Batis
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Batis is a way to distribute and install desktop applications on Linux.
Users can get up to date software directly from the authors, whichever
Linux distribution they use.

Any user can install a Batis package, even if they don't have Batis installed.
Packages are regular tarballs, and include a standalone install script to run at
the command line. See :doc:`packaging` to distribute your program like this.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   install-batis
   installing
   packaging
   faq

.. topic:: Links

   `Batis on Github <https://github.com/batis-installer/batis>`__
     Source code, bug reports, etc.

   `Example applications <http://batis-installer.github.io/example-apps/>`__
     Working examples of packaged applications