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
• appimagehub/<id> for AppImageHub shorthand
• GitHub repository URLs
• GitHub release URLs
• direct GitHub release asset URLs
• AppImageHub item URLs such as https://www.appimagehub.com/p/2338455
• https://... direct URLs
• GitLab URLs
• SourceForge URLs
• file://... local file imports

Search

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

• search is provider-extensible and currently includes GitHub plus AppImageHub
• search results should resolve to install-ready queries such as owner/repo and appimagehub/<id>
• the search model is provider-extensible for future phases

Scope Overrides

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

• --user
• --system

Config

Runtime config is loaded from ~/.config/aim/config.toml or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/aim/config.toml.

Example:

allow_http = true

• allow_http = false is the default
• allow_http only permits user-supplied http:// inputs such as direct URL installs or updates from previously installed direct HTTP origins
• provider-resolved downloads such as AppImageHub artifacts remain HTTPS-only even when allow_http = true

Current Flow Shape

• aim <QUERY> installs direct provider matches when available, otherwise falls back to search results, shows live progress on stderr, prints an Installation Summary on stdout for installs, 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