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GuiMan – frontend for Pacman and AUR

GuiMan is a GUI frontend for pacman and AUR that claims it actually works.

This is free and open source software.

Features include:

  • Package stuff:
    • Install/remove/update packages from official repos and AUR.
    • See the actual pacman output in real-time (no more guessing what’s taking so long).
    • Search through everything fuzzy-style, works way better than pacman -Ss.
    • Batch operations because who wants to install packages one by one?
  • System maintenance:
      • Full system updates with one click (handles conflicts like a boss).
    • Find and clean up orphaned packages that are just taking up space.
    • Clean package cache intelligently (not just paccache -r).
    • Mirror management with reflector integration.
  • AUR features:
    • Vote on packages, flag them as out-of-date.
    • Adopt orphaned AUR packages if you’re feeling charitable.
    • Custom makepkg flags for when you need special builds.
  • Power user features:
    • Visual dependency graphs (finally understand why you have 500 packages installed).
    • Find out which package owns that random file.
    • Browse package groups (base-devel, gnome, whatever).
    • Backup/restore your package list for when you nuke your system.
  • Quality of life:
    • Polkit integration so you don’t have to type your password every 30 seconds.
    • Dark theme..
    • Keyboard shortcuts for power users.
    • System notifications when long operations finish.

Website: github.com/Junaid433/GuiMan
Support:
Developer: Junaid Rahman
License: MIT License

GuiMan in action
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GuiMan is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.


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