> So, by your own admission, it is not a duplicate of a repo package then?

Hi Asleigh,

Thank you for your reply.

The way I see it, the Arch repo version integrates better with the system and does not include unnecessary bloat.

The AUR AppImage version carries its own Electron runtime rather than using one available from Arch repo.

The feature set is the same.

So, for all intents and purposes, the AUR package is the same for users.

Except the latter takes up more space, and is potentially more insecure

There are frequent updates of Electron in repo.
The AUR package won't update its built-in electron separately.

On the other hand, repo's wire-desktop package will always use the latest repo-updated version of its electron runtime.

All in all, the AUR version is an inferior duplicate.

In my understanding, it is only useful to have AppImage packages of especially Electron-based applications on AUR if the Arch repo does not carry that application.

Cheers,
Marcell (Mars)