# Flatseal (open-source desktop app)

> Flatseal is a free, open-source desktop app for Linux. Flatseal is a graphical utility to review and modify permissions from your Flatpak applications. It has 1,795 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0 license. Its source code is on GitHub at tchx84/Flatseal.

Flatseal is a graphical utility to review and modify permissions from your Flatpak applications. Simply launch Flatseal, select an application and modify its permissions. Restart the application after making the changes. If anything goes wrong just press the reset button.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/tchx84/Flatseal |
| Platforms | Linux |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 1,795 |
| License | GPL-3.0 (open source) |
| Replaces | n/a |
| Language | JavaScript |
| Website | none listed |
| Official | no |
| Category | Other |
| Latest release | none on GitHub |
| Last commit | Sep 26, 2026 |

## Install

### Flathub (Linux)

```sh
flatpak install flathub com.github.tchx84.Flatseal
```

Package page: https://flathub.org/apps/com.github.tchx84.Flatseal

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