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# HTTPie Desktop

## What's different in this fork




![HTTPie Desktop](.github/httpie-desktop.png)

[![Docs](https://img.shields.io/badge/stable%20docs-httpie.io%2Fdocs%2Fdesktop-brightgreen?style=flat&color=73DC8C&label=Docs)](https://httpie.org/docs/desktop)
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## Linux

Please follow the instructions below to install HTTPie for Desktop on Linux.

⚠️ The Linux package uses [AppImage](https://appimage.org/), and you need to install it using [AppImageLauncher](https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher) for the app to work:
Run this command in your terminal:

1. Install [AppImageLauncher](https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher) ([instructions](https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher/wiki))
2. Download `HTTPie-*.AppImage` (or `HTTPie-*arm64.AppImage` for ARM64 architecture) from [the latest release](https://github.com/httpie/desktop/releases/latest) page
3. Run `$ AppImageLauncher HTTPie-*.AppImage`
```bash
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://httpie.io/desktop/install.sh)"