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fossasia/mew

Package Manager Translator observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/fossasia/mew · Python · GPL-3.0 (copyleft) · archived observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

10/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases archived

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 3388
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 2076
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1486 stars · 28 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Mew is a Python-based CLI tool that translates package manager commands between Linux distributions, letting users run pacman-style commands on apt, dnf, zypper, or emerge systems. It maps command flags like query, install, and sync operations across distros via JSON data files.

Use cases

  • translate pacman commands to apt on debian
  • find the dnf equivalent of a zypper command
  • run arch-style package commands on fedora
  • look up package manager command equivalents across linux distros
  • switch between distros without relearning package commands

When to choose

  • you switch between multiple Linux distros and keep mixing up package manager syntax
  • you know one package manager well and need quick equivalents on another

When to avoid

  • you only use a single distro and already know its package manager
  • you need a full package manager frontend rather than a command translator
  • you need actively maintained tooling - the last release was in 2020

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

cli package-manager developer-tools developer-tools operating-systems python cli package-manager-translation linux-distros command-lookup command-line linux

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
fossasia/mewmain10

For agents

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