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AppEditor vs Pin It!: catalog facts
AppEditor	Pin It!
Best for: Tidying the application menu on a Linux desktop	Best for: Adding AppImages and portable binaries to the Linux app menu
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence.
Linux	Linux
Hide or show apps in the menu Create new launcher entries All 3 strengths for AppEditor Hide or show apps in the menu Create new launcher entries Change names and icons through a graphical interface	Adds AppImages and executables to the app launcher without hand-written .desktop files Edit or delete created entries from the app All 3 strengths for Pin It! Adds AppImages and executables to the app launcher without hand-written .desktop files Edit or delete created entries from the app Actively developed with a long commit history
Linux only Development appears infrequent	Linux only Only manages launcher entries, not app updates or installation
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Offline features available	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for AppEditor github.com/donadigo/appeditor Catalog checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Pin It! github.com/ryonakano/pinit Catalog checked October 1, 2026

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