Integrate the Pling/OCS REST API (appimagehub.com) as the primary catalog
source with richer metadata than the existing appimage.github.io feed.
Backend:
- Add OCS API fetch with pagination, lenient JSON deserializers for loosely
typed numeric fields, and non-AppImage file filtering (.dmg, .exe, etc.)
- Database migration v17 adds OCS-specific columns (ocs_id, downloads, score,
typename, personid, description, summary, version, tags, etc.)
- Deduplicate secondary source apps against OCS entries
- Shrink OCS CDN icon URLs from 770x540 to 100x100 for faster loading
- Clear stale screenshot and icon caches on sync
- Extract GitHub repo links from OCS HTML descriptions
- Add fetch_ocs_download_files() to get all version files for an app
- Resolve fresh JWT download URLs per slot at install time
Detail page:
- Fetch OCS download files on page open and populate install SplitButton
with version dropdown (newest first, filtered for AppImage only)
- Show OCS metadata: downloads, score, author, typename, tags, comments,
created/updated dates, architecture, filename, file size, MD5
- Prefer ocs_description (full HTML with features/changelog) over short
summary for the About section
- Add html_to_description() to preserve formatting (lists, paragraphs)
- Remove redundant Download link from Links section
- Escape ampersands in Pango markup subtitles (categories, typename, tags)
Catalog view:
- OCS source syncs first as primary, appimage.github.io as secondary
- Featured apps consider OCS download counts alongside GitHub stars
UI:
- Add pulldown-cmark for GitHub README markdown rendering in detail pages
- Add build_markdown_view() widget for rendered markdown content
- Replace technical jargon with plain language across all 4 detail tabs
- Friendly titles/subtitles with technical details available in tooltips
- Soften terminal commands ("Install with one command" instead of raw commands)
- Rename sections: Desktop Integration -> App Menu, Sandboxing -> App Isolation,
Vulnerability Scanning -> Security Check, Capabilities -> Features
- Rewrite Wayland/FUSE explanations to avoid acronyms and dev terminology
- Update security report page with beginner-friendly descriptions
- Enable libadwaita 1.7 ViewStack crossfade transitions between detail tabs
- Rewrite screenshot lightbox as separate gtk::Window (fixes scroll jump on
close, adds click-outside-to-close, rounded corners via CSS)
- Add prev/next navigation arrows and keyboard support to lightbox
- Database v8 migration: tags, pinned, avg_startup_ms columns
- Security scanning with CVE matching and batch scan
- Bundled library extraction and vulnerability reports
- Desktop notification system for security alerts
- Backup/restore system for AppImage configurations
- i18n framework with gettext support
- Runtime analysis and Wayland compatibility detection
- AppStream metadata and Flatpak-style build support
- File watcher module for live directory monitoring
- Preferences panel with GSettings integration
- CLI interface for headless operation
- Detail view: tabbed layout with ViewSwitcher in title bar,
health score, sandbox controls, changelog links
- Library view: sort dropdown, context menu enhancements
- Dashboard: system status, disk usage, launch history
- Security report page with scan and export
- Packaging: meson build, PKGBUILD, metainfo
