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# FAQ

### History & Lore

After [Toolpacks#28](https://github.com/Azathothas/Toolpacks/issues/28), [**@Azathothas**](https://docs.pkgforge.dev/orgs/pkgforge-core/people#azathothas) discovered portable package formats like [AppBundles](https://github.com/xplshn/pelf/), [AppImages](https://appimage.org/), [FlatImages](https://github.com/ruanformigoni/flatimage), and [RunImages](https://github.com/VHSgunzo).

These didn't fit Toolpacks' scope, so pkgcache was created **Sep 25, 2024**. It later became an ingestor for [soarpkgs](https://github.com/pkgforge/soarpkgs) after its creation on **Nov 4, 2024**.