From 57f83e587cdd749685c4095fcdbf4b6d2b1b3328 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "devin-ai-integration[bot]"
 <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2026 14:35:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] feat(web): showcase .deb/.rpm/Snap/Flatpak/AUR packages in
 install section (#929)

Co-authored-by: Jatin K Malik <jatinkrmalik@gmail.com>
---
 web/src/app/faq/page.tsx     |  2 +-
 web/src/app/install/page.tsx | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 web/src/app/page.tsx         | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 103 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/web/src/app/faq/page.tsx b/web/src/app/faq/page.tsx
index b144b0b..f552244 100644
--- a/web/src/app/faq/page.tsx
+++ b/web/src/app/faq/page.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const faqCategories = [
     questions: [
       {
         q: "How do I install Vocalinux?",
-        a: "Run the one-liner installer: curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/VocaHQ/vocalinux/main/install.sh | bash. The installer handles dependencies and configuration. You can also download an AppImage from GitHub Releases if you prefer a no-root portable binary (host xdotool/wtype/ydotool still required for text injection).",
+        a: "Run the one-liner installer: curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/VocaHQ/vocalinux/main/install.sh | bash. The installer handles dependencies and configuration. You can also download an AppImage from GitHub Releases if you prefer a no-root portable binary (host xdotool/wtype/ydotool still required for text injection), or grab a .deb, .rpm, Snap, or Flatpak package for your distro.",
       },
       {
         q: "Which Linux distributions are supported?",
diff --git a/web/src/app/install/page.tsx b/web/src/app/install/page.tsx
index caae73a..13fd192 100644
--- a/web/src/app/install/page.tsx
+++ b/web/src/app/install/page.tsx
@@ -84,6 +84,55 @@ export default function InstallGuidesPage() {
               text-injection tools are still required.
             </p>
           </a>
+          <a
+            className="install-alt"
+            href="https://github.com/VocaHQ/vocalinux/blob/main/docs/INSTALL.md#distro-packages-deb--rpm"
+            rel="noopener noreferrer"
+          >
+            <p className="install-alt-kicker">New</p>
+            <h3>Native packages</h3>
+            <p>
+              .deb for Debian 12+ and Ubuntu 24.04+. .rpm for Fedora.
+              x86_64 and aarch64 on every release.
+            </p>
+          </a>
+          <a
+            className="install-alt"
+            href="https://github.com/VocaHQ/vocalinux/blob/main/docs/INSTALL.md#flatpak"
+            rel="noopener noreferrer"
+          >
+            <p className="install-alt-kicker">Auto-updates</p>
+            <h3>Flatpak</h3>
+            <p>
+              Install once from the VocaHQ remote and{" "}
+              <code>flatpak update</code> carries each stable release. Or
+              sideload the .flatpak bundle.
+            </p>
+          </a>
+          <a
+            className="install-alt"
+            href="https://snapcraft.io/vocalinux"
+            rel="noopener noreferrer"
+          >
+            <p className="install-alt-kicker">Snap Store</p>
+            <h3>Snap</h3>
+            <p>
+              <code>snap install vocalinux --edge</code>. amd64 only for
+              now; a .snap is attached to every release too.
+            </p>
+          </a>
+          <a
+            className="install-alt"
+            href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/vocalinux"
+            rel="noopener noreferrer"
+          >
+            <p className="install-alt-kicker">Arch</p>
+            <h3>AUR</h3>
+            <p>
+              <code>yay -S vocalinux</code>, or vocalinux-bin for the
+              prebuilt package.
+            </p>
+          </a>
           <a
             className="install-alt"
             href="https://github.com/VocaHQ/vocalinux/blob/main/docs/INSTALL.md#from-source"
diff --git a/web/src/app/page.tsx b/web/src/app/page.tsx
index 1ca226c..efd073c 100644
--- a/web/src/app/page.tsx
+++ b/web/src/app/page.tsx
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ const homeJsonLd = [
       "Left/right modifier key distinction for shortcuts",
       "Optional voice commands with VOSK-aware defaults",
       "Searchable sidebar settings",
-      "AppImage packages for x86_64 and aarch64",
+      "AppImage, .deb, .rpm, and Flatpak packages for x86_64 and aarch64",
+      "Snap package on the Ubuntu Snap Store",
       "Expanded speech-language catalog including Hungarian (per-engine availability)",
       "Auto-capitalize sentences after punctuation",
       "Trailing space after completed transcriptions for continuous dictation",
@@ -729,7 +730,8 @@ export default function HomePage() {
             <p className="section-lede">
               The interactive installer detects hardware, lets you pick an
               engine, and wires the desktop app. Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, Arch,
-              and openSUSE.
+              and openSUSE. Native .deb, .rpm, Snap, and Flatpak packages
+              ship with every release.
             </p>
           </div>
           <TerminalBlock
@@ -751,6 +753,55 @@ export default function HomePage() {
                 text-injection tools are still required.
               </p>
             </a>
+            <a
+              className="install-alt"
+              href={`${GITHUB_REPO_URL}/blob/main/docs/INSTALL.md#distro-packages-deb--rpm`}
+              rel="noopener noreferrer"
+            >
+              <p className="install-alt-kicker">New</p>
+              <h3>Native packages</h3>
+              <p>
+                .deb for Debian 12+ and Ubuntu 24.04+. .rpm for Fedora.
+                x86_64 and aarch64 on every release.
+              </p>
+            </a>
+            <a
+              className="install-alt"
+              href={`${GITHUB_REPO_URL}/blob/main/docs/INSTALL.md#flatpak`}
+              rel="noopener noreferrer"
+            >
+              <p className="install-alt-kicker">Auto-updates</p>
+              <h3>Flatpak</h3>
+              <p>
+                Install once from the VocaHQ remote and{" "}
+                <code>flatpak update</code> carries each stable release. Or
+                sideload the .flatpak bundle.
+              </p>
+            </a>
+            <a
+              className="install-alt"
+              href="https://snapcraft.io/vocalinux"
+              rel="noopener noreferrer"
+            >
+              <p className="install-alt-kicker">Snap Store</p>
+              <h3>Snap</h3>
+              <p>
+                <code>snap install vocalinux --edge</code>. amd64 only for
+                now; a .snap is attached to every release too.
+              </p>
+            </a>
+            <a
+              className="install-alt"
+              href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/vocalinux"
+              rel="noopener noreferrer"
+            >
+              <p className="install-alt-kicker">Arch</p>
+              <h3>AUR</h3>
+              <p>
+                <code>yay -S vocalinux</code>, or vocalinux-bin for the
+                prebuilt package.
+              </p>
+            </a>
             <a
               className="install-alt"
               href={`${GITHUB_REPO_URL}/blob/main/docs/INSTALL.md#from-source`}