Shelly ALPM v3.1.2 has been released, addressing critical issues related to AUR build failures, Flatpak detection, and parsing problems in the Zig-based Arch Linux package manager. This update follows a significant codebase rewrite completed in July, transitioning from C# and .NET to Zig, which enhances performance and eliminates .NET dependencies. The new release includes fixes for various bugs, improvements in search and sorting functionalities, and support for Rust package extraction. Seafoam Labs, the team behind Shelly, is also working on an enterprise workstation platform called Devario, indicating their ambition to expand into managed Linux infrastructure for small businesses
Shelly ALPM v3.1.2 Released: AUR and Flatpak Fixes for the Zig Arch Linux Package Manager
Shelly ALPM v3.1.2 has arrived, delivering critical fixes for AUR build failures, Flatpak detection, and parsing issues in the Zig-based Arch Linux package manager. The release follows a major architectural shift completed in late July that rewrote the entire codebase in Zig, introducing a native package builder with Landlock sandboxing and direct libalpm integration. Seafoam Labs, the small team behind the project, reports rapid growth with over 1,100 GitHub stars and is actively developing an enterprise workstation platform called Devario. You can grab the update from the AUR, CachyOS repositories, or by building from source with Zig 0.16.0 and vala.
