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- name: cs-visualizer
- description: CS Visualizer is a developer and education tool that visualizes Java and C# code in real time — recursion trees, flowcharts, OOP diagrams, data structure animations, and complexity analysis. It works as a companion app to IDE extensions for VS Code, IntelliJ IDEA, Visual Studio, Eclipse, and browser extensions for Chrome and Firefox.
- snapcraft: https://github.com/davidFrucht/cs-visualizer/blob/main/snap/snapcraft.yaml
- upstream: PRIVATE
- upstream-relation: I am the author and sole developer of this project.
- supported-category: Development tools
- reasoning: The app is built with PyInstaller, which at runtime extracts bundled .NET subprocess binaries into a temporary directory (/tmp) and executes them. Strict confinement blocks execution of files from /tmp, which breaks the core visualization features entirely. Additionally, the app launches a system tray icon via pystray and binds to localhost to serve web interfaces. The existing interfaces are not sufficient because the fundamental issue is PyInstaller’s extraction-to-tmp execution model, which cannot be addressed through interface plugs alone without a complete rewrite of the packaging approach.
V I understand that strict confinement is generally preferred over classic.
V I’ve tried the existing interfaces to make the snap to work under strict confinement.