Handling package updates for applications with frequent content changes
Flathub Discourse [Unofficial]
June 19, 2026
There are two aspects of your question.
The first one is whether your application is a stable release or a beta release. Flathub requires stable releases.
See: https://docs.flathub.org/docs/for-app-authors/requirements#stable-releases
Second aspect, Flatpak uses delta packages to reduce download sizes between updates.
See: https://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/repositories.html#publishing-updates
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