Pin It!

Pin shortcuts for portable apps like raw executable files, AppImage files, etc. to the app launcher on your desktop.

Other features include:

• Edit or delete created app entries without opening the file manager
• Automatically add execution permission to the file you select

Installation

From Flathub or AppCenter (Recommended)

You can install Pin It! from Flathub:

You should install Pin It! from AppCenter if you're on elementary OS. This build is optimized for elementary OS:

From Source Code (Flatpak)

You'll need flatpak and flatpak-builder commands installed on your system.

Run flatpak remote-add to add Flathub remote for dependencies:

flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

To build and install, use flatpak-builder, then execute with flatpak run:

flatpak-builder builddir --user --install --force-clean --install-deps-from=flathub build-aux/flathub/com.github.ryonakano.pinit.Devel.yml
flatpak run com.github.ryonakano.pinit.Devel

From Source Code (Native)

You'll need the following dependencies to build:

• blueprint-compiler
• libadwaita-1-dev (>= 1.8)
• libgee-0.8-dev
• libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.74)
• libgranite-7-dev (>= 7.2.0, required only when you build with granite feature enabled)
• libgtk-4-dev (>= 4.10)
• meson (>= 1.5.0)
• valac

Run meson setup to configure the build environment and run meson compile to build:

meson setup builddir --prefix=/usr
meson compile -C builddir

To install, use meson install, then execute with com.github.ryonakano.pinit:

meson install -C builddir
com.github.ryonakano.pinit

Contributing

Please refer to the contribution guideline if you would like to:

• submit bug reports / feature requests
• propose coding changes
• translate the project

Get Support

Need help in use of the app? Refer to the discussions page to search for existing discussions or start a new discussion if none is relevant.

History

The original idea of the app is inspired from Desktopius by Alex K.