Why are we constantly obsessed with moving on from the central package repository model?

• nix

  373 10,879 10.0 C++

  Nix, the purely functional package manager

  

While true, I think that Guix and Nix provide a parallel option that doesn't require significant retooling of the Arch ecosystem while at the same time benefiting others too - as well as providing numerous benefits that the AUR currently doesn't provide. It solely requires packaging those two (or installing them directly).

• ktechlab

  2 399 8.9 C++

  an IDE for microcontrollers and electronics

  

Seems like it's being updated to modern KDE and joining KDE Gear.

• WorkOS

  workos.com sponsored

  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

• winget-cli

  283 22,150 9.3 C++

  WinGet is the Windows Package Manager. This project includes a CLI (Command Line Interface), PowerShell modules, and a COM (Component Object Model) API (Application Programming Interface).

  

Hello OP, as someone who has to bounce between Linux, Windows. & MacOS a lot professionally I have found when maintaining Windows specifically this has really improved things. https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli.

• flathub

  114 1,065 6.7

  Issue tracker and new submissions

  

You can check the pull requests at https://github.com/flathub/flathub to see how human the process is.

• topgrade

  56 3,468 8.3 Rust

  Discontinued Upgrade everything

maybe this would help? https://github.com/r-darwish/topgrade

• flatpak

  431 4,055 9.2 C

  Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework

  

Suggest a related project