# flatpak search

flatpak search

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flatpak-search

Search for applications and runtimes

                    flatpak search
                    TEXT

## Description

Searches for applications and runtimes matching TEXT. Note that this uses appstream data that can be updated with

flatpak-update

1. The appstream data is updated automatically only if it's at least a day old.

## Options

The following options are understood:

`--user`

- Only search through remotes in the per-user installation.

`--system`

- Only search through remotes in the default system-wide installation.

`--installation=NAME`

- Show a system-wide installation by NAME among those defined in `/etc/flatpak/installations.d/`. Using --installation=default is equivalent to using --system.

`-h`

`--help`

- Show help options and exit.

`-v`

`--verbose`

- Print debug information during command processing.

`--ostree-verbose`

- Print OSTree debug information during command processing.