opam
opam is a source-based package manager. It supports multiple simultaneous compiler installations, flexible package constraints, and a Git-friendly development workflow. (by ocaml)
mouseless
A replacement for the mouse in Linux (by jbensmann)
| opam | mouseless | |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | 5 | |
| 1,186 | 145 | |
| 0.3% | - | |
| 9.6 | 5.7 | |
| 5 days ago | 4 months ago | |
| OCaml | Go | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | MIT License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
opam
Posts with mentions or reviews of opam.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-29.
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Some Pain Point of Linux From a Long-time Windows User
Regarding toolchain managers, those developing software with Rust would use rustup, OCaml developers would use opam, Haskell GHCup, and Python with pyenv. Likwise, Rust already uses cargo for package management, Python can use pip and venv, cabal for Haskell, and opam still for OCaml.
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Does anyone have an ETA on opam 2.2? I'm trying to pitch OCaml for a project that should be starting in roughly a year, but the lack of support for opam on windows is making it a really tough sell.
The project has a planning board for 2.2 on https://github.com/ocaml/opam/projects/2 and there are many active PRs on the repo. I wouldn’t hazard an accurate ETA but it is being actively worked on right now.
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We feel it is too "me-too", and not Ada-specific enough [...] It doesn't, to us, feel like a truly Ada-native solution. Tangentially, the use of the word "crates" for the unit of management does little to evoke the kind of principled self-confidence Ada normally exudes.
nodc. (not opam, don't care)
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Can't install graphics library on NixOs
Maybe you'll find this issue helpful (though I didn't): https://github.com/ocaml/opam/issues/3773
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Frustrated by lacking cross platform support (hoping to be wrong)
That being said, the experience on Windows could definitely be better. The bright side is that the community is aware of this and is making progress on improving it. If you're curious, you can take a look at some of the Windows-related plans for opam 2.2 (pdf).
- Opam 2.1.0 released
- opam init and fish shell
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Dune: build library and access it in another project and hide or make inaccessible private or implementation modules
With Dune, given the executable main, you would write the following dune file to use library mylib if it was published on Opam.
- Opam 2.0.8
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How to install OCaml in WSL?
This is caused by bubblewrap requiring specific permissions when running in Docker containers. Disabling sandbox does make you install OCaml, but there is a risk of installation scripts of packages wiping home directory https://github.com/ocaml/opam/issues/3231
mouseless
Posts with mentions or reviews of mouseless.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-01.
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Keyd: Linux Key Remapper
I really like https://github.com/jbensmann/mouseless as it will also let you remap keys to control the mouse. I went down a rabbit hole of key remapping, and can't remember exactly why I settled on it, but posting as an alternative for others to look at.
I thrive off caplock as a toggle for remapped keys. I turn my sdf-234 into a numpad and jkl; for arrows and some other text navigation binds so I never need to veer far from the home row. caps-/ for ~ I can't live without.
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Some Pain Point of Linux From a Long-time Windows User
For the ahk thing I do the same and run https://github.com/jbensmann/mouseless
- mouseless - A replacement for the mouse in Linux
- Mouseless: A replacement for the physical mouse in Linux
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QMK Layers Everywhere!
mouseless
What are some alternatives?
When comparing opam and mouseless you can also consider the following projects:
esy - package.json workflow for native development with Reason/OCaml
keymapper - A cross-platform context-aware key remapper.
termux-packages - A package build system for Termux.
pyenv - Simple Python version management
dune - A composable build system for OCaml.
kinto - Mac-style shortcut keys for Linux & Windows.
mirage - MirageOS is a library operating system that constructs unikernels
kanata - Improve keyboard comfort and usability with advanced customization
opam-repository - Main public package repository for opam, the source package manager of OCaml.
kmonad - An advanced keyboard manager
Cargo - The Rust package manager
keyd - A key remapping daemon for linux.