Logseq on Ubuntu

As short note about issues with the integration of the Logseq Appimage with Ubuntu desktop, and how this can be fixed.

I am a happy user of Logseq, a note-taking or Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) application. For Linux users, the application is available as an AppImage. I usually install AppImages using the AppImageLauncher. This integrates the application into the system so that it can be launched it from the Activity Overview or Dash. However, after my recent upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04, I couldn’t launch Logseq anymore.

After some searching online, I found a workaround. With this script you can download and install the Logseq appimage. Or, if you have already downloaded the app and created the desktop file with AppImageLauncher, you can simply locate the .desktop file (usually in ~/.local/share/applications/) and open it in your favorite text editor. Next, find the line with Exec=path-to-your-logseg-appimage and add --no-sandbox %u to the end of the line. In my case, the Logseq AppImage is in the folder /home/paulo/applications/. So the line reads:

Exec=/home/paulo/applications/Logseq-linux-x64-0.10.9.AppImage --no-sandbox %u

This solution is obviously far from ideal, as it bypasses the stricter security configurations Ubuntu has put in place, which I believe are described here. The alternative is to go to the folder containing the appimage and double-click it every time you want to start Logseq.