Pins

Create and edit app shortcuts Source

Description

Pins allows you to customize your app menu by editing .desktop files.

Some of the things you can do are:

changing an app icon that doesn't fit in with your theme,
creating custom shortcuts to websites,
hiding apps you don't want to see,
editing properties in .desktop files.

Source

Project links:

Links to (pages with) screenshots:

Rating

Mobile Fit: 5

Perfect - this app fits your phone screen just fine out of the box and works nicely with touch input!

Project status: released

This project has been developed so far, that its authors felt confident enough to create a release.

The project repository was created on 2022-05-21.

The last known commit happened on 2025-03-27.
Please note: This information is not updated continuously. This particular listing was last updated on 2025-03-31

Features

Packaging

Is this app packaged for my distribution?

green: current and packaged,
red: packaged, but not current, ratings and other details may not apply.

Get it on Flathub!

Install as flatpak: https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.fabrialberio.pinapp.flatpakref

Build and install your own flatpak: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fabrialberio/PinApp/refs/heads/master/io.github.fabrialberio.pinapp.dev.json

If you're lucky*, you can install this app by just hitting this button:

Install

* You need to have an appstream:// handler, e.g., GNOME Software or KDE Discover, installed and the app needs to be available in a configured software repository, more details.

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Licensing and technical details

License: GPL-3.0-or-later Metadata: CC0-1.0

Frameworks: GTK4 libadwaita

Programming languages: Python

Build system: meson

AppStream Metadata URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fabrialberio/Pins/refs/heads/master/data/io.github.fabrialberio.pinapp.metainfo.xml.in