The AUR is an software repository for Arch Linux users and their self created or packaged software which is not in an official repository.
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Category: Utilities
Alternatives to popular CLI tools: hexdump
We spotlight alternative tools to hexdump, a utility that displays file contents in hexadecimal, octal, or ascii.
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Epicenter – ecosystem of open-source, local-first apps
The eventual goal is to store all of your data—notes, transcripts, chat histories—in a single folder of plain text and SQLite.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: dig
This article spotlights alternative tools to dig. This is a DNS lookup utility.
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objdiff – object file diffing for decompilation projects
objdiff compares object files for decompilation projects with automatic rebuilds, architecture support, symbol analysis and progress views.
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Simple Archiver – alternative to tar
Simple Archiver is an alternative to tar. Despite its name, this open source tool has a fairly wide range of features.
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Yay – AUR helper
Yay (Yet Another Yogurt) is an Arch User Repository (AUR) helper tool.
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Embellish – install nerd fonts
Embellish is a GTK4 font manager for browsing, previewing, installing and removing Nerd Fonts, with custom fonts and an icon browser.
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Aurea – Flatpak metainfo banner previewer
Aurea is a simple preview banner made to read metainfo files from Flatpak apps and represent them as they would on Flathub.
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Octopi – powerful Pacman Qt frontend
Octopi consists of a package browser, sudo helper, notifier, cache cleaner and repository editor.
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chwp – change desktop wallpaper from the command line
chwp changes desktop backgrounds from the command line using image URLs, search keywords, local paths and multi-monitor spanning.
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Key Rack – view and edit GNOME application secrets
Key Rack manages application secrets in desktop keyrings, letting users search, create and edit stored passwords, tokens and other records.
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cylon – Arch Linux maintenance program
cylon is a TUI (terminal user interface) which provides updates and maintains an Arch based Linux distribution.
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socktop – terminal-based remote system monitor
socktop is a remote system monitor with a rich TUI, inspired by top/btop, talking to a lightweight agent over WebSockets.
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Pamac – Gtk and CLI front ends of libpamac
Pamac offers lpm, AUR, Appstream, Flatpak, and Snap support.
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aurto – Arch Linux AUR tool
aurto is an Arch Linux AUR tool for managing an auto-updating local ‘aurto’ package repository using aurutils.
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aurutils – helper tools for the AUR
aurutils is a collection of scripts to automate usage of the Arch User Repository, with different tasks such as package searching, and more.
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trizen – lightweight AUR package manager
trizen is a lightweight AUR package manager that’s written in the Perl programming language.
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pikaur – AUR helper with minimal dependencies
pikaur is an AUR helper with minimal dependencies. Review PKGBUILDs all in once, next build them all without user interaction.
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Pakku – pacman wrapper with additional features
Pakku is a pacman wrapper with additional features, such as AUR support. It’s written in Nim.
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