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
Brew
Pacstall
PPKG
Soar

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
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 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),
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 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)
2636	7794	1560	2948	17670