Application packages

Application packages are files that have either the .nap (NightOS Application Package) or .nva (NightOS Volatile Application).

• Content
• Manifest
• Pre-compiled applications

Content

NAP and NVA files are ZStandard archives which only requirement is to contain, at the archive's root, a manifest.toml file describing the archive itself, a hash.md5 ensuring the archive has not been corrupted.

Manifest

The manifest format can be found in the related specifications document.

Pre-compiled applications

By default, and if possible, the system will always try to install pre-compiled programs from applications' package. If the pre-compiled programs are not available, it will be built from source code - which takes a lot more time.