The Verdalia Desktop App#
Verdalia in its own window, holding a place in your dock instead of a browser tab.
Prerequisites#
Linux on x86_64, and Flatpak. Most desktops ship it; otherwise see flathub.org/setup.
The app and your workspace#
The app is a window onto the workspace you already have. One account, one set of data: a task you add in the app is there in the browser, and the other way round.
Three things follow from that.
Your session lives in the browser. Signing in opens your browser, where your existing Verdalia session, password manager, and passkeys already are. Authorize once and the app stays signed in across restarts.
Links leave the app. Anything that would have opened a tab opens your browser instead.
The workspace still comes from the server. The window opens straight away, then loads your content. With no connection you get the window and an error, not a stale copy.
Install it#
1. Verify what you downloaded. From the directory holding the file and its checksums:
sha256sum -c SHA256SUMSIf that does not print OK, download it again rather than installing.
2. Install it.
flatpak install --user ./verdalia-linux-x86_64.flatpakNote: the first Flatpak app on a machine also pulls a shared runtime, which takes a few minutes. Later installs reuse it.
3. Open it and sign in. Launch Verdalia from your applications menu, or run
flatpak run io.verdalia.Verdalia. Choose sign in, then authorize the app in the browser tab that
opens.
Updating and removing#
A new version is a new download from the Downloads page; installing it replaces the old one and keeps you signed in.
To remove it:
flatpak uninstall --user io.verdalia.VerdaliaAdd --delete-data to clear the local session as well. Neither touches your workspace, which
lives on the server.
Note: a window that opens blank or draws badly is usually graphics acceleration. Run
flatpak run io.verdalia.Verdalia --disable-gpu to confirm it.
Next steps#
Your personal operating system covers what to put in the workspace now that it has somewhere to live.