Run the AppImage

The AppImage lets you run the DataSabi app without installing it system-wide. The background collector service still needs to be installed — it requires system integration that an AppImage can't provide.

Before you begin

• Your distribution must be supported (see above).
• You need sudo access to install the collector service.

Step 1 — Download both files

From the download page, select the AppImage tab and grab:

• The collector for your distribution:
  • Ubuntu/Debian: datasabi-collector_*_amd64.deb
  • Fedora: datasabi-collector-*.x86_64.rpm
• The AppImage: DataSabi_*_amd64.AppImage

Step 2 — Install the collector service

On Ubuntu, Debian, Mint, Pop!_OS:

$ sudo apt install ./datasabi-collector_*_amd64.deb

On Fedora:

$ sudo dnf install ./datasabi-collector-*.x86_64.rpm

Step 3 — Install libfuse2

AppImages require FUSE. The package name differs by distribution:

Ubuntu 22.04 / Debian 12:

$ sudo apt install libfuse2

Ubuntu 24.04+ / Debian 13+:

$ sudo apt install libfuse2t64

Fedora — only needed if you get a FUSE error when running the AppImage:

$ sudo dnf install fuse-libs

Step 4 — Make the AppImage runnable

$ chmod +x DataSabi_*_amd64.AppImage

Step 5 — Log out and back in

You only need to do this once. Log out fully, then log back in.

Step 6 — Open DataSabi

Double-click the AppImage, or run it from a terminal:

$ ./DataSabi_*_amd64.AppImage

You should see

• A Monitoring badge in the top-right corner
• Today's data total and a list of apps that used the network

If you see "Not connected", see Troubleshooting.

Next steps

• First run
• Troubleshooting

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