UniRun

Run Anything. Anywhere.

UniRun is a universal application runtime orchestration layer for Linux. It automatically detects what kind of file you're trying to run and routes it to the correct runtime — no more remembering wine, waydroid, xdg-open, or chmod +x.

unirun setup.exe              # Automatically runs via Wine
unirun game.apk                # Installs via Waydroid
unirun app.AppImage            # Makes executable and launches
unirun document.pdf            # Opens with system default
unirun firefox                 # Finds and launches system binary
unirun https://example.com     # Opens in browser

Install

PyPI (recommended)

pip install unirun

Arch Linux (AUR)

yay -S unirun-git

From Source

git clone https://github.com/KasishStar/UniRun.git
cd UniRun
pip install -e .

Usage

unirun <command> [arguments]
unirun <file_path_or_command_name>

Commands

Options

Direct Launch

You can skip the run command entirely:

unirun setup.exe
unirun game.apk
unirun firefox

Configuration

Config file: ~/.config/unirun/config.json

{
  "search_dirs": ["~/Downloads", "~/Documents"],
  "history_file": "~/.local/share/unirun/history.log"
}

Set UNIRUN_CONFIG environment variable for a custom config path.

How It Works

1. Detect — UniRun checks the file extension and type
2. Route — It hands off to the correct runtime:
   • .exe, .msi → Wine
   • .apk → Waydroid
   • .AppImage → Native execution
   • .pdf, .png, .mp4, .mp3, etc. → XDG default app
   • http://, https:// → Web browser
   • Everything else → Native execution
3. Fallback — If the file isn't found, UniRun searches common directories

Supported Runtimes

• Wine — Windows executables
• Waydroid — Android applications
• AppImage — Portable Linux packages
• XDG — Documents, images, videos, audio
• Native — System binaries and scripts
• Web — URLs opened in browser

Development

git clone https://github.com/KasishStar/UniRun.git
cd UniRun
pip install -e .
python tests/test_all.py

License

MIT — Created by Kasish