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, arm64

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Portability

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
Brew
Pacstall
PPKG
Soar

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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
Brew	Yes, Prebuilt Packages are offered as bottles
Pacstall
PPKG
Soar	Yes, See our edge & stable Repositories

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Types

• AM uses pkforge'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),
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),

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Total

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

AM	Brew	Pacstall	PPKG	PkgForge (Soar)
2613	7259	659	995	4748