aim

AppImage Manager

aim is a Rust Cargo workspace for managing AppImages from multiple source types.

Workspace

• crates/aim-core: business logic, source adapters, registry, install/update planning
• crates/aim-cli: thin terminal frontend for parsing, prompting, and rendering

The split is intentional so a future GUI client can reuse aim-core without moving logic out of the shared library.

Commands

aim <QUERY>
aim
aim update
aim list
aim search <QUERY>
aim remove <QUERY>

Query Forms

• owner/repo for GitHub shorthand
• GitHub repository URLs
• GitHub release URLs
• direct GitHub release asset URLs
• https://... direct URLs
• GitLab URLs
• SourceForge URLs
• file://... local file imports

Search

aim search <QUERY> is part of v0.9 finalisation.

• v0.9 search is GitHub-backed first
• search results should resolve to install-ready GitHub shorthand such as owner/repo
• the search model is provider-extensible for future phases
• custom-json is deferred and is not part of the v0.9 search or install contract

Scope Overrides

By default aim auto-detects whether to use user or system scope. Override that with:

• --user
• --system

Current Flow Shape

• aim <QUERY> installs unambiguous apps, shows live progress on stderr, prints an Installation Summary on stdout, and renders an Installation Review when tracking needs confirmation
• bare aim prints an Update Review without mutating the registry
• aim update executes the pending updates, streams live status on stderr, then prints an Update Summary
• aim list renders either Installed Apps or No installed apps yet
• aim remove <QUERY> resolves a registered application name, streams removal progress on stderr, then prints a Removal Summary

Terminal UX

• prompts use dialoguer
• styled summaries use console
• live spinners and byte progress use indicatif