A shepherd for your Appimages.
appherder-gui: drag and drop installs
Aly Raffauf
(Jun 19, 2026, 4:20 AM EDT)
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cmd/appherder-gui/main_window.go
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cmd/appherder-gui/main_window.go
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"github.com/alyraffauf/appherder/internal/appherder"
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"github.com/diamondburned/gotk4-adwaita/pkg/adw"
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"github.com/diamondburned/gotk4/pkg/gdk/v4"
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"github.com/diamondburned/gotk4/pkg/gio/v2"
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"github.com/diamondburned/gotk4/pkg/glib/v2"
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"github.com/diamondburned/gotk4/pkg/gtk/v4"
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win.split.SetSidebar(adw.NewNavigationPage(win.sidebarView(), "AppHerder"))
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win.split.SetContent(adw.NewNavigationPage(emptyDetailsPage(), "AppHerder"))
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win.installBreakpoints()
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win.installDropTarget()
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win.SetContent(win.split)
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breakpoint.AddSetterDirect(w.split.Object, "collapsed", glib.NewValue(true))
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breakpoint.AddSetterDirect(w.split.Object, "show-content", glib.NewValue(false))
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w.AddBreakpoint(breakpoint)
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}
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func (w *mainWindow) installDropTarget() {
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target := gtk.NewDropTarget(gdk.GTypeFileList, gdk.ActionCopy)
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target.ConnectDrop(func(value *glib.Value, x, y float64) bool {
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fileList, ok := value.GoValue().(*gdk.FileList)
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if !ok || fileList == nil {
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return false
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}
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return w.installDroppedFiles(fileList.Files())
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})
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w.split.AddController(target)
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}
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func (w *mainWindow) sidebarView() *adw.ToolbarView {
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dialog.Present(w)
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}
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func (w *mainWindow) installDroppedFiles(files []*gio.File) bool {
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if len(files) == 0 {
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return false
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}
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if len(files) > 1 {
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w.showError("Cannot Install Files", "Drop one AppImage at a time.")
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return false
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}
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path := files[0].Path()
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if path == "" {
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w.showError("Cannot Install File", "Drop a local AppImage file.")
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return false
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}
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if !isAppImagePath(path) {
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w.showError("Cannot Install File", "Drop a file ending in .AppImage.")
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return false
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}
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w.install(path)
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return true
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}
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func (w *mainWindow) install(target string) {
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w.run("Installing AppImage", func() (string, error) {
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var name string
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func looksLikeURL(s string) bool {
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parsed, err := url.Parse(s)
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return err == nil && (parsed.Scheme == "http" || parsed.Scheme == "https") && parsed.Host != ""
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}
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func isAppImagePath(path string) bool {
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return strings.EqualFold(filepath.Ext(path), ".appimage")
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}
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func summarizeApplied(applied []appherder.UpgradeApplied) (upgraded, failed int) {