diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index affde0030183..8a62bc4541f0 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
-pkgbase = vicinae-bin
+pkgbase = vicinae-appimage-bin
 	pkgdesc = Raycast like FOSS app on Linux
 	pkgver = 0.15.7
 	pkgrel = 1
 	url = https://github.com/vicinaehq/vicinae
 	arch = x86_64
 	license = GPL3
-	depends = nodejs
-	depends = qt6-base
-	depends = qt6-svg
-	depends = layer-shell-qt
-	depends = libqalculate
-	depends = qtkeychain-qt6
+	makedepends = jq
+	makedepends = wget
+	depends = fuse
 	provides = vicinae
 	conflicts = vicinae
-	source = https://github.com/vicinaehq/vicinae/releases/download/v0.15.7/vicinae-linux-x86_64-v0.15.7.tar.gz
-	source = vicinae.hook
-	sha256sums = 481ee85d45f27f567c25cd15eb624aa60c9785acc0fb6641938fc36843d15a39
-	sha256sums = 3e946bcb7f3c2faa3568218987012db336be92acff805a373b6c10bdeaa9e7a8
+	options = !debug
+	options = !strip
+	source = github-release.json::https://api.github.com/repos/vicinaehq/vicinae/releases/latest
+	source = vicinae.sh
+	sha256sums = SKIP
+	sha256sums = a2dc7170ebfc13c0407b4e554eb372a77c6fae51770a8fb8d0f600485e11dd72
 
-pkgname = vicinae-bin
+pkgname = vicinae-appimage-bin
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..016d49ad7940
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.vscode/
+.upgrade.sh
+
diff --git a/.nvchecker.toml b/.nvchecker.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5852e294b63a..000000000000
--- a/.nvchecker.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-[vicinae-bin]
-source = "github"
-github = "vicinaehq/vicinae"
-use_latest_release = true
-prefix = "v"
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index f3b17fe3063e..5c57c43513c8 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,33 +1,57 @@
-# Maintainer: cilgin <cilgincc@outlook.com>
 # Maintainer: Arjix <me@arjix.dev>
+# Maintainer: cilgin <cilgincc@outlook.com>
 
-pkgname=vicinae-bin
+pkgname=vicinae-appimage-bin
 pkgver=0.15.7
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Raycast like FOSS app on Linux"
 arch=('x86_64')
 url="https://github.com/vicinaehq/vicinae"
+options=('!debug' '!strip')
 license=('GPL3')
-depends=(nodejs qt6-base qt6-svg layer-shell-qt libqalculate qtkeychain-qt6)
+depends=( fuse )
+makedepends=(jq wget)
 provides=("vicinae")
 conflicts=("vicinae")
 
 source=(
-  "${url}/releases/download/v$pkgver/${pkgname%-bin}-linux-$arch-v$pkgver.tar.gz"
-  "vicinae.hook"
+  "github-release.json::https://api.github.com/repos/vicinaehq/vicinae/releases/latest"
+  "vicinae.sh"
 )
 
-sha256sums=('481ee85d45f27f567c25cd15eb624aa60c9785acc0fb6641938fc36843d15a39'
-            '3e946bcb7f3c2faa3568218987012db336be92acff805a373b6c10bdeaa9e7a8')
+sha256sums=('SKIP'
+            'a2dc7170ebfc13c0407b4e554eb372a77c6fae51770a8fb8d0f600485e11dd72')
+
+pkgver() {
+	jq -r '.tag_name | ltrimstr("v")' github-release.json
+}
+
+prepare() {
+    local asset download_url digest
+    asset=$(jq -r '.assets[] | select(.name | endswith(".AppImage"))' github-release.json)
+
+    download_url=$(echo "$asset" | jq -r '.browser_download_url')
+    digest=$(echo "$asset" | jq -r '.digest | split(":")[1]')
+
+    wget -q "$download_url" -O vicinae.Appimage
+    echo "${digest} vicinae.Appimage" | sha256sum -c || {
+		echo "[ERR]: The downloaded file is corrupt."
+    	exit 1
+    }
+
+    chmod +x vicinae.Appimage
+    ./vicinae.Appimage --appimage-extract
+
+}
 
 package() {
-  install -dm755 "$pkgdir/usr"
-  cp -rp \
-  	  "$srcdir/bin" \
-  	  "$srcdir/share" \
-  	  "$srcdir/lib" \
-  	"$pkgdir/usr"
-  
-  # Pacman hook
-  install -Dm644 "$srcdir/${pkgname%-bin}.hook" "$pkgdir/usr/share/libalpm/hooks/${pkgname%-bin}.hook"
+  install -dm755 "${pkgdir}/opt"
+  cp -a "${srcdir}/squashfs-root" "${pkgdir}/opt/vicinae"
+
+  install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/vicinae.sh" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/vicinae"
+
+  install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/squashfs-root/vicinae.desktop" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/vicinae.desktop"
+  install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/squashfs-root/vicinae.png" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/vicinae.png"
+  install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/squashfs-root/usr/lib/systemd/user/vicinae.service" "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/systemd/user/vicinae.service"
+  cp -a "${srcdir}/squashfs-root/usr/share/" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/"
 }
diff --git a/vicinae.hook b/vicinae.hook
deleted file mode 100644
index 11053d30b256..000000000000
--- a/vicinae.hook
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-[Trigger]
-Operation = Upgrade
-Type = Package
-Target = vicinae-bin
-
-[Action]
-Description = Restarting vicinae.service as a user unit if enabled/active...
-When = PostTransaction
-Exec = /usr/bin/bash -c '/usr/bin/loginctl list-users --no-legend | /usr/bin/awk "{print \$2}" | /usr/bin/xargs -I {} /usr/bin/runuser -u {} -- sh -c "/usr/bin/systemctl --user is-enabled vicinae.service && /usr/bin/systemctl --user restart vicinae.service"' || true
diff --git a/vicinae.sh b/vicinae.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..3d24af6ee606
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vicinae.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+SQUASHFS_ROOT_DIR="/opt/vicinae"
+APP_BINARY="$SQUASHFS_ROOT_DIR/usr/bin/vicinae" 
+
+# Define library paths to search *inside* the extracted AppImage structure
+LIB_DIRS=(
+    "$SQUASHFS_ROOT_DIR/usr/lib"
+    "$SQUASHFS_ROOT_DIR/usr/lib64"
+    "$SQUASHFS_ROOT_DIR/lib"
+    "$SQUASHFS_ROOT_DIR/lib64"
+)
+
+# Build the new LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+NEW_LD_PATH=""
+for dir in "${LIB_DIRS[@]}"; do
+    if [ -d "$dir" ]; then
+        if [ -z "$NEW_LD_PATH" ]; then
+            NEW_LD_PATH="$dir"
+        else
+            NEW_LD_PATH="$NEW_LD_PATH:$dir"
+        fi
+    fi
+done
+
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$NEW_LD_PATH:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+
+exec "$APP_BINARY" "$@"
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Error: The application failed to execute or returned an error."
+    echo "Check if the APP_BINARY path in the script is correct and that the application binary is executable."
+fi