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This would probably require some sort of login, which I would personally consider an anti-feature. I am not using commercial app stores because what I have installed on my machine is not anyone else's business. Privacy first!

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@probonopd I do want privacy first. I could always store that information locally on your system? Or I could give you the option to choose how you want your data stored? I plan on having a settings page that will have a bunch of options so you can personalize the Linux app store how you want it.

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Keep in mind that with AppImages, users can store the files wherever they want to. I, for example, store my AppImages in a non-standard, read-only location. I doubt any system can know what is "installed" on my system, short of either scanning my whole system, or keeping track of what I have downloaded through some sort of login, which I would both find very scaring.

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I don't believe it's productive to code for the very unique and bizarre use case @probonopd presents. While he is of course at liberty to setup his machine however he likes, the vast majority (millions) of users of Linux do not do this. snapd has an api to query what is installed. libflatpak has a similar api (note, their docs site has an invalid SSL cert). I agree it's probably sane to have this behind some kind of setting or option, so it can be turned off. But I think it makes sense to default on. An app store application which can't determine whether the user already has an application or not would make for an awful usability experience.

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I don't believe it's productive to code for the very unique and bizarre use case @probonopd presents.

This is not a "very unique and bizarre use case". AppImages have been designed from the beginning to be de-central, so that you can have as many AppImages in as many versions as you like anywhere in your filesystem. The AppImage approach is the opposite of a centralistic package manager or app store. (If you are interested in this subject, I welcome you to read about learning from Mac OS X how to suck less at system integration.)

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I was referring to your comment "I, for example, store my AppImages in a non-standard, read-only location". That is very uncommon.

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...not for AppImage users ;-)

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