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fosskers/aura

A multilingual package manager for Arch Linux and the AUR. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/fosskers/aura · homepage · Haskell · GPL-3.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

72/100

  • Activity 66
  • Release rhythm 65
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 14
  • age_days: 5224
  • days_rel: 232
  • days_push: 209
  • n_releases_24m: 6

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1917 stars · 122 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Aura is a multilingual package manager for Arch Linux that extends pacman with AUR support and additional features like package downgrading and system sanity checks. It accepts all pacman operations as-is and adds dedicated operations such as -A for AUR packages.

Use cases

  • install AUR packages from the command line
  • downgrade packages to previous versions on Arch Linux
  • manage pacman repository packages with a superset CLI
  • run system sanity checks and package analysis
  • use a package manager localized in many languages

When to choose

  • you use Arch Linux and want seamless pacman-compatible AUR support
  • you need reliable package downgrading and snapshot-style rollback
  • you want a multilingual CLI with detailed man pages and documentation

When to avoid

  • you are not on Arch Linux or an Arch-based distribution
  • you prefer a GUI package manager
  • you only need basic pacman functionality without AUR

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

package-manager cli developer-tools developer-tools operating-systems cli rust arch-linux aur pacman haskell downgrade command-line linux

2 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
fosskers/auramain72

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