Managing AppImage updates can be tedious when done manually. Gear Lever provides custom update URLs for GitHub releases, but finding the right URL pattern requires understanding their wildcard system. This collection provides ready-to-use configurations for popular applications.

Setting Up Custom Update URLs

Configure automatic updates in Gear Lever:

  1. Open Gear Lever and select your AppImage
  2. Choose Custom Update URL
  3. Select GitHub Releases as source
  4. Enter the URL pattern for your application

URL Pattern Structure

Gear Lever uses * wildcards to match dynamic parts of GitHub release URLs:

  • First * matches the release tag
  • Second * matches version numbers in filenames
  • Patterns are validated automatically

Application Configurations

NOTE: I may update this post with more projects as I add them to my workflow.

VSCodium

# x64 Linux
https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/releases/download/*/VSCodium-linux-x64-*.AppImage

# ARM64 Linux
https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/releases/download/*/VSCodium-linux-arm64-*.AppImage

# ARM32 Linux
https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/releases/download/*/VSCodium-linux-armhf-*.AppImage

References

mijorus.it
https://mijorus.it/posts/gearlever/update-url-info/