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Jul 30, 2022

Inactive projects / Other

• Arch XFerience - A modern OS based on Arch Linux, built for day-to-day operations with tons of packages & features. (inactive)

• Chakra GNU/Linux - A user-friendly and powerful distribution and live CD originally forked from Arch Linux. (discontinued)

• Archphile - (Raspberry Pi/ARM/Audio) - Yet another linux audio distribution for embedded boards. (inactive)

Mar 04, 2022

Other projects / Other

• JuNest (⭐1.6k) - A lightweight Arch Linux-based distro that runs, without root privileges, upon any Linux distro.

Sep 04, 2021

Other projects / Other

• Dotfiles Generator (⭐36) - Dotfiles generator that allows quick configuration of different Window Managers and tools in multiple operating systems, including any Arch Linux-based distribution.

Apr 10, 2021

Arch Linux Installers / Specific purpose

• Anarchy - A simple and intuitive Arch Linux installer.

Mar 30, 2021

AUR Helpers / Other

• arch-audit - A utility like pkg-audit based on Arch Security Team data.

Mar 17, 2021

AUR Helpers / Pacman wrappers

• Paru (⭐3.6k) (Rust) - AUR helper with all needed modern wrapper features, created by a former developer of yay.

Dec 09, 2020

Arch-based projects / Not Linux

• PacBSD - A lightweight and flexible BSD distribution that provides a base system for use of pacman package manager.

Arch-based distros / Desktop

• MagpieOS - Get a fresh experience of Arch.

Nov 27, 2020

Arch Linux Installers / Specific purpose

• Archfi (⭐2.3k) - Just a simple bash script wizard to install Arch Linux after you have booted on the official Arch Linux install media.

Nov 12, 2020

AUR Helpers / Graphical

• PkgBrowser (Python | Qt5) - A utility for browsing pacman databases and the AUR.

Sep 16, 2020

Other projects / Other

• Arch Linux on EC2 - Amazon EC2 AMIs based on Arch Linux

Jul 23, 2020

Arch-based distros / Desktop

• Archcraft OS - A Minimalistic Linux Distribution, Focused On Aesthetics & Based On Arch Linux.

Pacman-based Linux distros / Specific purpose

• KaOS - KaOS is an independent distribution focused on Qt and KDE.

Jun 25, 2020

AUR Helpers / Search and download

• Auracle (⭐218) (C++) - A flexible command line client for Arch Linux's User Repository.

• pbget (Python) - Retrieve PKGBUILDs and local source files from Git, ABS and the AUR for makepkg.

• repoctl (⭐92) (Go) - Make it easy to manage your local Arch Linux repository.

• yaah (Bash) - A helper for the Archlinux User Repository (AUR).

AUR Helpers / Search and build

• Aurutils (⭐823) (Bash) - Helper tools for the AUR.

• Bauerbill (Python) - An extension of Powerpill with AUR and ABS support.

• PKGBUILDer (⭐62) (Python) - An AUR helper (and library) in Python 3.

• repofish (Bash) - Simple shell script used to manage a local archlinux repository.

• RUA (⭐304) (Rust) - Build tool for Arch Linux providing control, review and jailed build options.

AUR Helpers / Pacman wrappers

• Aura (⭐1.4k) (Haskell) - A secure, multilingual package manager for Arch Linux and the AUR.

• Pacaur (⭐93) (Bash) - An AUR helper that minimizes user interaction.

• Pakku (⭐131) (Nim) - pacman wrapper with AUR support.

• pikaur (⭐737) (Python) - AUR helper with minimal dependencies. Review PKGBUILDs all in once, next build them all without user interaction.

• Trizen (⭐757) (Perl) - Lightweight AUR Package Manager.

• Yay (⭐8.4k) (Go) - Yet another Yogurt, an AUR Helper written in Go.

AUR Helpers / Graphical

• Argon (⭐27) (Python | GTK3) - lightweight GUI package manager for Arch Linux.

• Cylon (⭐140) (Bash | TUI) - A CLI TUI menu driven bash shell script supporting updates, maintenance, backups and system checks for an Arch based Linux distro.

• Pamac (Vala | GTK3) - Graphical Package Manager for Manjaro Linux with Alpm, AUR, Appstream, Flatpak and Snap support.

• Pakku GUI (Python | GTK3) - Basic GTK interface to (install|remove|upgrade) packages with pakku.

• Octopi (C++ | Qt5) - A graphical user interface for the Arch Linux package management tool pacman.

• Yup (⭐117) (Go | TUI) - Arch Linux AUR Helper with ncurses functionality and better searching and sorting.

AUR Helpers / Maintenance

• aur-out-of-date (⭐45) - Determines out-of-date AUR packages w.r.t. upstream version.

• aurpublish (⭐198) - PKGBUILD management framework for the Arch User Repository.

• devtools - Tools for the Arch Linux distribution for building and maintaining official repository packages.

• pkgbuild-watch - Alerts you to upstream activity.

• pkgoutofdate (⭐8) - Checks whether Arch packages are out-of-date.

AUR Helpers / Other

• aur-talk (⭐15) - A script to fetch and display AUR package comments.

• aurvote-utils (⭐8) - A set of utilities for managing AUR votes.

• haskell-aur - Haskell library for accessing Aurweb RPC interface.

• package-query (⭐64) - Tool for querying libalpm and the AUR.

• python3-aur - AUR-related modules and helper utilities (aurploader, aurquery, aurtomatic).

• raur - Rust library for accessing Aurweb RPC interface.

Jun 22, 2020

Arch-based distros / Desktop

• Qubes OS (Archlinux Template) - A security-focused desktop operating system that aims to provide security through isolation (Unofficial Archlinux Template).

Mar 04, 2020

Other projects / Other

• archlinux/base - A docker image based on Arch Linux.

Nov 14, 2019

Arch-based distros / Specific purpose

• MorpheusArch Linux - (Data Rescue) - A distribution based on Arch Linux.

Oct 12, 2019

Arch-based distros / Desktop

• Manjaro - A professionally made Linux based operating system that is a suitable replacement for Windows or macOS.

• ArchEX - A new (190612) Linux live DVD based on Arch Linux. Arch motto is KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid.

• Ctlos Linux - Arch Linux based distro.

• Netrunner Rolling - Manjaro/Arch Linux based distro.

• PuppyRus-A - Lightweight, portable and flexible Linux based on Arch, Puppy, Porteus.

• TeLiSc OS - A simple GNU/Linux distribution based on Arch Linux which provides you a stable Arch Linux with i3 window manager.

Arch-based distros / Specific purpose

• BlackArch Linux - (Security/Forensics) - An Arch Linux-based distribution designed for penetration testers and security researchers.

• ArchStrike - (Security) - A distribution for security professionals and researchers based on Arch Linux.

• SystemRescueCd - (Data Rescue) - An Arch-based Linux system on a bootable CD-ROM or USB drive, designed for repairing a system and data after a crash.

• LinHES - (MythTV) - An attempt to make the installation of GNU/Linux and MythTV as trivial as possible.

• UBOS - (Server) - A Linux distribution designed to greatly reduce the amount of time required to set up and maintain common network services.

• TalkingArch - (Assistive) - A re-spin of the Arch Linux live ISO image, modified to include speech and Braille output for blind and visually-impaired users.

• BBQLinux - (Android Developers) - A user-friendly Linux distribution made for Android developers. It has everything on board to build AOSP or AOSP-based distributions like LineageOS or OmniROM.

• RaspArch - (Raspberry Pi/ARM) - A “remaster” of Arch Linux ARM.

SystemD-free Arch-based distros / Specific purpose

• Obarun - An Arch Linux based distribution featuring the S6 init software in place of systemd.

• Artix Linux - A fork (or continuation as an autonomous project) of the Arch-OpenRC and Manjaro-OpenRC projects.

• Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre - A community driven effort to provide a fully free (as in freedom) operating system that is stable, secure, simple, lightweight that tries to Keep It Simple Stupid (KISS) with Long Term Support (LTS).

• Parabola GNU/Linux-libre - An unofficial "libre" variant of Arch Linux.

• Alfheim Linux - Systemd free Arch based Linux.

Oct 11, 2019

Arch-based distros / Desktop

• ArcoLinux - A full-featured distribution.

• ArchBang Linux - A lightweight distribution based on Arch Linux.

• Archman - An Arch Linux-based distribution which features the Calamares system installer and a pre-configured desktop environment.

• Bluestar Linux - A GNU/Linux distribution that is based on Arch Linux.

• EndeavourOS - A rolling release Linux distribution based on Arch Linux.

• ArchLabs Linux - A distribution based on Arch Linux and featuring the Openbox window manager as the primary desktop interface.

• Namib GNU/Linux - A desktop operating system based on (and compatible with) the Arch Linux distribution.

Other projects / Other

• Termux Arch - Run Arch Linux ARM on your mobile phone with Termux.

Jun 25, 2019

Arch-based projects / Linux

• Arch Linux 32 - The community maintained continuation of 32-bit support for Arch Linux.

• Arch Linux ARM - A distribution of Linux for ARM computers.

Arch-based projects / Not Linux

• Arch Hurd - A derivative work of Arch Linux porting it to the GNU Hurd system with packages optimised for the i686 architecture.

• ArchWSL - ArchLinux as a WSL Instance.