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Filtering feedback, accessibility announcements, localization synchronization, and polling scalability have unresolved issues.
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What changed in this PR
Adds an experimental machine-wide software catalog with browsing, filtering, installation, editing, navigation, and IPC support.
Changes:
- Adds validated, source-generated JSON catalog persistence and editor workflows.
- Adds catalog browsing, filtering, package state, and installation UI.
- Integrates feature flags, navigation, IPC, localization, documentation, and tests.
| File | Description |
|---|---|
src/UniGetUI.Tests/SoftwareCatalogTests.cs |
Tests catalog parsing, filtering, state, and navigation. |
src/UniGetUI.Tests/CatalogEditorTests.cs |
Tests editor loading, saving, searching, and discard behavior. |
src/UniGetUI.PackageEngine.PackageManagerClasses/Packages/InvalidImportedPackage.cs |
Supports explicit catalog package identities. |
src/UniGetUI.Interface.IpcApi/IpcAppApi.cs |
Adds catalog IPC page names. |
src/UniGetUI.Core.Settings/SettingsEngine_Names.cs |
Adds the catalog feature setting. |
src/UniGetUI.Core.Data/CoreData.cs |
Defines the machine-wide data directory. |
src/UniGetUI.Core.Data.Tests/CoreTests.cs |
Tests global path resolution. |
src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/Views/SoftwarePages/SoftwareCatalogPage.axaml.cs |
Manages catalog page refresh and inventory state. |
src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/Views/SoftwarePages/SoftwareCatalogPage.axaml |
Defines catalog views and filters. |
src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/Views/SoftwarePages/DiscoverSoftwarePage.cs |
Adds packages from Discover to catalogs. |
src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/Views/SoftwarePages/CatalogEditorPage.cs |
Implements the catalog editor page. |
src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/Views/SoftwarePages/AbstractPackagesPage.axaml.cs |
Extends package-page toolbar and options support. |
src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/Views/SoftwarePages/AbstractPackagesPage.axaml |
Adds the page-options region. |
src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/Views/SidebarView.axaml.cs |
Handles catalog sidebar selection and visibility. |
src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/Views/SidebarView.axaml |
Adds catalog navigation entries. |
src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/Views/Pages/SettingsPages/Interface_P.axaml.cs |
Adds catalog startup-page choices. |
src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/Views/Pages/SettingsPages/Experimental.axaml |
Adds the experimental feature toggle. |
src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/Views/MainWindow.axaml.cs |
Adds catalog page types and keyboard cycling. |
src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/Views/Controls/CatalogSelector.cs |
Adds a reusable catalog selector. |
src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/ViewModels/SoftwarePages/SoftwareCatalogViewModel.cs |
Implements catalog filtering, state, and installation. |
src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/ViewModels/SidebarViewModel.cs |
Exposes feature enablement. |
src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs |
Integrates catalog navigation and shutdown handling. |
src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/ViewModels/DialogPages/CatalogEditorViewModel.cs |
Implements catalog document editing. |
src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/Models/SoftwareCatalog.cs |
Defines and persists the catalog schema. |
src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/Infrastructure/SettingsSearchIndex.cs |
Makes the feature setting searchable. |
src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/Infrastructure/AvaloniaBootstrapper.cs |
Adds feature-aware IPC navigation. |
src/Languages/lang_en.json |
Adds catalog-related English strings. |
docs/CLI.md |
Documents catalog IPC pages. |
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Software catalog display a list of software available to install. This first version will populate the catalog from a file json file stored on disk. The catalog file include the information necessary to uniquely identify a package, including its unique identifier and package source.
The catalog file is read from the following global locations:
Windows:
%PROGRAMDATA%\Devolutions\UniGetUI\SoftwareCatalog.jsonLinux:
/etc/UniGetUI/SoftwareCatalog.jsonmacOS:
/Library/Application Support/Devolutions/UniGetUI/SoftwareCatalog.json