{"slug": "zapps", "name": "Zapps", "category": "os", "category_name": "Operating systems and desktop", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 4, "warners": 1, "score": 1.106, "rising": -0.98, "first": "2025-12-30", "latest": "2026-07-20", "why": "combination of Detour & Zapps it could be possible", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 1, "compare": 0, "warn": 1}, "spark": [0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "combination of Detour & Zapps it could be possible", "kind": "", "icon": false, "domain": "zapps.app", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://zapps.app", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Zapps", "zapps"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 743118929, "item_id": 46444933, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46444933", "by": "generichuman", "date": "2025-12-31", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "combination of Detour & Zapps it could be possible", "excerpt": "Check Detour out: https://github.com/graphitemaster/detour?tab=readme-ov-file#why-static-linking-alone-is-not-enough I suspect with combination of Detour & Zapps it could be possible.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Win32 is the stable Linux ABI"}, {"id": 742996256, "item_id": 46437266, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46437266", "by": "bobajeff", "date": "2025-12-30", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "This is really cool.", "excerpt": "This is really cool. Looks like it has a way for me to use my own dynamic linker and glibc version *. At some point I've got to try this. I think it would be nice to have some tools to turn an existing programs into a zapps (there many such tools for making AppImages today). * https://github.com/warptools/ldshim", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Win32 is the stable Linux ABI"}, {"id": 742982802, "item_id": 46436425, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46436425", "by": "Imustaskforhelp", "date": "2025-12-30", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "AppImage are really good but zapps are good too", "excerpt": "https://zapps.app/ is another interesting thing in the space. AppImage have some issues/restrictions like it cant run on older linux than one it was compiled on, so people compile it on the oldest pc's and a little bit of more quirks AppImage are really good but zapps are good too, I had once tried to do something on top of zapp but shame that zapp went into the route of crypto ipfs or smth and then I don't really se", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Win32 is the stable Linux ABI"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["portable binaries"], "compared": [{"slug": "appimage", "name": "AppImage", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46433035", "title": "Win32 is the stable Linux ABI", "mentions": 4}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48988793", "title": "Linux kernel will support $ORIGIN, sort of", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {"recommend": 3, "warn": 1}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"id": 783822513, "item_id": 48988907, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48988907", "by": "Imustaskforhelp", "date": "2026-07-20", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "which used zapps[2] which did a lot of tricks", "excerpt": "This is really awesome, can't wait for this to land in the linux kernel. I have made appseed[0] (asciinema link[1]) which used zapps[2] which did a lot of tricks to achieve in end what this kernel patch could help in doing and hopefully more in the future! My appseed project didn't work for large projects like OBS but I feel like the approach that this does could lead to mass adoption given that its now a kernel feat", "context": "", "use_case": "portable binaries", "switched_from": "", "story": "Linux kernel will support $ORIGIN, sort of"}, {"id": 743118929, "item_id": 46444933, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46444933", "by": "generichuman", "date": "2025-12-31", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "combination of Detour & Zapps it could be possible", "excerpt": "Check Detour out: https://github.com/graphitemaster/detour?tab=readme-ov-file#why-static-linking-alone-is-not-enough I suspect with combination of Detour & Zapps it could be possible.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Win32 is the stable Linux ABI"}, {"id": 742996256, "item_id": 46437266, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46437266", "by": "bobajeff", "date": "2025-12-30", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "This is really cool.", "excerpt": "This is really cool. Looks like it has a way for me to use my own dynamic linker and glibc version *. At some point I've got to try this. I think it would be nice to have some tools to turn an existing programs into a zapps (there many such tools for making AppImages today). * https://github.com/warptools/ldshim", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Win32 is the stable Linux ABI"}, {"id": 742983153, "item_id": 46436447, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46436447", "by": "freedomben", "date": "2025-12-30", "stance": "warn", "quote": "", "excerpt": "Interesting. I've had a hell of a time building AppImages for my apps that work on Fedora 43. I've found bug reports of people with similar challenges, but it's bizarre because I use plenty of AppImages on F43 that work fine. I wonder if this might be a clue", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Win32 is the stable Linux ABI"}, {"id": 742982802, "item_id": 46436425, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46436425", "by": "Imustaskforhelp", "date": "2025-12-30", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "AppImage are really good but zapps are good too", "excerpt": "https://zapps.app/ is another interesting thing in the space. AppImage have some issues/restrictions like it cant run on older linux than one it was compiled on, so people compile it on the oldest pc's and a little bit of more quirks AppImage are really good but zapps are good too, I had once tried to do something on top of zapp but shame that zapp went into the route of crypto ipfs or smth and then I don't really se", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Win32 is the stable Linux ABI"}]}