diff --git a/bottles-bin/PKGBUILD b/bottles-bin/PKGBUILD
index da7f3ef..92ebe14 100644
--- a/bottles-bin/PKGBUILD
+++ b/bottles-bin/PKGBUILD
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ pkgdesc="Easily manage wine and proton prefixes (prebuilt)"
 arch=('any')
 url="https://usebottles.com"
 license=('GPL-3.0-only')
-depends=('fvs2' 'gtk4' 'gtksourceview5' 'hicolor-icon-theme' 'icoextract'
-         'libadwaita' 'libportal-gtk4' 'patool' 'python' 'python-cairo'
+depends=('gtk4' 'gtksourceview5' 'hicolor-icon-theme' 'icoextract'
+         'libadwaita' 'libportal-gtk4' 'python' 'python-cairo'
          'python-certifi' 'python-chardet' 'python-charset-normalizer'
          'python-gobject' 'python-idna' 'python-markdown' 'python-orjson'
-         'python-pathvalidate' 'python-pefile' 'python-pycurl'
-         'python-requests' 'python-urllib3' 'python-yaml' 'python-yara'
-         'vkbasalt-cli')
-optdepends=('vulkan-tools: vkcube test / Vulkan info'
+         'python-pefile' 'python-pycurl'
+         'python-requests' 'python-urllib3' 'python-yaml' 'python-yara')
+optdepends=('vkbasalt: post-processing layer that applies the configured effects'
+            'vulkan-tools: vkcube test / Vulkan info'
             'xorg-xdpyinfo: display info detection'
             'imagemagick: icon/image conversion'
             'vmtouch: preload bottle files into memory'
diff --git a/bottles-bin/pkg.sh b/bottles-bin/pkg.sh
index 761c8f8..b1e2fa3 100644
--- a/bottles-bin/pkg.sh
+++ b/bottles-bin/pkg.sh
@@ -9,12 +9,18 @@
 
 UPSTREAM_REPO="bottlesdevs/Bottles"
 
+# fvs-lab/fvs2 (+ its core library) is AUR-only, so the binary is built here
+# and bundled under /usr/lib/bottles. Versions pinned to the combination the
+# AUR fvs2 package ships; bump on new fvs2 releases.
+FVS2_VERSION=0.8.1
+FVS2_CORE_VERSION=0.1.1
+
 # Installed in CI (pacman) before build_artifact runs. blueprint-compiler
 # resolves Gtk/Adw/GtkSource imports via their typelibs, hence the GUI libs.
 BUILD_DEPS=(meson ninja blueprint-compiler gobject-introspection
             desktop-file-utils appstream-glib gettext glib2-devel
             python python-gobject gtk4 libadwaita gtksourceview5
-            libportal-gtk4)
+            libportal-gtk4 go python-pip)
 
 latest_version() {
   gh api "repos/$UPSTREAM_REPO/releases/latest" --jq '.tag_name' | sed 's/^v//'
@@ -33,9 +39,35 @@ build_artifact() {
 
   patch -d "$srctree" -p1 < "$pkgdir/remove-flatpak-checks.patch"
 
+  # the bundled fvs2 lives outside $PATH; point Bottles at it
+  grep -q 'return "fvs2"' "$srctree/bottles/fvs/repo.py" \
+    || { echo "fvs2 path hook not found in bottles/fvs/repo.py" >&2; return 1; }
+  sed -i 's|return "fvs2"|return "/usr/lib/bottles/fvs2"|' "$srctree/bottles/fvs/repo.py"
+
   meson setup "$workdir/build" "$srctree" --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release
   meson install -C "$workdir/build" --destdir "$destdir"
 
+  # Build the fvs2 CLI (Go) and bundle it. Its "core" library is a sibling
+  # repository that go.mod expects next to the source tree.
+  mkdir -p "$workdir/fvs" "$destdir/usr/lib/bottles"
+  curl -sfL "https://github.com/fvs-lab/fvs2/archive/refs/tags/v$FVS2_VERSION.tar.gz" | tar -xz -C "$workdir/fvs"
+  curl -sfL "https://github.com/fvs-lab/core/archive/refs/tags/v$FVS2_CORE_VERSION.tar.gz" | tar -xz -C "$workdir/fvs"
+  ln -s "core-$FVS2_CORE_VERSION" "$workdir/fvs/core"
+  (cd "$workdir/fvs/fvs2-$FVS2_VERSION" && \
+    GOPATH="$workdir/gopath" \
+    GOFLAGS="-buildmode=pie -trimpath -mod=readonly -modcacherw" \
+    go build -o "$destdir/usr/lib/bottles/fvs2" ./cmd/fvs2)
+
+  # patool, pathvalidate and vkbasalt-cli are AUR-only pure-python libs;
+  # bundle them into the app's module dir, which the launcher puts on
+  # sys.path. patool/pathvalidate pinned via upstream's requirements.txt.
+  grep -E '^(patool|pathvalidate)==' "$srctree/requirements.txt" > "$workdir/bundle-reqs.txt"
+  [[ "$(wc -l < "$workdir/bundle-reqs.txt")" -eq 2 ]] || { echo "expected patool+pathvalidate pins in requirements.txt" >&2; return 1; }
+  echo 'vkbasalt-cli' >> "$workdir/bundle-reqs.txt"
+  python -m pip install --isolated --no-deps --target "$destdir/usr/share/bottles" \
+    -r "$workdir/bundle-reqs.txt"
+  rm -rf "$destdir/usr/share/bottles/bin"
+
   # These caches are generated by pacman hooks; shipping them would cause
   # file conflicts on install.
   rm -f "$destdir/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/gschemas.compiled" \
diff --git a/gearlever-bin/.SRCINFO b/gearlever-bin/.SRCINFO
index 3e5e212..bb5cce7 100644
--- a/gearlever-bin/.SRCINFO
+++ b/gearlever-bin/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 pkgbase = gearlever-bin
 	pkgdesc = Manage AppImages with ease (prebuilt)
 	pkgver = 4.6.2
-	pkgrel = 1
+	pkgrel = 2
 	url = https://gearlever.mijorus.it
 	arch = any
 	license = GPL-3.0-or-later
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ pkgbase = gearlever-bin
 	depends = python-dbus
 	depends = python-requests
 	depends = python-pyxdg
-	depends = python-ftputil
-	depends = python-desktop-entry-lib
 	depends = 7zip
 	depends = binutils
 	depends = squashfs-tools
@@ -26,6 +24,6 @@ pkgbase = gearlever-bin
 	provides = gearlever
 	conflicts = gearlever
 	source = https://github.com/Felitendo/PKGBUILDS/releases/download/gearlever-bin-4.6.2/gearlever-bin-4.6.2.tar.zst
-	sha256sums = 319841a5dffd942b6f3b86822ac4d9d52a5b4ee559ea03ee5c2a6318a5161546
+	sha256sums = 225dd08d1fbdf33bb5979660737cee180f60b8cfa6477f1553025a6c2f5236a5
 
 pkgname = gearlever-bin
diff --git a/gearlever-bin/PKGBUILD b/gearlever-bin/PKGBUILD
index 10766aa..d6518a6 100644
--- a/gearlever-bin/PKGBUILD
+++ b/gearlever-bin/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,21 +4,20 @@
 
 pkgname=gearlever-bin
 pkgver=4.6.2
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc="Manage AppImages with ease (prebuilt)"
 arch=('any')
 url="https://gearlever.mijorus.it"
 license=('GPL-3.0-or-later')
 depends=('gtk4' 'libadwaita' 'glib2' 'dconf' 'hicolor-icon-theme' 'python'
          'python-gobject' 'python-dbus' 'python-requests' 'python-pyxdg'
-         'python-ftputil' 'python-desktop-entry-lib'
          '7zip' 'binutils' 'squashfs-tools' 'fuse2')
 optdepends=('dwarfs: extract AppImages that use a DwarFS filesystem'
             'libxml2-legacy: required by the LibreOffice AppImage')
 provides=('gearlever')
 conflicts=('gearlever')
 source=("https://github.com/Felitendo/PKGBUILDS/releases/download/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.zst")
-sha256sums=('319841a5dffd942b6f3b86822ac4d9d52a5b4ee559ea03ee5c2a6318a5161546')
+sha256sums=('225dd08d1fbdf33bb5979660737cee180f60b8cfa6477f1553025a6c2f5236a5')
 
 package() {
   cp -a "$srcdir/usr" "$pkgdir/"
diff --git a/gearlever-bin/pkg.sh b/gearlever-bin/pkg.sh
index 8effc8b..ca63a9b 100644
--- a/gearlever-bin/pkg.sh
+++ b/gearlever-bin/pkg.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 UPSTREAM_REPO="mijorus/gearlever"
 
 # Installed in CI (pacman) before build_artifact runs.
-BUILD_DEPS=(meson ninja glib2 glib2-devel python gettext)
+BUILD_DEPS=(meson ninja glib2 glib2-devel python gettext python-pip)
 
 latest_version() {
   # gh instead of curl: unauthenticated GitHub API calls are rate-limited on
@@ -43,6 +43,15 @@ build_artifact() {
   # files themselves into the install tree.
   find "$destdir" -name meson.build -delete
 
+  # ftputil and desktop-entry-lib are AUR-only; bundle them (pure python)
+  # into the app's module dir, which the launcher puts on sys.path. Versions
+  # come from upstream's requirements.txt pins.
+  grep -E '^(ftputil|desktop-entry-lib)' "$srctree/requirements.txt" > "$workdir/bundle-reqs.txt"
+  [[ "$(wc -l < "$workdir/bundle-reqs.txt")" -eq 2 ]] || { echo "expected 2 pinned bundle deps in requirements.txt" >&2; return 1; }
+  python -m pip install --isolated --no-deps --target "$destdir/usr/share/gearlever" \
+    -r "$workdir/bundle-reqs.txt"
+  rm -rf "$destdir/usr/share/gearlever/bin"
+
   # These caches are generated by pacman hooks; shipping them would cause
   # file conflicts on install.
   rm -f "$destdir/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/gschemas.compiled" \