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Bazaar is a free tool for managing Flatpak apps.
It can be installed on any Linux distro with the flatpak command.
It's also free to use and simplifies working with Flatpak apps.
I install a lot of Flatpak apps on Linux, and although the app store on my distro of choice (Pop!_OS) has Flatpak support rolled in, I find managing those apps a bit challenging. Because COSMIC Store lists Flatpak apps alongside .deb packages, it can be cumbersome to know what is what. So, when I discovered Bazaar, I knew it was an app I had to use. With this tool, I could even shrug off using the command line for installing Flatpak apps.
What is Bazaar?
Bazaar is to Flatpak apps what the typical app store is to traditional packages (such as DEB or RPM). With Bazaar, you can find, install, run, and delete Flatpak packages. You can even manage addons for those apps that include them.
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