diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/MainActivity.kt
index 90d21864d..ef30bfb5e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/MainActivity.kt
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@ class MainActivity : ComponentActivity() {
     private var addedGamesArt by mutableStateOf(true)
     @Volatile private var artFetchRunning = false
     private var addedGames by mutableStateOf<List<com.droiddeck.launcher.ui.AddedGameRow>>(emptyList())
+    private val pickAppImage = registerForActivityResult(ActivityResultContracts.StartActivityForResult()) { r ->
+        if (r.resultCode == RESULT_OK) InAppFilePicker.pickedFile(r.data)?.let { com.droiddeck.launcher.store.AppImageState.import(this, it) }
+    }
     private val pickRomsDir = registerForActivityResult(ActivityResultContracts.StartActivityForResult()) { r ->
         if (r.resultCode == RESULT_OK) InAppFilePicker.pickedPath(r.data)?.let { path ->
             SessionPrefs.setRomsDir(this, path)
@@ -327,6 +330,17 @@ class MainActivity : ComponentActivity() {
                         },
                         onEmulator = { e -> launchProgram(e.program) },
                         // A Flatpak app from the store, full screen under gamescope like an emulator.
+                        onImportAppImage = {
+                            pickAppImage.launch(InAppFilePicker.buildIntent(this, listOf("appimage"), "Choose an AppImage"))
+                        },
+                        // An imported AppImage, full screen under gamescope like an emulator.
+                        onAppImage = { dir, name ->
+                            Library.flatpakNames[dir] = name
+                            startActivity(Intent(this, SessionActivity::class.java)
+                                .putExtra(SessionService.EXTRA_MODE, SessionService.MODE_RUN)
+                                .putExtra(SessionService.EXTRA_PROGRAM, com.droiddeck.launcher.runtime.AppImageManager.LAUNCHER)
+                                .putExtra(SessionService.EXTRA_PROGRAM_ARGS, arrayOf(dir)))
+                        },
                         onFlatpakApp = { id, name ->
                             Library.flatpakNames[id] = name
                             startActivity(Intent(this, SessionActivity::class.java)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/frontend/Library.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/frontend/Library.kt
index a43260a76..89a4ded34 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/frontend/Library.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/frontend/Library.kt
@@ -164,11 +164,11 @@ object Library {
 
     /** The emulator's name for a program path from the rail ("ARMSX2"), or null. */
     fun nameForProgram(program: String?): String? =
-        if (program == com.droiddeck.launcher.runtime.FlatpakManager.LAUNCHER) {
+        if (program == com.droiddeck.launcher.runtime.FlatpakManager.LAUNCHER || program == com.droiddeck.launcher.runtime.AppImageManager.LAUNCHER) {
             com.droiddeck.launcher.session.SessionState.programArgs.firstOrNull()?.let { flatpakNames[it] ?: it.substringAfterLast('.') }
         } else specs.firstOrNull { it.program == program }?.name
 
-    /** Flatpak apps' names by id, as they were launched: the session only knows the id. */
+    /** Flatpak apps' and AppImages' names by id or directory, as launched: the session only knows that. */
     val flatpakNames = java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap<String, String>()
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/runtime/AppImageManager.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/runtime/AppImageManager.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a11df690e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/runtime/AppImageManager.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+package com.droiddeck.launcher.runtime
+
+import android.content.Context
+import android.os.StatFs
+import android.util.Log
+import com.droiddeck.launcher.core.FileUtils
+import java.io.File
+import java.io.RandomAccessFile
+
+/**
+ * AppImages the user brings: picked from storage, checked, and extracted once into the runtime at
+ * /opt/appimages/user/<id>/app. proot has no FUSE to mount an image, and extracting it at every
+ * start would cost its whole size in /tmp each time. Each one gets a menu entry on the Linux
+ * desktop, and the front end starts it under gamescope through bannerlator-appimage-run.
+ *
+ * <id>/name holds the name to show, <id>/icon.png the icon when the image has a PNG one.
+ */
+object AppImageManager {
+    private const val TAG = "AppImageManager"
+    const val GUEST_DIR = "/opt/appimages/user"
+    const val LAUNCHER = "/usr/local/bin/bannerlator-appimage-run"
+    private const val ELF_AARCH64 = 183
+    private const val ELF_X86_64 = 62
+
+    class Item(val id: String, val name: String, val icon: File?, val comment: String?) {
+        val guestDir: String get() = "$GUEST_DIR/$id"
+    }
+
+    private fun root(context: Context) = File(LinuxRuntime.rootDir(context), GUEST_DIR.substring(1))
+
+    fun list(context: Context): List<Item> =
+        root(context).listFiles()?.filter { File(it, "app/AppRun").exists() || Files.isLink(File(it, "app/AppRun")) }
+            ?.map { dir ->
+                Item(
+                    dir.name,
+                    FileUtils.readString(File(dir, "name"))?.trim()?.takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() } ?: dir.name,
+                    File(dir, "icon.png").takeIf { it.isFile },
+                    FileUtils.readString(File(dir, "comment"))?.trim()?.takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() },
+                )
+            }?.sortedBy { it.name.lowercase() } ?: emptyList()
+
+    /**
+     * What is wrong with [file] as an AppImage for this device, or null when it can be imported.
+     * An AppImage is an ELF program (its runtime) with "AI" and the format version at byte 8.
+     */
+    internal fun problem(file: File): String? {
+        if (!file.isFile) return "The file is gone"
+        val head = ByteArray(20)
+        try {
+            RandomAccessFile(file, "r").use { if (it.read(head) < head.size) return "The file is too small to be an AppImage" }
+        } catch (e: Exception) {
+            return "The file cannot be read: ${e.message}"
+        }
+        if (head[0] != 0x7f.toByte() || head[1] != 'E'.code.toByte() || head[2] != 'L'.code.toByte() || head[3] != 'F'.code.toByte()) {
+            return "This is not an AppImage (it is not a Linux program)"
+        }
+        val machine = (head[18].toInt() and 0xff) or ((head[19].toInt() and 0xff) shl 8)
+        return when {
+            machine == ELF_X86_64 -> "This AppImage is built for x86_64 PCs. DroidDeck runs ARM64 (aarch64) AppImages - look for an \"aarch64\" or \"arm64\" download."
+            machine != ELF_AARCH64 -> "This AppImage is not built for ARM64 (aarch64)"
+            head[8] != 'A'.code.toByte() || head[9] != 'I'.code.toByte() -> "This is an ARM64 program but not an AppImage"
+            head[10].toInt() != 2 -> "Only type 2 AppImages can be imported (this one is type ${head[10].toInt()})"
+            else -> null
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** A directory name from the image's file name: "Some_App-1.2-aarch64.AppImage" -> "some-app-1-2-aarch64". */
+    internal fun idFor(fileName: String, taken: Set<String>): String {
+        val base = fileName.removeSuffix(".AppImage").removeSuffix(".appimage").lowercase()
+            .replace(Regex("[^a-z0-9]+"), "-").trim('-').take(48).ifEmpty { "appimage" }
+        var id = base
+        var n = 2
+        while (id in taken) id = "$base-${n++}"
+        return id
+    }
+
+    /** Imports [file]; null on success, else what went wrong. [onProgress] gets a stage line. */
+    fun import(context: Context, file: File, onProgress: (String) -> Unit): String? {
+        if (!LinuxRuntime.isInstalled(context)) return "Install the Linux runtime first"
+        problem(file)?.let { return it }
+        val base = root(context).apply { mkdirs() }
+        // Room for the image while it is extracted, and the extracted tree (about the same again).
+        if (StatFs(base.path).availableBytes < file.length() * 3) {
+            return "Not enough free space: importing needs about ${FileUtils.sizeToString(file.length() * 3)}"
+        }
+        val id = idFor(file.name, base.list()?.toSet() ?: emptySet())
+        val dir = File(base, id)
+        val image = File(dir, "image.AppImage")
+        try {
+            dir.mkdirs()
+            // Copied in, not run where it lies: shared storage is mounted noexec, and proot's loader
+            // maps a program executable.
+            onProgress("Copying ${file.name}")
+            file.inputStream().use { input -> image.outputStream().use { FileUtils.copy(input, it) } }
+            image.setExecutable(true, false)
+            onProgress("Extracting ${file.name}")
+            val guestDir = "$GUEST_DIR/$id"
+            val out = StringBuilder()
+            val status = GuestCommand.run(context, listOf(
+                "/bin/bash", "-c",
+                "cd \"$1\" && ./image.AppImage --appimage-extract >/dev/null && mv squashfs-root app",
+                "extract", guestDir,
+            ), logName = "appimage-import") { line -> if (out.length < 2000) out.appendLine(line) }
+            if (status != 0 || !File(dir, "app").isDirectory) {
+                FileUtils.delete(dir)
+                return "The AppImage could not be extracted" + (out.lines().lastOrNull { it.isNotBlank() }?.let { ": $it" } ?: "")
+            }
+            image.delete()
+            describe(dir, file)
+            writeMenuEntry(context, dir)
+            return null
+        } catch (e: Exception) {
+            Log.e(TAG, "import ${file.name}", e)
+            FileUtils.delete(dir)
+            return e.message ?: "Import failed"
+        } finally {
+            image.delete()
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Name, comment and icon from the image's own desktop entry; the file name when it has none. */
+    private fun describe(dir: File, source: File) {
+        val app = File(dir, "app")
+        val entry = app.listFiles { f -> f.isFile && f.name.endsWith(".desktop") }?.firstOrNull()
+        val text = entry?.let { FileUtils.readString(it) }
+        fun key(k: String) = text?.let { desktopKey(it, k) }
+        val name = key("Name") ?: source.name.substringBeforeLast('.')
+        FileUtils.writeString(File(dir, "name"), name)
+        key("Comment")?.let { FileUtils.writeString(File(dir, "comment"), it) }
+        key("Categories")?.let { FileUtils.writeString(File(dir, "categories"), it) }
+        // The icon the entry names, beside it or anywhere in the image's icon theme, else .DirIcon.
+        val iconName = key("Icon")
+        val candidates = listOfNotNull(
+            iconName?.let { File(app, "$it.png") },
+            iconName?.let { n -> app.walkTopDown().maxDepth(8).filter { it.isFile && it.name == "$n.png" }.maxByOrNull { it.length() } },
+            File(app, ".DirIcon"),
+        )
+        candidates.firstOrNull { it.isFile && isPng(it) }?.copyTo(File(dir, "icon.png"), overwrite = true)
+    }
+
+    private fun isPng(f: File): Boolean = try {
+        f.inputStream().use { val b = ByteArray(4); it.read(b) == 4 && b[1] == 'P'.code.toByte() && b[2] == 'N'.code.toByte() && b[3] == 'G'.code.toByte() }
+    } catch (e: Exception) { false }
+
+    /** A key of a desktop entry's main group, unlocalised. */
+    internal fun desktopKey(desktop: String, key: String): String? {
+        var inMain = false
+        for (line in desktop.lineSequence()) {
+            val t = line.trim()
+            if (t.startsWith("[")) { inMain = t == "[Desktop Entry]"; continue }
+            if (inMain && t.startsWith("$key=")) return t.substringAfter('=').trim().takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() }
+        }
+        return null
+    }
+
+    private fun menuEntry(context: Context, id: String) =
+        // A system directory, not ~/.local/share/applications: the desktop copies game entries from
+        // here into the user's with a GPU launcher (droiddeck-desktop-gpu) while it runs on pixman.
+        File(LinuxRuntime.rootDir(context), "usr/local/share/applications/droiddeck-appimage-$id.desktop")
+
+    /** The Linux desktop's menu entry: the desktop's own Exec rules (and droiddeck-gpu) apply to it. */
+    private fun writeMenuEntry(context: Context, dir: File) {
+        val id = dir.name
+        val name = FileUtils.readString(File(dir, "name"))?.trim() ?: id
+        val categories = FileUtils.readString(File(dir, "categories"))?.trim()?.takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() } ?: "Utility;"
+        val icon = if (File(dir, "icon.png").isFile) "$GUEST_DIR/$id/icon.png" else "application-x-executable"
+        FileUtils.writeString(menuEntry(context, id),
+            "[Desktop Entry]\nType=Application\nName=$name\nExec=$LAUNCHER $GUEST_DIR/$id %U\nIcon=$icon\n" +
+            "Terminal=false\nCategories=$categories\nX-DroidDeck-AppImage=$id\n")
+    }
+
+    fun remove(context: Context, id: String) {
+        if (id.isEmpty() || '/' in id || id.startsWith(".")) return
+        FileUtils.delete(File(root(context), id))
+        menuEntry(context, id).delete()
+    }
+
+    private object Files {
+        fun isLink(f: File) = java.nio.file.Files.isSymbolicLink(f.toPath())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/runtime/BwrapSpawner.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/runtime/BwrapSpawner.kt
index c34e32556..f4b148144 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/runtime/BwrapSpawner.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/runtime/BwrapSpawner.kt
@@ -292,6 +292,8 @@ object BwrapSpawner {
      */
     private fun browserSandboxes(env: MutableMap<String, String>) {
         env.putIfAbsent("ZYPAK_ZYGOTE_STRATEGY_SPAWN", "0")
+        // Qt WebEngine is Chromium without zypak: it sets up its own namespace sandbox.
+        env.putIfAbsent("QTWEBENGINE_DISABLE_SANDBOX", "1")
         for (name in listOf("MOZ_DISABLE_CONTENT_SANDBOX", "MOZ_DISABLE_GMP_SANDBOX", "MOZ_DISABLE_RDD_SANDBOX",
                             "MOZ_DISABLE_SOCKET_PROCESS_SANDBOX", "MOZ_DISABLE_UTILITY_SANDBOX")) {
             env.putIfAbsent(name, "1")
@@ -372,6 +374,9 @@ object BwrapSpawner {
         }
         val process = builder.start()
         val pid = HostProcess.pidOf(process)
+        // A sandbox lives exactly as long as its bwrap stand-in, which ends it; a session starting
+        // meanwhile (OrphanReaper) must not take it - an install's extra-data step, say.
+        com.droiddeck.launcher.session.OrphanReaper.keep(pid)
         Log.i(TAG, "sandbox $id pid $pid: ${plan.argv.joinToString(" ")} (${plan.binds.size} binds)")
         synchronized(out) { frame(out, 'P', pid.toString().toByteArray()) }
         // The stand-in going away (Flatpak killed, the session over) ends the sandbox.
@@ -400,6 +405,7 @@ object BwrapSpawner {
             }
         }
         val status = process.waitFor()
+        com.droiddeck.launcher.session.OrphanReaper.release(pid)
         Log.i(TAG, "sandbox $id exited $status")
         runCatching { synchronized(out) { frame(out, 'X', status.toString().toByteArray()) } }
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/runtime/FlatpakManager.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/runtime/FlatpakManager.kt
index c83102647..0960d95e9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/runtime/FlatpakManager.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/runtime/FlatpakManager.kt
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 package com.droiddeck.launcher.runtime
 
 import android.content.Context
-import android.os.Environment
 import android.util.Log
 import com.droiddeck.launcher.core.FileUtils
-import com.droiddeck.launcher.core.HostProcess
-import com.droiddeck.launcher.session.OrphanReaper
-import com.droiddeck.launcher.session.SessionFiles
-import com.droiddeck.launcher.session.SessionPrefs
 import org.json.JSONObject
 import java.io.File
 
@@ -91,55 +86,10 @@ object FlatpakManager {
             ?.maxByOrNull { it.first }?.second
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Runs [argv] in the runtime and hands each output line to [onLine]; returns the exit status.
-     * [fakeRoot] is for the package tools, which refuse any uid but 0.
-     */
+    /** Runs [argv] in the runtime, its output also in Download/DroidDeck/flatpak-<verb>.log. */
     private fun runGuest(context: Context, argv: List<String>, fakeRoot: Boolean, onLine: (String) -> Unit): Int {
-        // Everything the command says, beside the session logs (Download/DroidDeck), so a store
-        // problem can be handed over like a session's: flatpak-setup.log, flatpak-install.log...
-        val log = try {
-            val name = "flatpak-" + (argv.getOrNull(2)?.takeIf { argv.getOrNull(1) == HELPER } ?: "setup") + ".log"
-            File(LinuxRuntime.debugLogDir().apply { mkdirs() }, name).printWriter()
-        } catch (e: Exception) { null }
-        log?.println("== ${java.util.Date()} ${argv.joinToString(" ")}")
-        try {
-            return runGuestLogged(context, argv, fakeRoot) { line -> log?.println(line); log?.flush(); onLine(line) }
-        } finally {
-            log?.close()
-        }
-    }
-
-    private fun runGuestLogged(context: Context, argv: List<String>, fakeRoot: Boolean, onLine: (String) -> Unit): Int {
-        val root = LinuxRuntime.rootDir(context)
-        LinuxRuntime.writeAccounts(context)
-        SessionFiles.stage(context, root)
-        val runtimeDir = File(context.filesDir, ".flatpak-rt").apply { mkdirs() }
-        val cmd = LinuxRuntime.prootPrefix(context, root, "/root", fakeRoot)
-        LinuxRuntime.binds(context, null, runtimeDir, Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), null)
-            .forEach { cmd.add("-b"); cmd.add(it) }
-        cmd += listOf(
-            "/usr/bin/env", "-i", "HOME=/root", "USER=root", "LANG=C.UTF-8",
-            "PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin", "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=${runtimeDir.path}",
-            "XDG_DATA_HOME=/root/.local/share", "FLATPAK_BWRAP=$BWRAP",
-        )
-        cmd += argv
-        val builder = ProcessBuilder(cmd).directory(root).redirectErrorStream(true)
-        builder.environment().apply {
-            put("PROOT_LOADER", LinuxRuntime.prootLoader(context).path)
-            put("PROOT_TMP_DIR", context.cacheDir.path)
-            if (SessionPrefs.prootNoSeccomp(context)) put("PROOT_NO_SECCOMP", "1")
-            LinuxRuntime.prootLibraryPath(context).takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() }?.let { put("LD_LIBRARY_PATH", it) }
-        }
-        val process = builder.start()
-        val pid = HostProcess.pidOf(process)
-        OrphanReaper.keep(pid)
-        try {
-            process.inputStream.bufferedReader().useLines { lines -> lines.forEach(onLine) }
-            return process.waitFor()
-        } finally {
-            OrphanReaper.release(pid)
-        }
+        val name = "flatpak-" + (argv.getOrNull(2)?.takeIf { argv.getOrNull(1) == HELPER } ?: "setup")
+        return GuestCommand.run(context, argv, fakeRoot, name, onLine)
     }
 
     private inline fun <T> exclusive(what: String, block: () -> T): T? {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/runtime/GuestCommand.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/runtime/GuestCommand.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d3c6ecd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/runtime/GuestCommand.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package com.droiddeck.launcher.runtime
+
+import android.content.Context
+import android.os.Environment
+import com.droiddeck.launcher.core.HostProcess
+import com.droiddeck.launcher.session.OrphanReaper
+import com.droiddeck.launcher.session.SessionFiles
+import com.droiddeck.launcher.session.SessionPrefs
+import java.io.File
+
+/**
+ * One command in the Linux runtime outside any session - the store's Flatpak work, an AppImage
+ * import - in a proot of its own. A session starting meanwhile leaves it running (OrphanReaper).
+ */
+object GuestCommand {
+    /**
+     * Runs [argv] and hands each output line to [onLine]; returns the exit status. [fakeRoot] is
+     * for the package tools, which refuse any uid but 0. With [logName], everything the command
+     * says also goes to Download/DroidDeck/<logName>.log beside the session logs, so a problem can
+     * be handed over like a session's.
+     */
+    fun run(context: Context, argv: List<String>, fakeRoot: Boolean = false, logName: String? = null,
+            onLine: (String) -> Unit): Int {
+        val log = logName?.let {
+            try { File(LinuxRuntime.debugLogDir().apply { mkdirs() }, "$it.log").printWriter() } catch (e: Exception) { null }
+        }
+        log?.println("== ${java.util.Date()} ${argv.joinToString(" ")}")
+        try {
+            return runLogged(context, argv, fakeRoot) { line -> log?.println(line); log?.flush(); onLine(line) }
+        } finally {
+            log?.close()
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun runLogged(context: Context, argv: List<String>, fakeRoot: Boolean, onLine: (String) -> Unit): Int {
+        val root = LinuxRuntime.rootDir(context)
+        LinuxRuntime.writeAccounts(context)
+        SessionFiles.stage(context, root)
+        val runtimeDir = File(context.filesDir, ".flatpak-rt").apply { mkdirs() }
+        val cmd = LinuxRuntime.prootPrefix(context, root, "/root", fakeRoot)
+        LinuxRuntime.binds(context, null, runtimeDir, Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), null)
+            .forEach { cmd.add("-b"); cmd.add(it) }
+        cmd += listOf(
+            "/usr/bin/env", "-i", "HOME=/root", "USER=root", "LANG=C.UTF-8",
+            "PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin", "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=${runtimeDir.path}",
+            "XDG_DATA_HOME=/root/.local/share", "FLATPAK_BWRAP=${FlatpakManager.BWRAP}",
+        )
+        cmd += argv
+        val builder = ProcessBuilder(cmd).directory(root).redirectErrorStream(true)
+        builder.environment().apply {
+            put("PROOT_LOADER", LinuxRuntime.prootLoader(context).path)
+            put("PROOT_TMP_DIR", context.cacheDir.path)
+            if (SessionPrefs.prootNoSeccomp(context)) put("PROOT_NO_SECCOMP", "1")
+            LinuxRuntime.prootLibraryPath(context).takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() }?.let { put("LD_LIBRARY_PATH", it) }
+        }
+        val process = builder.start()
+        val pid = HostProcess.pidOf(process)
+        OrphanReaper.keep(pid)
+        try {
+            process.inputStream.bufferedReader().useLines { lines -> lines.forEach(onLine) }
+            return process.waitFor()
+        } finally {
+            OrphanReaper.release(pid)
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/session/SessionFiles.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/session/SessionFiles.kt
index 6dc663f7d..ed23b57f3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/session/SessionFiles.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/session/SessionFiles.kt
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ object SessionFiles {
             "usr/local/bin/bannerlator-flatpak" to "usr/local/bin/bannerlator-flatpak",
             "usr/local/bin/bannerlator-flatpak-setup" to "usr/local/bin/bannerlator-flatpak-setup",
             "usr/local/bin/bannerlator-flatpak-run" to "usr/local/bin/bannerlator-flatpak-run",
+            // The user's own AppImages, extracted at import (AppImageManager).
+            "usr/local/bin/bannerlator-appimage-run" to "usr/local/bin/bannerlator-appimage-run",
             // The SteamOS helpers the client calls in Deck mode: the two Armada found it needs, plus
             // the three under /usr/bin, all no-ops that answer "nothing to do" (see each file).
             "usr/bin/steamos-update" to "usr/bin/steamos-update",
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/store/AppImageState.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/store/AppImageState.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..91a7ac58c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/store/AppImageState.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package com.droiddeck.launcher.store
+
+import android.content.Context
+import android.os.Handler
+import android.os.Looper
+import android.widget.Toast
+import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
+import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateOf
+import androidx.compose.runtime.setValue
+import com.droiddeck.launcher.runtime.AppImageManager
+import java.io.File
+
+/** The imported AppImages and the import in progress, for the Desktop page. */
+object AppImageState {
+    private val main = Handler(Looper.getMainLooper())
+
+    var items by mutableStateOf<List<AppImageManager.Item>>(emptyList())
+        private set
+    /** The file being imported and what the import is doing; null when idle. */
+    var importing by mutableStateOf<String?>(null)
+        private set
+    var stage by mutableStateOf<String?>(null)
+        private set
+    /** Why the last import was refused, shown on the page until the next one. */
+    var lastError by mutableStateOf<String?>(null)
+        private set
+
+    fun refresh(context: Context) {
+        val app = context.applicationContext
+        Thread({
+            val list = AppImageManager.list(app)
+            main.post { items = list }
+        }, "appimage-refresh").start()
+    }
+
+    fun import(context: Context, file: File) {
+        if (importing != null) return
+        val app = context.applicationContext
+        importing = file.name; stage = "Starting…"; lastError = null
+        Thread({
+            val problem = try {
+                AppImageManager.import(app, file) { s -> main.post { stage = s } }
+            } catch (e: Exception) {
+                e.message ?: e.toString()
+            }
+            val list = AppImageManager.list(app)
+            main.post {
+                importing = null; stage = null; items = list
+                lastError = problem?.let { "${file.name}: $it" }
+                if (problem == null) Toast.makeText(app, "${file.name} imported", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
+            }
+        }, "appimage-import").start()
+    }
+
+    fun remove(context: Context, id: String) {
+        val app = context.applicationContext
+        Thread({
+            AppImageManager.remove(app, id)
+            val list = AppImageManager.list(app)
+            main.post { items = list }
+        }, "appimage-remove").start()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/ui/FrontEndContent.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/ui/FrontEndContent.kt
index ef9e1e288..3c1574828 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/ui/FrontEndContent.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/ui/FrontEndContent.kt
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ private fun Content(
                     Rise(4) { EmulatorGrid(installed, first = true, onSelect = onSelect) }
                 }
                 Rise(5) { InstalledAppsGrid(a) }
+                Rise(5) { AppImagesSection(a, s.ready) }
                 if (available.isNotEmpty()) {
                     Rise(5) { SectionTitle("Available to install", available.size.toString()) }
                     Rise(6) { EmulatorGrid(available, first = installed.isEmpty(), onSelect = onSelect) }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/ui/FrontEndScreen.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/ui/FrontEndScreen.kt
index 3f8d33d33..98176bd04 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/ui/FrontEndScreen.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/ui/FrontEndScreen.kt
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ class FrontEndActions(
     val onEmulator: (Library.Emulator) -> Unit,
     /** A Flatpak app by id and name, from the Store. */
     val onFlatpakApp: (String, String) -> Unit = { _, _ -> },
+    /** Pick an AppImage to import; open an imported one by its directory and name. */
+    val onImportAppImage: () -> Unit = {},
+    val onAppImage: (String, String) -> Unit = { _, _ -> },
     val onRom: (Library.Rom) -> Unit,
     val onResume: () -> Unit,
     val onSteamSettings: () -> Unit,
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/ui/StorePage.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/ui/StorePage.kt
index d2f2c52e5..da057cb72 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/ui/StorePage.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/ui/StorePage.kt
@@ -495,3 +495,62 @@ internal fun InstalledAppsGrid(a: FrontEndActions) {
         }
     }
 }
+
+/**
+ * The user's own AppImages on the Desktop page: an Add button, each one to open, and Remove
+ * (pressed twice, like the store's). The picker, the check and the extraction live elsewhere
+ * (MainActivity, AppImageManager); this only shows them.
+ */
+@Composable
+internal fun AppImagesSection(a: FrontEndActions, runtimeReady: Boolean) {
+    val ctx = LocalContext.current
+    LaunchedEffect(Unit) { com.droiddeck.launcher.store.AppImageState.refresh(ctx) }
+    val state = com.droiddeck.launcher.store.AppImageState
+    val colors = MaterialTheme.colorScheme
+    val pal = LocalPalette.current
+    Column(verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(10.dp), modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth().padding(bottom = 8.dp)) {
+        SectionTitle("AppImages", state.items.size.takeIf { it > 0 }?.toString())
+        Actions {
+            SecondaryButton(if (state.importing != null) "Importing…" else "Add AppImage", enabled = runtimeReady && state.importing == null) { a.onImportAppImage() }
+            if (!runtimeReady) ActionChip("Runtime required", ok = false)
+        }
+        state.importing?.let { name ->
+            Text("$name · ${state.stage ?: "Starting…"}", fontSize = 12.sp, color = colors.onSurfaceVariant, maxLines = 1, overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis)
+            LinearProgressIndicator(modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth().height(4.dp))
+        }
+        state.lastError?.let { Note(it) }
+        if (state.items.isEmpty() && state.importing == null && state.lastError == null) {
+            Note("Add an ARM64 (aarch64) AppImage from your storage. It is unpacked into the Linux runtime once, then opens full screen from here or from the desktop's menu.")
+        }
+        state.items.forEach { item ->
+            key(item.id) {
+                var confirm by remember(item.id) { mutableStateOf(false) }
+                LaunchedEffect(confirm) { if (confirm) { kotlinx.coroutines.delay(4000); confirm = false } }
+                val src = remember { MutableInteractionSource() }
+                val hot = rememberHot(src)
+                Row(
+                    verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically, horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(12.dp),
+                    modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth().clip(Shape14).background(colors.surface).border(1.dp, pal.line, Shape14).padding(end = 12.dp),
+                ) {
+                    Row(
+                        verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically, horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(12.dp),
+                        modifier = Modifier.weight(1f).paneItem("tile:appimage:${item.id}").clip(Shape14)
+                            .background(if (hot) pal.signal.copy(alpha = 0.10f) else Color.Transparent)
+                            .border(2.dp, if (hot) pal.signal else Color.Transparent, Shape14)
+                            .hoverable(src).clickable(interactionSource = src, indication = LocalIndication.current, role = Role.Button) { a.onAppImage(item.guestDir, item.name) }
+                            .padding(horizontal = 12.dp, vertical = 10.dp),
+                    ) {
+                        AppIcon(item.icon, item.name, 44)
+                        Column(modifier = Modifier.weight(1f)) {
+                            Text(item.name, fontSize = 15.sp, fontWeight = FontWeight.SemiBold, color = colors.onBackground, maxLines = 1, overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis)
+                            Text(item.comment ?: "AppImage", fontSize = 13.sp, color = colors.onSurfaceVariant, maxLines = 1, overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis)
+                        }
+                    }
+                    SecondaryButton(if (confirm) "Press again to remove" else "Remove", compact = true) {
+                        if (confirm) { confirm = false; com.droiddeck.launcher.store.AppImageState.remove(ctx, item.id) } else confirm = true
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/runtime/AppImageManagerTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/runtime/AppImageManagerTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1cd246ab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/runtime/AppImageManagerTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package com.droiddeck.launcher.runtime
+
+import java.io.File
+import java.nio.file.Files
+import org.junit.After
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertNull
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Before
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class AppImageManagerTest {
+    private lateinit var dir: File
+
+    @Before fun setUp() { dir = Files.createTempDirectory("appimage").toFile() }
+    @After fun tearDown() { dir.deleteRecursively() }
+
+    /** An ELF header with the AppImage magic at byte 8 and [machine] at byte 18. */
+    private fun image(machine: Int, type: Int = 2, magic: Boolean = true): File {
+        val b = ByteArray(64)
+        b[0] = 0x7f; b[1] = 'E'.code.toByte(); b[2] = 'L'.code.toByte(); b[3] = 'F'.code.toByte()
+        if (magic) { b[8] = 'A'.code.toByte(); b[9] = 'I'.code.toByte(); b[10] = type.toByte() }
+        b[18] = (machine and 0xff).toByte(); b[19] = (machine shr 8).toByte()
+        return File(dir, "x.AppImage").apply { writeBytes(b) }
+    }
+
+    @Test fun acceptsAnArm64TypeTwoImage() = assertNull(AppImageManager.problem(image(183)))
+
+    @Test fun refusesX86WithAHint() = assertTrue(AppImageManager.problem(image(62))!!.contains("x86_64"))
+
+    @Test fun refusesTypeOne() = assertTrue(AppImageManager.problem(image(183, type = 1))!!.contains("type 2"))
+
+    @Test fun refusesAPlainProgram() = assertTrue(AppImageManager.problem(image(183, magic = false))!!.contains("not an AppImage"))
+
+    @Test fun refusesSomethingElse() {
+        val f = File(dir, "notes.AppImage").apply { writeText("hello, this is not a program at all") }
+        assertTrue(AppImageManager.problem(f)!!.contains("not an AppImage"))
+    }
+
+    @Test fun idsAreTidyAndUnique() {
+        assertEquals("some-app-1-2-aarch64", AppImageManager.idFor("Some_App-1.2-aarch64.AppImage", emptySet()))
+        assertEquals("some-app-2", AppImageManager.idFor("Some App.AppImage", setOf("some-app")))
+    }
+
+    @Test fun readsTheMainDesktopGroup() {
+        val entry = "[Desktop Entry]\nName=Duck\nName[de]=Ente\nIcon=duck\n[Desktop Action x]\nName=Other\n"
+        assertEquals("Duck", AppImageManager.desktopKey(entry, "Name"))
+        assertEquals("duck", AppImageManager.desktopKey(entry, "Icon"))
+        assertNull(AppImageManager.desktopKey(entry, "Comment"))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tools/linuxfs/desktop/droiddeck-desktop-gpu b/tools/linuxfs/desktop/droiddeck-desktop-gpu
index 4a53b3d4e..8a9a6b108 100644
--- a/tools/linuxfs/desktop/droiddeck-desktop-gpu
+++ b/tools/linuxfs/desktop/droiddeck-desktop-gpu
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import re
 
 HOME = os.environ.get("HOME", "/root")
 SYSTEM_DIR = "/usr/share/applications"
+# The user's own AppImages (the front end's Add AppImage).
+LOCAL_DIR = "/usr/local/share/applications"
 # Flathub's games, as Flatpak exports them; the copies here win over these as they do over the system's.
 FLATPAK_DIR = os.path.join(HOME, ".local/share/flatpak/exports/share/applications")
 USER_DIR = os.path.join(HOME, ".local/share/applications")
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ def main():
     on = enabled()
     os.makedirs(USER_DIR, exist_ok=True)
     written = set()
-    sources = [d for d in (SYSTEM_DIR, FLATPAK_DIR) if os.path.isdir(d)] if on else []
+    sources = [d for d in (SYSTEM_DIR, LOCAL_DIR, FLATPAK_DIR) if os.path.isdir(d)] if on else []
     for source in sources:
         for name in sorted(os.listdir(source)):
             if not name.endswith(".desktop") or SKIP.match(name):
diff --git a/tools/linuxfs/overlay/usr/local/bin/bannerlator-appimage-run b/tools/linuxfs/overlay/usr/local/bin/bannerlator-appimage-run
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8d7c85163
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/linuxfs/overlay/usr/local/bin/bannerlator-appimage-run
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# An AppImage imported from the front end (AppImageManager), extracted once at import into
+#   /opt/appimages/user/<id>/app
+# and started from there: proot has no FUSE to mount the image, and extracting it at every
+# start (APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN) would cost the whole image in /tmp each time.
+#   bannerlator-appimage-run /opt/appimages/user/<id> [args...]
+set -u
+dir=${1:?usage: bannerlator-appimage-run <imported AppImage directory> [args...]}
+shift
+export APPDIR=$dir/app
+# APPIMAGE is left unset on purpose: with it an app believes it runs from an image file and offers
+# to add itself to the menu (DuckStation) or update the file in place - DroidDeck already does the
+# one, and there is no image file for the other.
+unset APPIMAGE
+export ARGV0=$(cat "$dir/name" 2>/dev/null || basename "$dir")
+if [ ! -x "$APPDIR/AppRun" ]; then
+  echo "bannerlator-appimage-run: $APPDIR/AppRun is missing; import the AppImage again" >&2
+  exit 127
+fi
+echo "== appimage $ARGV0 ($APPDIR)"
+cd "$APPDIR" || exit 1
+exec "$APPDIR/AppRun" "$@"