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Pi-Apps logo

Raspberry Pi App Store for Open Source Projects

There are many open-source, community-developed software projects for Raspberry Pi, yet very few people know about them. Pi-Apps aims to improve that, functioning as a software catalog and standardizing installation.

Pi-Apps is very new and is a work in progress. Please report any errors you encounter.

To install Pi Apps

git clone https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps
/home/pi/pi-apps/install

The install script ensures YAD is installed and creates a menu button. Nothing is modified outside your home directory.

To run Pi Apps

Menu -> Accessories -> Pi Apps, or type ./pi-apps/gui.

Basic usage

  • This is the main window:
    main window
    Use the main window to quickly browse the selection of apps and easily install them.
  • If you double-click an app, or select and app and click Details, you will see the Details window.
    details
  • The updater window may pop up when you launch Pi-Apps:
    updates
    Unless you have a very good reason not to, clicking 'Update now' is strongly recommended.
  • Pi-Apps Settings can be configured by launching Menu -> Preferences -> Pi-Apps Settings.
    settings
  • If you click New App in Settings, you can easily create your own Apps with a wizard-style sequence of windows.
    create app
    It helps you select an icon, create & debug install/uninstall scripts, write a description, and more.

How it works

  • Each 'App' is simply a small install script, uninstall script, two icon sizes, and two text files containing the description and a website URL.
  • Each App is stored in its own separate directory. /home/pi/pi-apps/apps/ holds all these app directories. The Zoom app, for example, would be located at /home/pi/pi-apps/apps/Zoom/.
  • Because of the contained nature of each app folder, it's really easy to 'package' your own apps: just put the folder in a ZIP file and send it to friends. (or upload it as a new issue so your app can be added to Pi-Apps)
  • When you click Install, the selected App's install script is executed.
  • When you click Uninstall, the selected App's uninstall script is executed.