I just made the very first release of #SABAS, a #java & #netbeans platform based, #linux focused but os independent, package manager with #appstream support.

It handles #debian #apt, #fedora #dnf, #solus #eopkg and #flatpak, so far.

It comes as an #AppImage too.

github.com/trixon/sabas

Enjoy!

I had some adventures in image-processing land with #JPEGXL for #AppStream, as well as #VIPS and sandboxing. If you want to know more about AppStream's new media processing and how it uses JPEG-XL, I finally managed to blog about it:

blog.tenstral.net/2026/09/jpeg...

#freedesktop #jxl #debian