3. Packages

Supported HOST ($ARCH-$OS) , Type, & Total Number of Packages

Host

AnyLinux == Any Distro

Package Manager	Supported OS	Supported Arch
AM	AnyLinux	aarch64, i686, x86_64
Brew	macOS, AnyLinux	aarch64, x86_64
Pacstall	Linux (Debian based Only)	All Debian Ports
PPKG	FreeBSD, AnyLinux, MacOS, OpenBSD, NetBSD	aarch64, ppc64le, riscv64, s390x, x86_64
Soar	AnyLinux (For Now)	aarch64, x86_64

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Portability

This specifies if any of the packages offered by the package managers are usable on any LIBC, aka GLIBC + MUSL + more

Package Manager	Portable
AM	Sort of
Brew	No
Pacstall	No
PPKG	Yes
Soar	Yes

Standalone

This specifies if any of the packages offered by the package managers are usable standalone, aka without using the package manager & just using curl/wget or just downloading from the browser.

Package Manager	Is it Standalone?
AM	Sort of
Brew	No
Pacstall	No
PPKG	Sort of
Soar	Yes

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Prebuilt Cache

This specifies if the package repository contain prebuilds, i.e. packages are directly downloadable without building/fixing/patching anything.

Package Manager	Provides Prebuilts?
AM	N/A
Brew	Yes, Prebuilt Packages are offered as bottles
Pacstall	No
PPKG	No
Soar	Yes, See https://docs.pkgforge.dev/repositories/soarpkgs/faq#cache

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Types

• AM uses pkgforge's repos for most of its binary support, i.e. NOT its own repository

• AM has an open issue for supporting more formats: https://github.com/ivan-hc/AM/issues/1099

• Brew (Cask --> AppImage): https://github.com/orgs/Homebrew/discussions/3789

• Full --> Support + Manage + Integration

• Limited --> Support + Manage (Partial)

• None --> No Support At All

Package Manager	Supported Types
AM	AppImage (Full), AppBundles (Full), Binaries (3rd Party), Libraries (None)
Brew	Binaries (Full) , Libraries (Limited), AppImages & Others (None)
Pacstall	Binaries (Full), Libraries (Full) , AppImages & Others (Limited)
PPKG	Binaries (Full), Libraries (Limited)
Soar	Binaries (Full) & All the Zillion other Formats (Full), Libraries (None)

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Total

• The total number of packages (each arch/recipe is counted individually) auto updated every 2hrs

• See how: https://github.com/pkgforge/docs/blob/main/.github/workflows/healthchecks_housekeeping.yaml

AM	Brew	Pacstall	PPKG	PkgForge (Soar)
2783	8091	1624	2964	17752