Command-line tool

appstream

brew/appstream

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Tools and libraries to work with AppStream metadata

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Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install appstream

Linux

brew install appstream

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