# Jguer/yay

Yet another Yogurt - An AUR Helper written in Go

Repository: https://github.com/Jguer/yay
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/yay
Homepage: https://jguer.github.io/yay/
Language: Go
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: yay, aur-helper, aur-packages, pacman, yaourt, archlinux, aur-completions, aur, pkgbuild, pacaur, paru
Last push: 2026-08-22T11:05:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 96/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 89, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3649, "days_push": 11, "days_rel": 75, "gap_med": 12.0, "n_releases_24m": 11}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 13711, forks 419 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:04.628201+00:00)

## What it is
yay is an AUR helper for Arch Linux written in Go that wraps pacman to manage both official repository and AUR packages from a single pacman-compatible CLI. It provides advanced dependency solving, PKGBUILD downloading, makepkg-based building, AUR search with completions, and package voting.

## Use cases
- install AUR packages from the command line
- upgrade all packages including AUR in one command
- search and narrow AUR package results
- download PKGBUILDs for local modification and building
- remove make dependencies after builds
- vote for or unvote AUR packages

## When to choose
- you use Arch Linux or an Arch-based distro and want a single CLI for repo and AUR packages
- you want advanced AUR dependency solving and interactive provider selection
- you are migrating from yaourt or pacaur and want a maintained replacement

## When to avoid
- you are not on Arch Linux or a pacman-based distribution
- you prefer a minimal setup and want to use makepkg and pacman directly
- you need a GUI package manager

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, package-manager, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, operating-systems
- platform: cli
- tags: aur-helper, arch-linux, pacman-wrapper, pkgbuild, go, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- Jguer/yay (main) score 96

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:04.628201+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 2026-08-29T17:13:05.892395+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Jguer/yay (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:04.628201+00:00, sha 465772b9debd)
  - homepage: https://jguer.github.io/yay/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:07:26.461632+00:00, sha 33c37e048fea)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.