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# appimageupdate
# AppImageUpdate
<img src="https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/pkgforge-dev/AppImageUpdate/total" alt="GitHub Downloads (all assets, all releases)"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/pkgforge-dev/AppImageUpdate" alt="GitHub Release"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/release-date/pkgforge-dev/AppImageUpdate" alt="GitHub Release Date">

A Rust implementation of AppImageUpdate - a tool for updating AppImages using efficient delta updates.

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### From Source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/qaidvoid/appimageupdate.git
git clone https://github.com/pkgforge-dev/appimageupdate.git
cd appimageupdate
cargo install --path .
```
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This is a Rust rewrite of the upstream [AppImageUpdate](https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageUpdate) (C++/Qt).

Advantages:
- Single binary with no runtime dependencies
- Single static binary with no runtime dependencies
- Over 10x smaller
- Cleaner, more maintainable codebase
- URL caching to avoid redundant API calls
- Proxy support
- Better error messages

Differences:
- No GPG signature verification (not implemented)
- No pling integration (not implemented)
- No GUI (not implemented)

## Library Usage

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