AppMeUp!

A desktop app for creating and editing Chromium-based web apps in Linux.

Features

• Create user-level web app launchers in ~/.local/share/applications
• Show AppMeUp-created web apps in the installed list
• Launch installed web apps directly from the GUI
• Edit or uninstall installed AppMeUp web apps from the GUI
• Uninstall also cleans up the web app's profile data directory
• Use New WebApp and Save WebApp actions in the app UI
• Fetch site icons automatically with live preview
• Refresh the desktop app menu and icon cache after changes
• Read XDG menu locations through pyxdg so category discovery follows the active DE
• Filter browser flags by name or description in the options tab; supports Chrome, Chromium, Brave, and Vivaldi

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Requirements

• Python 3.13
• GNU Make

Quick Start

make install-deps   # create venv and install dependencies
make run            # run the app

Build

make build-standalone   # standalone binary
# or
make build-onefile      # onefile binary

Install a built binary locally:

make install

Other Targets

make clean         # remove .venv, build/, dist/
make clean-build   # remove build artifacts only
make help          # list all targets