# volitank/nala

Nala is a front-end for libapt-pkg.

Repository: https://github.com/volitank/nala
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nala
Language: Rust
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-08-13T01:36:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1731, "days_push": 21, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1883, forks 56 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:48.835847+00:00)

## What it is
Nala is a command-line front-end for libapt-pkg, rewritten in Rust on top of rust-apt, that makes APT package operations easier to inspect before committing. It adds friendlier transaction summaries, history with undo/redo, parallel downloads with hash verification, and mirror selection.

## Use cases
- install and remove packages with clearer transaction summaries
- search and inspect apt packages from the terminal
- undo or redo previous package transactions
- find and switch to the fastest apt mirrors
- download and verify .deb packages with a parallel downloader
- manage apt upgrades with exclusions for specific packages

## When to choose
- you use Debian, Ubuntu, or another APT-based distro and want a friendlier apt interface
- you want transaction history with undo/redo for package changes
- you need faster parallel package downloads with hash verification
- you want machine-readable package info output for scripting

## When to avoid
- you are not on an APT-based Linux distribution
- you need the long-stable Python version rather than the in-transition Rust rewrite
- you require a graphical package manager

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, package-manager, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, operating-systems
- platform: cli, rust
- tags: apt, package-management, debian, ubuntu, libapt-pkg, rust-apt, terminal-ui, transaction-history, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- volitank/nala (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:48.835847+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:13:42.622149+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/volitank/nala (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:48.835847+00:00, sha 90b13e83b624)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.