Next time you visit the Flathub website you’ll notice a considerable revamp.
The recent user interface update comes a year after its previous major redesign and introduces new on-page features. These updates ease the process for Linux users to find the apps they’re after and discover new software they might not be aware of.
Unless, of course, they’re frequent visitors of blogs like mine.
Now, the Flathub homepage is graced with a new banner slider promoting 5 apps, updated weekly. There’s also a new “App of the Day” spotlight meant to draw attention to particularly worthwhile software, coupled with a more noticeable Flathub setup guide callout.
A cool touch: the background colours for the above elements subtly change when dark mode is turned on to ensure optimised contrast and legibility.
Dark mode adaption – compare with the image at the top of this post
Beneath these is a new tabbed switcher. This shows a list of Trending software by default with tabs to switch to lists of Popular, New, and Updated apps (switching tab doesn’t cause the page to reload or stutter during transition which is great).
These flashy additions are sure to turn the Flathub website in to a destination for app discovery rather than merely a searchable, static app directory.
Of course, it still functions like that too; you can continue to browse by category (e.g., Audio & Video, Utilites, etc), filter to see verified apps only, and search for software manually using keywords etc.
If you’re ‘fessed-up fan of Flatpak apps and a frequent user of Flathub then be sure to stop by the site to take in the changes — and if you discover any seriously neat apps I’ve not already covered (here or on OMG! Linux) then do give the submit news button a stroke n’ clue me in!
Thanks Bobby!