Shelly Alternatives

Shelly is described as 'Modern, visual, and intuitive interface for your Arch Linux system. Not just a wrapper, but a native ground-up experience' and is an app in the development category. There are five alternatives to Shelly for Linux and Arch Linux. The best Shelly alternative is pacman (package manager), which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Shelly are Octopi, Kalu, TkPacman and Aura Package Manager.

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    pacman (package manager)

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    The pacman package manager is one of the major distinguishing features of Arch Linux . It combines a simple binary package format with an easy-to-use build system. The goal of pacman is to make it possible to easily manage packages, whether...

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    Octopi

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    Octopi is the highest rated graphical user interface for the Arch Linux pacman package management tool in AUR. It is written in C++ using the Qt toolkit and its source code is hosted on GitHub. The first commits date from February 2013.

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  4. K

    Kalu

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    kalu (which could stand for "Keeping Arch Linux Up-to-date") is a small application that will add an icon to your systray and sit there, regularly checking if there's anything new for you to upgrade.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    Showing Unread News
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    TkPacman

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    tkPacman is a lightweight graphical user interface for 'pacman', the package manager of Arch Linux.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Aura Package Manager

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    Aura is a package manager for Arch Linux. Its original purpose is as an AUR helper, in that it automates the process of installing packages from the Arch User Repositories. It is, however, capable of much more.

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