diff --git a/appimage/README.md b/appimage/README.md
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+# AppImage
+
+To build the AppImages of `YACReader` and `YACReaderLibrary`, podman or docker is required using an ubuntu base image of 20.04:
+
+```
+podman pull ubuntu:20.04
+podman run --device=/dev/fuse --cap-add SYS_ADMIN --cap-add MKNOD --tmpfs /tmp:exec -v ./:/tmp/out --rm -ti ubuntu:20.04 /tmp/out/appimage.sh
+```
+
+The resulting AppImages will be placed in this directory.
+
+## YACReader.c
+
+`YACReaderLibrary` when trying to open `YACReader` will call this wrapper which will attempt to find the closest `YACReader` AppImage, then look into `PATH` and finally try to locate `YACReader` in the system if all else fails.
diff --git a/appimage/YACReader.c b/appimage/YACReader.c
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+#include <limits.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <libgen.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    char tmp[PATH_MAX], exe_base[NAME_MAX + 1], exe_dir[PATH_MAX];
+    strncpy(tmp, argv[0], PATH_MAX);
+    strncpy(exe_base, basename(tmp), NAME_MAX + 1);
+    strncpy(tmp, argv[0], PATH_MAX);
+    strncpy(exe_dir, dirname(tmp), PATH_MAX);
+
+    const char *appimage_path = getenv("APPIMAGE");
+    if (appimage_path && *appimage_path) {
+        char ai_base[NAME_MAX + 1], ai_dir[PATH_MAX];
+        strncpy(tmp, appimage_path, PATH_MAX);
+        strncpy(ai_base, basename(tmp), NAME_MAX + 1);
+        strncpy(tmp, appimage_path, PATH_MAX);
+        strncpy(ai_dir, dirname(tmp), PATH_MAX);
+
+        char *ai_last_part = strrchr(ai_base, '-');
+        if (!ai_last_part || !*ai_last_part)
+            ai_last_part = strrchr(ai_base, '.');
+        if (ai_last_part && *ai_last_part) {
+            snprintf(tmp, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s%s", ai_dir, exe_base, ai_last_part);
+            argv[0] = tmp;
+            execvp(argv[0], argv);
+            if (errno != ENOENT)
+                return 1;
+            argv[0] = basename(tmp);
+            execvp(argv[0], argv);
+            if (errno != ENOENT)
+                return 1;
+        }
+        snprintf(tmp, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s", ai_dir, exe_base);
+        argv[0] = tmp;
+        execvp(argv[0], argv);
+        if (errno != ENOENT)
+            return 1;
+    }
+
+    const char *env_path = getenv("PATH");
+    if (!env_path || !*env_path)
+        return 1;
+
+    char exe_dir_rp[PATH_MAX];
+    if (!realpath(exe_dir, exe_dir_rp))
+        return 1;
+
+    char env_path_cp[PATH_MAX];
+    strncpy(env_path_cp, env_path, PATH_MAX);
+
+    char ep_rp[PATH_MAX];
+    for (char *p = strtok(env_path_cp, ":"); p; p = strtok(NULL, ":")) {
+        if (!realpath(p, ep_rp))
+            continue;
+        if (strcmp(exe_dir_rp, ep_rp)) {
+            snprintf(tmp, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s", ep_rp, exe_base);
+            argv[0] = tmp;
+            execvp(argv[0], argv);
+            if (errno != ENOENT)
+                return 1;
+        }
+    }
+    return 1;
+}
diff --git a/appimage/appimage.sh b/appimage/appimage.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#podman pull ubuntu:20.04
+#podman run --device=/dev/fuse --cap-add SYS_ADMIN --cap-add MKNOD --tmpfs /tmp:exec -v ./:/tmp/out --rm -ti ubuntu:20.04 /tmp/out/appimage.sh
+set -ex
+
+OUT_DIR=/tmp/out
+DEST=/usr/local
+YACREADER_GIT_URL='https://github.com/YACReader/yacreader.git'
+YACREADER_GIT_TAG='9.8.2.2106204'
+UNARR_GIT_URL='https://github.com/selmf/unarr.git'
+UNARR_GIT_COMMIT='e6fb85e8cdd1b1f9086e6e42be8d385f44136faa'
+GN_GIT_URL='https://gn.googlesource.com/gn'
+GN_GIT_COMMIT='80a40b07305373617eba2d5878d353532af77da3'
+PDFIUM_GIT_URL='https://pdfium.googlesource.com/pdfium'
+# curl -sSL 'https://omahaproxy.appspot.com/linux?channel=stable' | cut -d'.' -f 3
+PDFIUM_GIT_VERSION='4896'
+PDFIUM_GIT_BRANCH="chromium/$PDFIUM_GIT_VERSION"
+PDFIUM_BUILD_GIT_URL='https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/build.git'
+# awk '/build_revision/ {print substr($2,2,40)}' pdfium/DEPS
+PDFIUM_BUILD_GIT_COMMIT='893ac785aa454dcf84dcc26af1a410095c1d4fa2'
+PDFIUM_ABSEIL_CPP_GIT_URL='https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/third_party/abseil-cpp'
+# awk '/abseil_revision/ {print substr($2,2,40)}' pdfium/DEPS
+PDFIUM_ABSEIL_CPP_GIT_COMMIT='9ffdb583473a319b3920c752badde40f91ffd609'
+
+# building in temporary directory to keep system clean
+# use RAM disk if possible (as in: not building on CI system like Travis, and RAM disk is available)
+# if [[ -z "$CI" ]] && [[ -d /dev/shm ]]; then
+#     TEMP_BASE=/dev/shm
+# else
+#     TEMP_BASE=/tmp
+# fi
+
+TEMP_BASE=/tmp
+BUILD_DIR="$(mktemp -d -p "$TEMP_BASE" appimage-build-XXXXXX)"
+
+# make sure to clean up build dir, even if errors occur
+cleanup() {
+    if [[ -d "$BUILD_DIR" ]]; then
+        rm -rf "$BUILD_DIR"
+    fi
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+cd "$BUILD_DIR"
+
+export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+apt -q -y update && apt -q -y upgrade
+apt -q -y install build-essential \
+    cmake \
+    curl \
+    fuse \
+    git \
+    libbz2-dev \
+    libfreetype-dev \
+    libfuse2 \
+    libicu-dev \
+    liblcms2-dev \
+    liblzma-dev \
+    libopenjp2-7-dev \
+    libqt5multimedia5-plugins \
+    libqt5network5 \
+    libqt5sql5-sqlite \
+    libqt5svg5-dev \
+    libturbojpeg0-dev \
+    mesa-common-dev \
+    ninja-build \
+    pkg-config \
+    python3 \
+    qt5-image-formats-plugins \
+    qt5-qmake \
+    qtbase5-dev \
+    qtdeclarative5-dev \
+    qtmultimedia5-dev \
+    qtquickcontrols2-5-dev
+
+# source the default compiler flags
+eval $(dpkg-buildflags --export=sh)
+# for gn
+export CC=gcc CXX=g++
+
+# compile and install libunarr
+git clone "$UNARR_GIT_URL" unarr
+cd unarr
+git checkout "$UNARR_GIT_COMMIT"
+cmake -DENABLE_7Z=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$DEST" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib .
+make -j$(nproc)
+make install
+cd ..
+
+# regenerate dynamic linker cache
+ldconfig
+
+# compile and install gn
+git clone "$GN_GIT_URL" gn
+cd gn
+git checkout "$GN_GIT_COMMIT"
+./build/gen.py
+ninja -C out
+strip -s out/gn
+install -D out/gn "$DEST"/bin/gn
+cd ..
+
+# https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=libpdfium-nojs
+# compile and install pdfium
+git clone --branch "$PDFIUM_GIT_BRANCH" --depth 1 "$PDFIUM_GIT_URL" pdfium
+git clone "$PDFIUM_BUILD_GIT_URL" pdfium/build
+git -C pdfium/build checkout "$PDFIUM_BUILD_GIT_COMMIT"
+# awk '/abseil_revision/ {print substr($2,2,40)}' pdfium/DEPS
+git clone "$PDFIUM_ABSEIL_CPP_GIT_URL" pdfium/third_party/abseil-cpp
+git -C pdfium/third_party/abseil-cpp checkout "$PDFIUM_ABSEIL_CPP_GIT_COMMIT"
+# Download and decode shim header script needed to unbundle icu (gittiles is weird)
+mkdir -p pdfium/tools/generate_shim_headers
+curl -sSL https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/tools/generate_shim_headers/generate_shim_headers.py?format=TEXT | base64 -d > pdfium/tools/generate_shim_headers/generate_shim_headers.py
+curl -sSL https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/plain/libpdfium.pc?h=libpdfium-nojs > libpdfium.pc
+# Fix visibility for system Freetype
+git -C pdfium/build cherry-pick -n bfd6ff0
+# Patch abseil build to be static
+sed -i -e 's/component(/static_library(/' -e 's/is_component_build(/false/' pdfium/third_party/abseil-cpp/BUILD.gn
+# Use system provided icu library (unbundling)
+mkdir -p pdfium/third_party/icu
+ln -sf ../../build/linux/unbundle/icu.gn pdfium/third_party/icu/BUILD.gn
+# Create fake gclient_args.gni file to satisfy include list for build/config/compiler/compiler.gni
+touch pdfium/build/config/gclient_args.gni
+# Exclude test fonts from build
+sed -i '/"\/\/third_party\/test_fonts",/s/^/#/g' pdfium/testing/BUILD.gn
+# Build
+gn --root=pdfium gen pdfium/out/Release --args="is_clang=false use_sysroot=false is_debug=false symbol_level=0 pdf_enable_v8=false pdf_enable_xfa=false treat_warnings_as_errors=false use_system_libjpeg=true use_system_zlib=true pdf_bundle_freetype=false use_system_freetype=true use_system_lcms2=true use_system_libpng=true use_custom_libcxx=false pdf_is_standalone=true use_system_libopenjpeg2=true is_component_build=true use_gold=false"
+ninja -C pdfium/out/Release pdfium
+sed -e 's/@VERSION@/'"$PDFIUM_GIT_VERSION"'/g' -e 's#^\s*prefix\s*=.*$#prefix='"$DEST"'#' -i libpdfium.pc
+# Install
+install -D -m644 pdfium/LICENSE "$DEST/share/licenses/pdfium/LICENSE"
+install -D pdfium/public/*.h --target-directory="$DEST/include/pdfium"
+install -D pdfium/public/cpp/* --target-directory="$DEST/include/pdfium/cpp"
+install -D pdfium/docs/* --target-directory="$DEST/share/doc/pdfium"
+install -Dm755 pdfium/out/Release/libpdfium.so --target-directory="$DEST/lib"
+install -Dm644 libpdfium.pc --target-directory="$DEST/lib/pkgconfig"
+
+# regenerate dynamic linker cache
+ldconfig
+
+# compile and install YACReader
+git clone --branch "$YACREADER_GIT_TAG" --depth 1 "$YACREADER_GIT_URL" yacreader
+cd yacreader
+qmake CONFIG+="unarr pdfium server_bundled"
+make -j$(nproc)
+mkdir -p "$BUILD_DIR"/AppDir{YACReader,YACReaderLibrary}
+make sub-YACReader-install_subtargets INSTALL_ROOT="$BUILD_DIR/AppDirYACReader"
+make sub-YACReaderLibrary-install_subtargets INSTALL_ROOT="$BUILD_DIR/AppDirYACReaderLibrary"
+cd ..
+
+# compile wrapper for YACReaderLibrary in order to find YACReader
+gcc $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS -o "$BUILD_DIR/AppDirYACReaderLibrary/usr/bin/YACReader" "$OUT_DIR/YACReader.c"
+strip -s "$BUILD_DIR/AppDirYACReaderLibrary/usr/bin/YACReader"
+
+# use a custom plugin to set the PATH inside the appimage and find the YACReader wrapper
+cp "$OUT_DIR/linuxdeploy-plugin-path.sh" .
+
+# create appimages
+curl -sSLo linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy/releases/download/continuous/linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage
+chmod +x linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage
+curl -sSLo linuxdeploy-plugin-qt-x86_64.AppImage https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy-plugin-qt/releases/download/continuous/linuxdeploy-plugin-qt-x86_64.AppImage
+chmod +x linuxdeploy-plugin-qt-x86_64.AppImage
+curl -sSLo linuxdeploy-plugin-appimage-x86_64.AppImage https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy-plugin-appimage/releases/download/continuous/linuxdeploy-plugin-appimage-x86_64.AppImage
+chmod +x linuxdeploy-plugin-appimage-x86_64.AppImage
+
+./linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage --appdir AppDirYACReader \
+    --executable AppDirYACReader/usr/bin/YACReader \
+    --desktop-file AppDirYACReader/usr/share/applications/YACReader.desktop \
+    --icon-file AppDirYACReader/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/YACReader.svg \
+    --plugin qt \
+    --output appimage
+./linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage --appdir AppDirYACReaderLibrary \
+    --executable AppDirYACReaderLibrary/usr/bin/YACReaderLibrary \
+    --desktop-file AppDirYACReaderLibrary/usr/share/applications/YACReaderLibrary.desktop \
+    --icon-file AppDirYACReaderLibrary/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/YACReaderLibrary.svg \
+    --plugin qt \
+    --plugin path \
+    --output appimage
+mv YACReader*.AppImage "$OUT_DIR"
diff --git a/appimage/linuxdeploy-plugin-path.sh b/appimage/linuxdeploy-plugin-path.sh
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+#! /bin/bash
+
+# exit whenever a command called in this script fails
+set -e
+
+appdir=""
+
+show_usage() {
+    echo "Usage: bash $0 --appdir <AppDir>"
+}
+
+while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
+    case "$1" in
+        --plugin-api-version)
+            echo "0"
+            exit 0
+            ;;
+        --appdir)
+            appdir="$2"
+            shift
+            shift
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo "Invalid argument: $1"
+            echo
+            show_usage
+            exit 2
+    esac
+done
+
+if [[ "$appdir" == "" ]]; then
+    show_usage
+    exit 2
+fi
+
+echo "linuxdeploy-plugin-path"
+echo "\$LINUXDEPLOY: \"$LINUXDEPLOY\""
+
+# install a path AppRun hook
+# usually, they're not supposed to print anything, but remain as silent as possible
+set -x
+mkdir -p "$appdir"/apprun-hooks
+cat > "$appdir"/apprun-hooks/linuxdeploy-plugin-path.sh <<\EOF
+export PATH="$APPDIR/usr/bin:$PATH"
+EOF