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AppImage portable mode

Portable mode for AppImages: store app data next to the executable using .home and .config directories.

Field note

What it does

Describes portable mode in newer AppImages, where $HOME and $XDG_CONFIG_HOME are redirected to directories named after the AppImage plus .home or .config, enabling data to travel with the app, e.g., on USB sticks.

Capabilities

Available capabilities

Portable data directories $XDG_CONFIG_HOME redirection $HOME redirection

AppImage portable mode

What it does

Available capabilities

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Ways to use it

Product features

appimaged 

AppImageLauncher 

Download, make executable, run 

Extract the contents of an AppImage 

Integrating AppImages into the desktop 

Mount an AppImage 

Mount or extract AppImages 

Running AppImages 

Troubleshooting 