Arch Linux is a lightweight and flexible general-purpose Linux distribution that tries to Keep It Simple.
Arch is famous for the Arch User Repository (AUR), a community-driven repository. It contains package descriptions (PKGBUILDs) that allow users to compile a package from source with makepkg and then install it via the in-house pacman, a lightweight, simple and fast package manager that allows for continuously upgrading the entire system with one command.
The software featured in this article is only useful for Arch and Arch-based Linux distributions (such as CachyOS, EndeavourOS, Manjaro, Omarchy, and many others). The software typically compares the mirror databases with the local database and provides a detailed description of whether the mirror’s packages are more or less up-to-date compared to the local database.
Here’s our verdict captured in a legendary LinuxLinks-style ratings chart. Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion here.
Explore each tool in detail by clicking the links below.
| Arch Mirror Tools Client Side | |
|---|---|
| shiny-mirrors | Find the best mirrors for Arch-based distros |
| reflector-cacheserver | Retrieve up-to-date Arch Linux mirror data |
| rate-mirrors * | Client-side map-aware mirror ranking tool |
| GhostMirror | Mirror analyzer for Arch Linux |
| ReflectorTK | Simple GUI for reflector |
| mirro-rs | Arch Linux mirrorlist manager with a TUI |
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