Desktop File Editor

Screenshot

A GTK4/Adwaita application for visually editing .desktop files with preview, validation, and translation management.

Features

• Open/create .desktop files
• Visual editor for Name, Comment, Exec, Icon, Categories, etc.
• Preview: how the app looks in the app launcher
• View all translations (Name[sv], Comment[de], etc.)
• Add/remove translations per language
• Validation against freedesktop.org spec
• Warnings for missing icons, invalid Exec, etc.
• Browse /usr/share/applications/ and ~/.local/share/applications/

Installation

Debian/Ubuntu

# Add repository
curl -fsSL https://yeager.github.io/debian-repo/KEY.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/yeager-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/yeager-archive-keyring.gpg] https://yeager.github.io/debian-repo stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yeager.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install desktop-editor

Fedora/RHEL

sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://yeager.github.io/rpm-repo/yeager.repo
sudo dnf install desktop-editor

From source

pip install .
desktop-editor

🌍 Contributing Translations

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Currently supported: Swedish (sv). More languages welcome!

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1. Create a free account at Transifex
2. Join the danielnylander organization
3. Start translating!

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License

GPL-3.0-or-later — Daniel Nylander daniel@danielnylander.se