I created a script that always installs apps from their official source
https://github.com/Tsu-gu/appfetch/
It's a proof of concept of an idea I had a while ago. I dislike having to hunt down apps for my Linux machine when I want them from an official source. Some apps are packages as tarballs, some as .debs, some as install scripts that download a binary, some are flatpaks and snaps.
I created a yaml file with only verified apps from flathub and snapcraft, and added a few apps outside of them that I could think of.
The ultimate goal is the user just typing the names of what they want, and the script will just get it. They shouldn't waste time with picking the right source.
Maybe add something in the search results to indicate the app's origin? Or even just a way to choose search sources?
I understand that people treat snap as if it was a contagious virus but the developers chose the method purposely. A lot of KDE apps are only distributed as snaps for example, k3b comes to mind. VLC as well.
There are flatpak versions but they aren't official, which defeats the point a bit.
I do however plan to somehow add the ability to prefer flatpak, since a few of the entries have both a flatpak and snap field.
wild
https://snapcraft.io/k3b
Well guess what, I don't use or want to use Arch. Pretty sure there's a nix recipe too, possibly a Void or FreeBSD one too. They aren't maintaind by KDE itself.