2 files changed, 35 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/resources/linux/org.lite_xl.lite_xl.appdata.xml b/resources/linux/org.lite_xl.lite_xl.appdata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c5895178
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/linux/org.lite_xl.lite_xl.appdata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<component type="desktop">
+  <id>org.lite_xl.lite_xl</id>
+  <metadata_license>MIT</metadata_license>
+  <project_license>MIT</project_license>
+  <name>Lite XL</name>
+  <summary>A lightweight text editor written in Lua</summary>
+  <content_rating type="oars-1.0" />
+
+  <description>
+    <p>
+      Lite XL is a text editor and development tool written mainly in Lua,
+      on top of a minimalistic C core using the SDL2 graphics library.
+    </p>
+  </description>
+
+  <screenshots>
+    <screenshot type="default">
+      <caption>The editor window</caption>
+      <image>https://lite-xl.github.io/assets/img/screenshots/editor.png</image>
+    </screenshot>
+  </screenshots>
+
+  <url type="homepage">https://lite-xl.github.io</url>
+
+  <provides>
+    <binary>lite-xl</binary>
+  </provides>
+
+  <releases>
+    <release version="2.0.1" date="2021-08-28" />
+  </releases>
+</component>
diff --git a/resources/linux/lite-xl.desktop b/resources/linux/org.lite_xl.lite_xl.desktop
index f2fa9610..d251c4dc 100644
--- a/resources/linux/lite-xl.desktop
+++ b/resources/linux/org.lite_xl.lite_xl.desktop
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ Comment=A lightweight text editor written in Lua
 Exec=lite-xl %F
 Icon=lite-xl
 Terminal=false
-StartupNotify=false
-Categories=Utility;TextEditor;Development;
+StartupWMClass=lite-xl
+Categories=Development;IDE;
 MimeType=text/plain;