:electron: Prep for flathub - arm64 support and metainfo (#5947)

* prep for flathub -arm64 build and metainfo

* release note

* spelling mistake

* whitespace removal

* arch build issues

* hmm

* removing arm64 from flatpak - that would get bundled by flathub anyway

.github/workflows/electron-master.yml

@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get install flatpak -y
           sudo apt-get install flatpak-builder -y
           sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
-          sudo flatpak install org.freedesktop.Sdk/x86_64/24.08 -y
-          sudo flatpak install org.freedesktop.Platform/x86_64/24.08 -y
-          sudo flatpak install org.electronjs.Electron2.BaseApp/x86_64/24.08 -y
+          sudo flatpak install org.freedesktop.Sdk//24.08 -y
+          sudo flatpak install org.freedesktop.Platform//24.08 -y
+          sudo flatpak install org.electronjs.Electron2.BaseApp//24.08 -y
       - name: Set up environment
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup
       - name: Build Electron for Mac

.github/workflows/electron-pr.yml

@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get install flatpak -y
           sudo apt-get install flatpak-builder -y
           sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
-          sudo flatpak install org.freedesktop.Sdk/x86_64/24.08 -y
-          sudo flatpak install org.freedesktop.Platform/x86_64/24.08 -y
-          sudo flatpak install org.electronjs.Electron2.BaseApp/x86_64/24.08 -y
+          sudo flatpak install org.freedesktop.Sdk//24.08 -y
+          sudo flatpak install org.freedesktop.Platform//24.08 -y
+          sudo flatpak install org.electronjs.Electron2.BaseApp//24.08 -y
       - name: Set up environment
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup
       - name: Build Electron

packages/desktop-electron/extra-resources/linux/com.actualbudget.actual.metainfo.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<component type="desktop">
+  <id>com.actualbudget.actual</id>
+  <name>Actual</name>
+  <summary>A local-first personal finance app</summary>
+  <metadata_license>MIT</metadata_license>
+  <project_license>MIT</project_license>
+  <content_rating type="oars-1.0" />
+  <description>
+    <p>Actual Budget is a super fast and privacy-focused app for managing your finances. At its heart is the well proven and much loved Envelope Budgeting methodology.</p>
+    <p>You own your data and can do whatever you want with it. Featuring multi-device sync, optional end-to-end encryption and so much more.</p>
+  </description>
+  <launchable type="desktop-id">com.actualbudget.actual.desktop</launchable>
+  <url type="homepage">https://actualbudget.org/</url>
+  <url type="bugtracker">https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/issues</url>
+  <requires>
+    <display_length compare="ge">medium</display_length>
+  </requires>
+  <recommends>
+    <control>keyboard</control>
+    <control>pointing</control>
+    <control>touch</control>
+  </recommends>
+  <screenshots>
+    <screenshot type="default">
+      <image>https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/raw/master/demo.png</image>
+    </screenshot>
+  </screenshots>
+  <releases>
+    <release version="25.10.0" date="2025-10-02" />
+  </releases>
+  <developer_name>Actual Core Contributors</developer_name>
+  <update_contact>dev@actualbudget.org</update_contact>
+</component>

packages/desktop-electron/package.json

@@ -46,10 +46,24 @@
     },
     "linux": {
       "target": [
-        "flatpak",
-        "AppImage"
+        {
+          "target": "flatpak",
+          "arch": [
+            "x64"
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "target": "AppImage",
+          "arch": [
+            "x64",
+            "arm64"
+          ]
+        }
       ],
-      "artifactName": "${productName}-linux-${arch}.${ext}"
+      "artifactName": "${productName}-linux-${arch}.${ext}",
+      "extraResources": [
+        "extra-resources/linux"
+      ]
     },
     "flatpak": {
       "runtimeVersion": "24.08",

upcoming-release-notes/5947.md

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+category: Enhancements
+authors: [MikesGlitch]
+---
+
+Add support for arm64 AppImage