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AppImage in Golang

Wondering whether it would be a good idea to re-implement AppImage tools in Golang.

Advantages:

  • Maintainable, easy code (unlike "modern C++")
  • Short compilation times
  • Statically linked binaries, no dependencies
  • Synergies with snap?
  • Fun?

appimaged Go implementation

  • Downside: No squashfs feature-complete native Go implementation available. Hence list files using unsquashfs -ll, extract using unsquashfs? I would prefer a single-file static binary with squashfs generation and extraction capabilities
  • Resize icons for thumbnails https://siongui.github.io/2017/01/13/go-resize-image-from-web/

appimagetool Go implementation

appimageupdate Go implementation

appimageupdate LAN and WAN filesharing Go implementation

What else?

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It's possible to interface C code from Go but you loose cross-compiling, type-safety and other features. Yet it's doable.

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