container-desktop-entries: Linux Desktop Entries for Containers!

This project adds linux desktop entries for applications installed inside containers! Support for toolbox is implemented, but podman and docker will need some testing (feel free to submit PRs!)

NOTE: Requires: https://github.com/ryanabx/desktop-entry-daemon

Build/Install/Uninstall (Server, on host system)

BUILD

just build

INSTALL

just install
systemctl --user enable container-desktop-entries

Reboot after installing!

UNINSTALL

systemctl --user disable container-desktop-entries
just uninstall

Reboot after uninstalling!

NOTE: You must install the client software on every guest container you want to receive desktop entries from!

Build/Install/Uninstall (Client, on guest container)

BUILD

just build-client

INSTALL

just install-client

UNINSTALL

just uninstall-client

Configuration

Configuring clients to get entries from is done in $HOME/.config/container-desktop-entries/containers.conf:

Example configuration (lines of [container name] [container type]):

fedora-toolbox-39 toolbox
fedora-toolbox-40 toolbox
my-podman-container podman
docker-linux-name docker

Contributing

Just make a pull request! It'd be good to first make an issue in the issue tracker so that it's made known what you'd like to work on.