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    Morganamilo/paru

    Feature packed AUR helper

    backend
    arch
    archlinux
    aur-helper
    hacktoberfest
    pacman
    Rust
    GPL-3.0
    9.1K stars
    332 forks
    9.1K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 4, 2026
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    Where it stands

    Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.

    1 release in the last 90 days, the latest 7 days ago, with 122 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #47 in the weekly ranking the week of Jan 4, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a feature-rich AUR helper that wraps pacman for Arch Linux package management with minimal user interaction.
    • Offers advanced features like file-based review, PKGBUILD editing with git integration, and tracking of -git packages for enhanced package management.
    • Use for interactively searching, installing, and upgrading packages from both official repositories and the AUR on Arch Linux.
    • Use for reviewing and editing PKGBUILDs with syntax highlighting and committing changes to maintain custom package builds.
    • Use for tracking and managing -git packages by monitoring upstream repositories and generating development databases.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    GPL 3.0

    Copyleft: distributing software that includes it generally requires releasing your source under the same license.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

    Watch-outs

    • GPL-style copyleft: including it in distributed software generally requires releasing your source under the same license.

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    From the README

    Feature packed AUR helper

    Paru is your standard pacman wrapping AUR helper with lots of features and minimal interaction.

    Excerpt from the Morganamilo/paru README on GitHub (GPL-3.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Forks

    332+8

    Open issues

    165-36

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