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org.freedesktop.appstream.generator - 0.9.0-1 ⚙ amd64 ⚙ arm64

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Type: console-application
ID: org.freedesktop.appstream.generator
Package: appstream-generator
ProjectLicense: LGPL-3.0+
Name:
  C: AppStream Generator
Summary:
  C: A fast AppStream metadata generator
Description:
  C: |-
    <p>AppStream is a metadata specification which permits software components to provide information about
    themselves to automated systems and end-users before the software is actually installed.</p>
    <p>The <em>appstream-generator</em> tool generates AppStream metadata from the repositories of a software
    distribution. It currently supports the following repository formats / distributions: Debian, Ubuntu,
    Arch Linux, RPM-MD (Fedora, Mageia).</p>
    <p>The generator will produce AppStream catalog metadata files in the AppStream YAML or XML format to
    be shipped to users, as well as a detailed HTML report about found components and HTML and JSON reports
    on issues detected with the scanned metadata. It reads .desktop files as well as metainfo files, renders
    fonts, scales images, caches screenshots etc. to produce high-quality metadata for AppStream based software
    centers to consume. Usually, <em>appstream-generator</em> is integrated with the existing software build
    &amp; packaging workflow of a distribution.</p>
ProjectGroup: Freedesktop
Url:
  homepage: https://github.com/ximion/appstream-generator
  help: https://github.com/ximion/appstream-generator/blob/master/docs/index.md
  bugtracker: https://github.com/ximion/appstream-generator/issues
Provides:
  binaries:
  - appstream-generator
ContentRating:
  oars-1.0: {}