[Suggestion] A Flatpak Support

[anonymous725195]

Hi Bisq team,

First of all, thank you for building such an important tool for decentralized Bitcoin trading. I wanted to suggest a feature that would greatly improve accessibility for a growing segment of Linux users: native Flatpak support.

I’m currently running Bazzite, an immutable Linux distribution based on Fedora Atomic. By design, immutable distros like Bazzite, Silverblue, and uBlue variants do not allow traditional RPM/DEB package installation on the host system. The entire OS layer is read-only, and the recommended (and often only practical) way to install desktop applications is through Flatpak.

Right now, installing Bisq on Bazzite requires workarounds such as using rpm-ostree to layer packages (which defeats the purpose of an immutable system and can break updates) or running it inside a Distrobox container — neither of which is a great experience for end users.

Publishing Bisq on Flathub or providing an official Flatpak manifest would:

Make installation seamless on Bazzite, Silverblue, Kinoite, and any other immutable distro
Improve sandboxing and security by default
Reach a wider and fast-growing audience of Linux users adopting immutable desktops
Simplify updates through Flatpak’s built-in update mechanism

Immutable Linux distros are gaining significant traction, and Flatpak is the standard distribution method for desktop apps in that ecosystem. Having Bisq available as a Flatpak would be a meaningful step toward making decentralized trading accessible to everyone on Linux.

Thanks for considering this suggestion!