Why Void?

• void-docs

  76 159 7.4 CSS

  mdbook source for docs.voidlinux.org

  

from https://docs.voidlinux.org/

• topgrade

  56 3,468 8.3 Rust

  Discontinued Upgrade everything

Honestly IDK, packages probably aren't as bleeding edge yes. TBH I install all development tools/SDKs through their own package managers (Rust, Dart, Flutter, Node, etc.) so I don't really care if packages installed through XBPS aren't suuuuper new. I run topgrade about once a week and everything works fine so far, no special maintenance needed. (Speaking from personal experience)

• InfluxDB

  www.influxdata.com sponsored

  Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  

• void-packages

  671 2,374 10.0 Shell

  The Void source packages collection

  

xbps-src

• st

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One reason why I like Void that isn't talked about as much is the xbps-src utility. This program allows you to compile, or cross-compile, and bundle, any package in the repositories from scratch, a la Gentoo and BSD. I always use it for the Suckless programs st and dwm. This is handy if you want to compile certain programs from scratch, it connects to your XBPS package manager, and makes it easy to patch software. It installs the dev dependencies in a chroot build environment, so you don't actually have to install them on your machine. I've never tried it but I believe it works with the kernel, too. It's always nice having that option there.

• dwm

  1 - -

One reason why I like Void that isn't talked about as much is the xbps-src utility. This program allows you to compile, or cross-compile, and bundle, any package in the repositories from scratch, a la Gentoo and BSD. I always use it for the Suckless programs st and dwm. This is handy if you want to compile certain programs from scratch, it connects to your XBPS package manager, and makes it easy to patch software. It installs the dev dependencies in a chroot build environment, so you don't actually have to install them on your machine. I've never tried it but I believe it works with the kernel, too. It's always nice having that option there.

• 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.

  

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