Flatpak GitHub Actions

Build and deploy your Flatpak application using GitHub Actions

How to use

Building stage

Add a new workflow by creating a .yml file under .github/workflows with this content

on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
  pull_request:
name: CI
jobs:
  flatpak:
    name: "Flatpak"
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    container:
      image: bilelmoussaoui/flatpak-github-actions:gnome-44
      options: --privileged
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
    - uses: flatpak/flatpak-github-actions/flatpak-builder@v6
      with:
        bundle: palette.flatpak
        manifest-path: org.gnome.zbrown.Palette.yml
        cache-key: flatpak-builder-${{ github.sha }}

Inputs

Name	Description	Required	Default
`manifest-path`	The relative path of the manifest file	Required	-
`stop-at-module`	Stop at the specified module, ignoring it and all the following ones. Using this option disables generating bundles.	Optional	Build all modules from the manifest file
`bundle`	The bundle name	Optional	`app.flatpak`
`build-bundle`	Whether to build a bundle or not	Optional	`true`
`repository-name`	The repository name, used to fetch the runtime when the user download the Flatpak bundle or when building the application	Optional	`flathub`
`repository-url`	The repository url, used to fetch the runtime when the user download the Flatpak bundle or when building the application	Optional	`https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo`
`run-tests`	Enable/Disable running tests. This overrides the `flatpak-builder` option of the same name, which invokes `make check` or `ninja test`. Network and X11 access is enabled, with a display server provided by `xvfb-run`.	Optional	`false`
`branch`	The default flatpak branch	Optional	`master`
`cache`	Enable/Disable caching `.flatpak-builder` directory	Optional	`true`
`restore-cache`	Enable/Disable cache restoring. If caching is enabled.	Optional	`true`
`cache-key`	Specifies the cache key. CPU arch is automatically added, so there is no need to add it to the cache key.	Optional	`flatpak-builder-${sha256(manifestPath)}`
`arch`	Specifies the CPU architecture to build for	Optional	`x86_64`
`mirror-screenshots-url`	Specifies the URL to mirror screenshots	Optional	-
`gpg-sign`	The key to sign the package	Optional	-
`verbose`	Enable verbosity	Optional	`false`
`upload-artifact`	Whether to upload the resulting bundle or not as an artifact	Optional	`true`

Building for multiple CPU architectures

To build for CPU architectures other than x86_64, the GitHub Actions workflow has to either natively be running on that architecture (e.g. on an aarch64 self-hosted GitHub Actions runner), or the container used must be configured to emulate the requested architecture (e.g. with QEMU).

For example, to build a Flatpak for both x86_64 and aarch64 using emulation, use the following workflow as a guide:

on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
  pull_request:
name: CI
jobs:
  flatpak:
    name: "Flatpak"
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    container:
      image: bilelmoussaoui/flatpak-github-actions:gnome-44
      options: --privileged
    strategy:
      matrix:
        arch: [x86_64, aarch64]
      # Don't fail the whole workflow if one architecture fails
      fail-fast: false
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
    # Docker is required by the docker/setup-qemu-action which enables emulation
    - name: Install deps
      if: ${{ matrix.arch != 'x86_64' }}
      run: |
        dnf -y install docker
    - name: Set up QEMU
      if: ${{ matrix.arch != 'x86_64' }}
      id: qemu
      uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v2
      with:
        platforms: arm64
    - uses: flatpak/flatpak-github-actions/flatpak-builder@v6
      with:
        bundle: palette.flatpak
        manifest-path: org.gnome.zbrown.Palette.yml
        cache-key: flatpak-builder-${{ github.sha }}
        arch: ${{ matrix.arch }}

Building for Automated Tests

As described in the Inputs documentation, specifying run-tests: true will amend the Flatpak manifest to enable Network and X11 access automatically. Any other changes to the manifest must be made manually, such as building the tests (e.g. -Dtests=true) or any other options (e.g. --buildtype=debugoptimized).

Most developers will want to run tests on pull requests, before merging into the main branch of a repository. To ensure your manifest is building the correct code, you should set the sources entry for your project to "type": "dir" with the path key relative to the manifest's location in the repository.

In the example below, the manifest is located at /build-aux/flatpak/org.gnome.zbrown.Palette.json, so the path key is set to ../../. If the manifest were in the project root instead, the correct usage would be "path": "./".

{
    "app-id" : "org.gnome.zbrown.Palette",
    "runtime" : "org.gnome.Platform",
    "runtime-version" : "master",
    "sdk" : "org.gnome.Sdk",
    "command" : "org.gnome.zbrown.Palette",
    "finish-args" : [
        "--share=ipc",
        "--device=dri",
        "--socket=fallback-x11",
        "--socket=wayland"
    ],
    "modules" : [
        {
            "name" : "palette",
            "buildsystem" : "meson",
            "config-opts" : [
                "--prefix=/app",
                "--buildtype=debugoptimized",
                "-Dtests=true"
            ],
            "sources" : [
                {
                    "name" : "palette",
                    "buildsystem" : "meson",
                    "type" : "dir",
                    "path" : "../../"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Deployment stage

If you want to deploy the successfully built Flatpak application to a remote repository

on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
name: Deploy
jobs:
  flatpak:
    name: "Flatpak"
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    container:
      image: bilelmoussaoui/flatpak-github-actions:gnome-44
      options: --privileged
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
    - uses: flatpak/flatpak-github-actions/flatpak-builder@v6
      name: "Build"
      with:
        bundle: palette.flatpak
        manifest-path: org.gnome.zbrown.Palette.yml
        cache-key: flatpak-builder-${{ github.sha }}
    - uses: flatpak/flatpak-github-actions/flat-manager@v4
      name: "Deploy"
      with:
        repository: elementary
        flat-manager-url: https://flatpak-api.elementary.io
        token: some_very_hidden_token
        end-of-life: "The application has been renamed to..."
        end-of-life-rebase: "org.zbrown.Palette"

Inputs

Name	Description	Required	Default
`repository`	The repository to push the build into	Required	-
`flat-manager-url`	The flat-manager remote URL	Required	-
`token`	A flat-manager token	Required	-
`end-of-life`	Reason for end of life	Optional	-
`end-of-life-rebase`	The new app-id	Optional	-
`build-log-url`	URL to Flatpak build log	Optional	-
`verbose`	Enable verbosity	Optional	`false`

Docker Image

The Docker image used for the action consists of 2 parts: The base image, based on Fedora and which can be found here, and the specific image of the runtime you choose, which is generated through this GitHub Actions workflow.

You can specify the specific runtime you need to use through the image tags:

Runtime	Version	Tag	Example
Freedesktop SDK	20.08	`freedesktop-20.08`	`image: bilelmoussaoui/flatpak-github-actions:freedesktop-20.08`
Freedesktop SDK	21.08	`freedesktop-21.08`	`image: bilelmoussaoui/flatpak-github-actions:freedesktop-21.08`
Freedesktop SDK	22.08	`freedesktop-22.08`	`image: bilelmoussaoui/flatpak-github-actions:freedesktop-22.08`
Freedesktop SDK	23.08	`freedesktop-23.08`	`image: bilelmoussaoui/flatpak-github-actions:freedesktop-23.08`
GNOME	3.38	`gnome-3.38`	`image: bilelmoussaoui/flatpak-github-actions:gnome-3.38`
GNOME	40	`gnome-40`	`image: bilelmoussaoui/flatpak-github-actions:gnome-40`
GNOME	41	`gnome-41`	`image: bilelmoussaoui/flatpak-github-actions:gnome-41`
GNOME	42	`gnome-42`	`image: bilelmoussaoui/flatpak-github-actions:gnome-42`
GNOME	43	`gnome-43`	`image: bilelmoussaoui/flatpak-github-actions:gnome-43`
GNOME	44	`gnome-44`	`image: bilelmoussaoui/flatpak-github-actions:gnome-44`
GNOME	45	`gnome-45`	`image: bilelmoussaoui/flatpak-github-actions:gnome-45`
GNOME	46	`gnome-46`	`image: bilelmoussaoui/flatpak-github-actions:gnome-46`
GNOME	master	`gnome-nightly`	`image: bilelmoussaoui/flatpak-github-actions:gnome-nightly`
KDE	5.15	`kde-5.15`	`image: bilelmoussaoui/flatpak-github-actions:kde-5.15`
KDE	5.15-21.08	`kde-5.15-21.08`	`image: bilelmoussaoui/flatpak-github-actions:kde-5.15-21.08`
KDE	5.15-22.08	`kde-5.15-22.08`	`image: bilelmoussaoui/flatpak-github-actions:kde-5.15-22.08`
KDE	5.15-23.08	`kde-5.15-23.08`	`image: bilelmoussaoui/flatpak-github-actions:kde-5.15-23.08`
KDE	6.2	`kde-6.2`	`image: bilelmoussaoui/flatpak-github-actions:kde-6.2`
KDE	6.3	`kde-6.3`	`image: bilelmoussaoui/flatpak-github-actions:kde-6.3`
KDE	6.4	`kde-6.4`	`image: bilelmoussaoui/flatpak-github-actions:kde-6.4`
KDE	6.5	`kde-6.5`	`image: bilelmoussaoui/flatpak-github-actions:kde-6.5`
KDE	6.6	`kde-6.6`	`image: bilelmoussaoui/flatpak-github-actions:kde-6.6`
elementary BaseApp	juno	`juno`	`image: bilelmoussaoui/flatpak-github-actions:elementary-juno`

Name		Name	Last commit message	Last commit date
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.github		.github
flat-manager		flat-manager
flatpak-builder		flatpak-builder
.gitattributes		.gitattributes
.gitignore		.gitignore
.typos.toml		.typos.toml
CONTRIBUTING.md		CONTRIBUTING.md
Dockerfile		Dockerfile
LICENSE		LICENSE
README.md		README.md

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