Bazaar

Discover and install applications

Note

If you are a distributor/packager who would like to learn how to customize Bazaar, take a look at the docs.

Note

If you are interested in contributing code to Bazaar (Thank you!), please see the style rules.

Note

If you are interested in contributing translations to Bazaar (Thank you!), please see the translators introduction.

Bazaar is a new app store for GNOME with a focus on discovering and installing applications and add-ons from Flatpak remotes, particularly Flathub. It emphasizes supporting the developers who make the Linux desktop possible. Bazaar features a "curated" tab that can be configured by distributors to allow for a more localized experience.

Bazaar is fast and highly multi-threaded, guaranteeing a smooth experience in the user interface. You can queue as many downloads as you wish and run them while perusing Flathub's latest releases. This is due to the UI being completely decoupled from all backend operations.

It runs as a service, meaning state will be maintained even if you close all windows, and implements the gnome-shell search provider dbus interface. A krunner plugin is available for use on the KDE Plasma desktop.

Thanks to Tobias Bernard, Jakub Steiner, and Sam Hewitt for designing Bazaar's market stall icon.

Installing

Pre-built binaries are distributed via Flathub and GitHub actions:

There also exist packages for Debian and Arch. These are not directly supported but should work fine. If you encounter a bug on any package of Bazaar other than the flatpak, ensure the bug also exists on the flatpak before reporting it here.

Supporting

If you would like to support me and the development of this application (Thank you!), I have a ko-fi here! https://ko-fi.com/kolunmi

Thanks to everyone in the GNOME development community for creating such an awesome desktop environment!

Contributing

If you would like to try this project on your local machine, clone it on the cli and type these commands inside the project root:

meson setup build --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64
ninja -C build
sudo ninja -C build install
bazaar

You will need the following dependencies installed, along with a C compiler, meson, and ninja:

Dep Name	pkg-config Name	Min Version	Justification
gtk4	gtk4	4.22.1	GUI
libadwaita	libadwaita-1	1.8	GNOME styling
libdex	libdex-1	1.0	Async helpers
flatpak	flatpak	1.9	Flatpak installation management
appstream	appstream	1.0	Interpret application metadata
xmlb	xmlb	0.3.4	Handle binary xml appstream bundles/Parse plain xml
glycin	glycin-2	2.0	Decode image URIs
glycin-gtk4	glycin-gtk4-2	2.0	Convert glycin frames to texture representations
libyaml	yaml-0.1	0.2.5	Parse YAML configs
libsoup	libsoup-3.0	3.6.0	HTTP operations
json-glib	json-glib-1.0	1.10.0	Parse some HTTP replies
md4c	md4c	0.5.1	Parse markdown (.md)
gtksourceview	gtksourceview-5	5.17	Render markdown code blocks
webkitgtk	webkitgtk-6.0	2.50.2	Render web views
libsecret	libsecret-1	0.20	Store Flathub account information
libproxy	libproxy-1.0	0.5	Parse proxies for networking operations
malcontent	malcontent-0	0.12.0	Adhere to system parental controls settings

Code of Conduct

This project adheres to the GNOME Code of Conduct. By participating through any means, including PRs, Issues or Discussions, you are expected to uphold this code.

What people are saying

• Why Bazaar Is the Best Flatpak App Store You’re Not Using
• Bazaar is a game changer
• Bazaar is a Slick New Desktop Flathub Frontend
• Bazaar Is the Flatpak Store GNOME Always Needed