Flatpak Applications

This page lists some of the apps that are available as Flatpaks, along with instructions for how to try them. If you don't have it already, you'll need to get Flatpak.

Click to download is available with Fedora 25 (and newer), Mageia 6 (and newer), OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, Debian 9 (and newer), and Arch, using GNOME Software. Some applications require version 3.22.6 or later.

Stable Applications

Builder

IDE for GNOME

Documents

Manage your local and online documents

Gedit

text editor

Photos

Access, organize and share your photos

Polari

IRC chat client

Recipes

Discover what to cook

Weather

Monitor the weather anywhere

Games

Browse and play your games

Peek

Short screencapture software that outputs GIF images

LibreOffice

Popular office suite, direct from the developers

Telegram

Secure instant messaging

Spotify

Music, podcast and video streaming service

Skype

Internet video and chat

Linphone

Open Source VOIP

MonoDevelop

Cross platform IDE for C#, F# and more

Mypaint

Open Source Painting

Picard

Music metadata editor

Pitivi

Personal video editing

GNOME Twitch

Watch live internet video broadcasts

Pithos

Radio client for the Pandora music service

Hexchat

IRC Client

Discord

Voice and text chat client

GNOME MPV

Video player

Corebird

Twitter client for Linux

Feedreader

Internet RSS Newsfeed Reader

Nightly Builds of Applications (Unstable)

Builder

IDE for GNOME

Documents

Manage your local and online documents

Gedit

text editor

Photos

Access, organize and share your photos

Polari

IRC chat client

Recipes

Discover what to cook

Weather

Monitor the weather anywhere

Games

Browse and play your games

Scribus

Open Source Page Layout and Desktop Publishing (DTP)

Firefox Developer

Browse the Web

Firefox Nightly

Browse the Web

These command line instructions require Flatpak 0.6.13 or newer. Once installed, applications can be launched from the usual place in your desktop. For more information on how to update and manage your applications, see the command line tutorial.

LibreOffice

Detailed instructions are available at the LibreOffice Flatpak page. 
$ flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists gnome https://sdk.gnome.org/gnome.flatpakrepo
$ wget http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/flatpak/latest/LibreOffice.flatpak
$ flatpak install --bundle LibreOffice.flatpak

Telegram

$ flatpak install --from https://jgrulich.fedorapeople.org/telegram/telegram.flatpakref
$ flatpak run org.telegram.TelegramDesktopDevel

Spotify

Builds of the latest Spotify desktop client are being produced by Alex Larsson. 
$ flatpak install --from https://s3.amazonaws.com/alexlarsson/spotify-repo/spotify.flatpakref
$ flatpak run com.spotify.Client

Skype

Builds of the alpha version of the Skype desktop client are being made available by Alex Larsson. 
$ flatpak install --from https://s3.amazonaws.com/alexlarsson/skype-repo/skype.flatpakref
$ flatpak run com.skype.Client

Linphone

Official desktop version from linphone.org 
$ flatpak install --from https://linphone.org/flatpak/linphone.flatpakref
$ flatpak run com.belledonnecommunications.linphone

MonoDevelop

MonoDevelop is available as a Flatpak preview from Xamarin. See the MonoDevelop Linux download page for more information. 
$ flatpak install --from https://download.mono-project.com/repo/monodevelop.flatpakref
$ flatpak run com.xamarin.MonoDevelop

Mypaint

Stable builds of Mypaint releases are being produced by Manuel Quiñones. 
$ flatpak install --from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mypaint/mypaint/master/flatpak/mypaint-stable.flatpakref
$ flatpak run org.mypaint.MyPaint

Picard

Experimental builds of MusicBrainz's Picard releases are being produced by Mathieu Bridon. 
$ flatpak install --from https://www.daitauha.fr/static/flatpak/picard.flatpakref
$ flatpak run org.musicbrainz.Picard

Pitivi

Pitivi master (development version) can be installed and run:
$ flatpak install --user http://flatpak.pitivi.org/pitivi-master.flatpakref
$ flatpak run org.pitivi.Pitivi

Release version can be installed:

$ flatpak install --user http://flatpak.pitivi.org/pitivi.flatpakref
$ flatpak run org.pitivi.Pitivi//stable

GNOME Twitch

$ flatpak install --user https://dl.tingping.se/flatpak/gnome-twitch.flatpakref
$ flatpak run com.vinszent.GnomeTwitch

Scribus

$ flatpak install http://drjurf.tk/scribus-flatpak/scribus-nightly.flatpakref
$ flatpak run net.scribus.Scribus

Firefox Developer

Developer edition of Firefox 
$ flatpak install --from https://firefox-flatpak.mojefedora.cz/org.mozilla.FirefoxDevEdition.flatpakref
$ flatpak run org.mozilla.FirefoxDevEdition

Firefox Nightly

Nightly edition of Firefox 
$ flatpak install --from https://firefox-flatpak.mojefedora.cz/org.mozilla.FirefoxNightly.flatpakref
$ flatpak run org.mozilla.FirefoxNightly

GNOME

Many GNOME applications are available as both stable or unstable development versions. Stable versions can be installed individually using the instructions in this section, or you can add the repository and browse its contents from the command line.

Stable

First, make sure you have the GNOME runtimes repository:

$ flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists gnome https://sdk.gnome.org/gnome.flatpakrepo

Now add the GNOME applications repository:

$ flatpak remote-add gnome-apps https://sdk.gnome.org/gnome-apps.flatpakrepo

To install and run the stable version:

Builder
$ flatpak install --from https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-apps-nightly/plain/gnome-builder.flatpakref?h=stable
$ flatpak run org.gnome.Builder
Documents
$ flatpak install --from https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-apps-nightly/plain/gnome-documents.flatpakref?h=stable
$ flatpak run org.gnome.Documents
Gedit
$ flatpak install --from https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-apps-nightly/plain/gedit.flatpakref?h=stable
$ flatpak run org.gnome.Gedit
Photos
$ flatpak install --from https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-apps-nightly/plain/gnome-photos.flatpakref?h=stable
$ flatpak run org.gnome.Photos
Polari
$ flatpak install --from https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-apps-nightly/plain/polari.flatpakref?h=stable
$ flatpak run org.gnome.Polari
Recipes
$ flatpak install --from https://git.gnome.org/browse/recipes/plain/flatpak/gnome-recipes.flatpakref
$ flatpak run org.gnome.Recipes
Weather
$ flatpak install --from https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-apps-nightly/plain/gnome-weather.flatpakref?h=stable
$ flatpak run org.gnome.Weather
Games
$ flatpak install --from https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-apps-nightly/plain/gnome-games.flatpakref?h=stable
$ flatpak run org.gnome.Games

Development/Unstable

Unstable development versions of the GNOME applications can be installed individually or by adding and browsing the repository from the command line.

First, make sure you have the unstable GNOME runtimes repository:

$ flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists gnome https://sdk.gnome.org/gnome-nightly.flatpakrepo

Now add the GNOME applications repository:

$ flatpak remote-add gnome-apps https://sdk.gnome.org/gnome-apps-nightly.flatpakrepo

To install and run the unstable version:

Builder
$ flatpak install --from https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-apps-nightly/plain/gnome-builder.flatpakref
$ flatpak run org.gnome.Builder
Documents
$ flatpak install --from https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-apps-nightly/plain/gnome-documents.flatpakref
$ flatpak run org.gnome.Documents
Gedit
$ flatpak install --from https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-apps-nightly/plain/gedit.flatpakref
$ flatpak run org.gnome.Gedit
Photos
$ flatpak install --from https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-apps-nightly/plain/gnome-photos.flatpakref
$ flatpak run org.gnome.Photos
Polari
$ flatpak install --from https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-apps-nightly/plain/polari.flatpakref
$ flatpak run org.gnome.Polari
Recipes
$ flatpak install --from https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-apps-nightly/plain/gnome-recipes.flatpakref
$ flatpak run org.gnome.Recipes
Weather
$ flatpak install --from https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-apps-nightly/plain/gnome-weather.flatpakref
$ flatpak run org.gnome.Weather
Games
$ flatpak install --from https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-apps-nightly/plain/gnome-games.flatpakref
$ flatpak run org.gnome.Games