Installation

Shelly is a native package manager for Arch Linux. It provides both a GTK4 application and command-line tools that interface directly with libalpm.

Requirements

Shelly runs on Arch Linux and Arch-based distributions. To build it from source, you need:

• Zig 0.16.0
• libalpm, provided by pacman

Arch Linux

Prebuilt Shelly packages are available from CachyOS and the AUR. The package includes the graphical interface and command-line tools.

CachyOS / pacman (Recommended)

Install Shelly directly from CachyOS repositories.

sudo pacman -S shelly

AUR Helpers

Use your preferred AUR helper:

yay

yay -S shelly

paru

paru -S shelly

Build from source

Clone the repository and use its git PKGBUILD:

git clone https://github.com/Seafoam-Labs/Shelly-ALPM.git
cd Shelly-ALPM
cp PKGBUILD-git PKGBUILD
makepkg -si

Starting Shelly

Launch the graphical application with:

shelly-ui

For terminal-based package management, run shelly. Shelly creates its default CLI configuration at ~/.config/shelly/config.json on first use.

Optional Flatpak support

Install flatpak and shelly-flatpak-backend to manage Flatpak applications from Shelly. The backend is loaded only when performing a Flatpak operation, so it is not required for a base Shelly installation.

Releases

Download specific versions or source snapshots from GitHub:

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