What is a .Flatpak file?
Flatpak distributes sandboxed Linux apps that run across distributions.
- Did you know
- Flatpak apps run in a sandbox and bring their own libraries, so they work everywhere.
- Flatpak began as xdg-app, created by Alexander Larsson at Red Hat before its 2016 rename.
- It splits applications from shared runtimes and uses OSTree to download and de-duplicate them across distributions.
- What Analyser reads
- Open more archives, packages and installers: macOS XAR/.pkg/.mpkg installers (member list), Windows .msu updates (CAB), Snap SquashFS packages, Flatpak bundles, StuffIt (.sit/.sitx), lzop (.lzo) and Brotli (.br) streams, Java Web Start (.jnlp), and the .tlz/.tbz/.tz compressed-tarball shorthands.
- Depth of analysis
- .Flatpak is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .Flatpak file
- Drag a .Flatpak file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.