KAppMan – KDE AppImage Manager

A lightweight, KDE-native AppImage manager built with Python + PyQt6. Managed by uv.

Features

• Auto-integrate AppImages from any directory you choose
• Desktop entries auto-generated in ~/.local/share/applications/ (XDG compliant)
• Folder watcher — drop an AppImage and it's integrated instantly
• Configurable watch directory — set it from the GUI or CLI
• Live theme switching — pick any .qss file from a directory; ships with four themes:
  • Catppuccin Mocha (default)
  • Catppuccin Macchiato
  • Catppuccin Latte
  • Breeze Dark
• Custom themes — drop your own .qss into the themes directory and it appears in the selector instantly

Install

# Requires uv — https://docs.astral.sh/uv/
git clone https://github.com/you/KAppMan
cd KAppMan
uv sync

Usage

# Launch the GUI (default)
uv run kappman

# Headless folder watcher (default dir: ~/AppImages)
uv run kappman --watch

# Watch a custom directory
uv run kappman --watch /mnt/storage/Apps

# One-shot: integrate a single AppImage
uv run kappman --integrate ~/Downloads/MyApp.AppImage

# Remove a desktop entry
uv run kappman --remove ~/AppImages/MyApp.AppImage

# List all KAppMan-integrated apps
uv run kappman --list

Adding Themes

1. Create a .qss file (standard Qt stylesheet syntax)
2. Drop it into kappman/themes/ or any custom directory
3. In the GUI, point the Themes Directory field to your folder
4. Select your theme from the dropdown — applied instantly, no restart needed

Your theme choice and directory are persisted to ~/.config/kappman/config.ini.

KDE Autostart

To auto-run the watcher on every login:

cp kappman/autostart/kappman-watcher.desktop ~/.config/autostart/

Development

uv sync
uv run pytest tests/ -v

License

MIT