDE2
Wireshark is a free and open-source packet analyzer. It is used for network troubleshooting, analysis, software and communications protocol development, and education. [Wikipedia]
📦 Flatpak: org.wireshark.Wireshark
Then run this command in a terminal
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo ; flatpak install flathub