PackHub - Decentralized Package Repositories for Linux

🚀 Install Linux Packages Directly from GitHub!

PackHub dynamically creates virtual Linux package repositories (apt, dnf, yum, etc.) on the fly, pulling directly from GitHub Releases. No need for centralized repositories—just seamless installations.

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✨ Features

• Decentralized Package Management – Install packages directly from GitHub Releases.
• Seamless Updates – Automatically fetches the latest releases and updates your package manager.
• Smart Versioning – Detects your system version and selects the most compatible package.
• Developer Freedom – No need to maintain separate repositories or rely on a maintainer.
• User Empowerment – Get the apps you need instantly, without waiting for repositories or manual downloads.

🚀 Usage

To install Linux packages from a GitHub repository using PackHub, the repository must have published Linux packages in its Releases. You'll also need to set up the PackHub repository in your system's package manager.

Replace OWNER with the repository owner's name and REPO with the repository name. For example, for https://github.com/sindresorhus/caprine, use sindresorhus as OWNER and caprine as REPO.

If you're unsure, visit packhub.dev to generate the correct command for your repository.

Ubuntu-Based Distributions

wget -qO- http://packhub.dev/sh/ubuntu/github/OWNER/REPO | sh

Debian-Based Distributions

wget -qO- http://packhub.dev/sh/debian/github/OWNER/REPO | sh

Fedora

wget -qO- http://packhub.dev/sh/yum/github/OWNER/REPO | sh

openSUSE

wget -qO- http://packhub.dev/sh/zypp/github/OWNER/REPO | sh

Once the PackHub repository is set up, you can install packages using your system’s package manager (apt, dnf, yum, etc.).

🔧 Built With

• Rust – Ensuring performance, safety, and concurrency.
• Axum – A powerful, async web framework for Rust.
• Repology - Leverages its API to gather apt package versions from Ubuntu and Debian repositories.
• octocrab - A modern, extensible GitHub API client.
• rpm - A pure rust library for building and parsing RPMs.
• sequoia-openpgp - OpenPGP key generation and message signing.

Additional dependencies can be found in the Cargo.toml file.

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! To get started:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature-branch).
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add new feature').
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature-branch).
5. Open a Pull Request.

🤗 Acknowledgement

Special thanks to Md. Asadujjaman Noor (@gold-4N) for providing valuable guidance on OpenPGP key generation and the signing process, as well as facilitating a discount from the hosting provider!

📄 License

PackHub is licensed under the GPLv3 License.

Made with ❤️ by Muhammad Mominul Huque and ✨ contributors ✨!