nightly-61c0efb

feat(packages): add arch_map for custom arch name mapping

Soar v0.12.0

Breaking Changes

• Repository consolidation: bincache and pkgcache repositories have been replaced with the unified soarpkgs repository. The old repositories are no longer updated.
  • Not all packages have been ported to soarpkgs yet. If you need packages that haven't been migrated:
    • Option 1: Use an older version of soar that still supports the old repositories
    • Option 2: Request the package to be added to soarpkgs
    • Old repository metadata may not work correctly with this version of soar.
• Public key configuration: Repository pubkey now expects a direct public key value instead of a URL. Update your custom repository configurations accordingly.

To use old repositories, configure these in config (replace x86_64 with correct arch):

[[repositories]]
name = "bincache"
url = "https://meta.pkgforge.dev/bincache/x86_64-Linux.sdb.zstd"
desktop_integration = false
pubkey = "RWSWp/oBUfND5B2fSmDlYaBXPimGV+r2s9skVRYTQ5cJ+7i6ff/1Nxcr"
enabled = true
signature_verification = true
sync_interval = "3h"

[[repositories]]
name = "pkgcache"
url = "https://meta.pkgforge.dev/pkgcache/x86_64-Linux.sdb.zstd"
desktop_integration = true
pubkey = "RWSWp/oBUfND5B2fSmDlYaBXPimGV+r2s9skVRYTQ5cJ+7i6ff/1Nxcr"

Also, don't forget to re-sync the repositories with soar sync.

⛰️ Features

• (cli) Add subcommand to convert json to sqlite db - (16fdeca)
• (lock) Add locking for concurrent process safety (#154) - (e3bef6a)
• (provides) Add @ prefix to symlink packages directly to bin - (cc8458a)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• (clippy) Apply clippy suggestions - (7b85532)
• (provides) Remove provides filter and add bin_symlink_names helper - (5ed1951)
• (substitute) Normalize package version - (c66c4c2)

🚜 Refactor

• (cli) Use operations from shared crate (#158) - (2a2f1be)
• (db) Add pkg_family, drop recurse_provides - (1d97b6d)
• (download) Remove proxy api - (1d3e0ac)
• (pubkey) Use inline key string instead of fetching from URL - (f2f3e5c)
• (repositories) Add soarpkgs, drop bincache and pkgcache - (d07d602)
• (system) Add per-context system mode support - (10544ac)

📚 Documentation

• (readme) Update readme - (4fc58a7)

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (manifest) Remove deprecated authors field - (0bf1231)

Contributors

• @QaidVoid

Soar v0.11.0

⛰️ Features

• (config) Allow setting path for desktop files - (50c0335)
• (nest) [breaking] Remove nest functionality - (dc21853)
• (self) Add release notes display and improve update UX - (e63648c)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• (config) Fix default repositories detection - (22c121e)

🚜 Refactor

• (config) Remove --external flag - (3b53b8b)

Soar v0.10.3

⛰️ Features

• (config) Add placeholder support and remove update field - (824d060)
• (config) Make link_as optional and add glob support in binary maps - (c3945ee)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• (dl) Handle ureq StatusCode in fallback logic - (27f5738)

Soar v0.10.2

🐛 Bug Fixes

• (system) [breaking] Change system install path to /opt/soar - (e694e30)

Soar v0.10.1

🐛 Bug Fixes

• (system) Fix sudo escalation - (91f9715)

Soar v0.10.0

⛰️ Features

• (apply) Allow applying ghcr packages - (06e2b73)
• (cli) Add system-wide package management (#141) - (f8d4f1c)
• (install) Add entrypoint option and executable discovery fallbacks - (b77cffd)
• (packages) Add snapshot version support with URL placeholders - (099f96c)
• (packages) Add github/gitlab as first-class package sources (#142) - (2fc3c3b)
• (packages) Add hooks, build commands, and sandbox support (#140) - (a776d61)
• (sandbox) Add landlock for sandboxing - (32687c6)
• (update) Allow updating remote URL packages (#137) - (af13bb6)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• (clippy) Apply clippy suggestions - (1b45180)
• (packages) Skip version fetching when installed version matches (#143) - (4325206)

🚜 Refactor

• (db) Drop with_pkg_id - (fa99208)
• (error) Don't override error messages - (e44342f)
• (query) Update query field icons - (695a427)

Contributors

• @QaidVoid

Soar v0.9.1

🐛 Bug Fixes

• (apply) Allow tracking versioning with URL packages (#129) - (0b7deb6)
• (install) Use deterministic hash for package without checksum - (7a7a060)
• (install) Handle removed packages, always show selection with --show - (2b72975)
• (install) Fix force reinstall cleanup and resume file corruption - (c6150f7)

Contributors

• @Opposite34

Soar v0.9.0

This release completely restructures the internals and adds two features: declarative package management and installing directly from URLs.

Declarative Package Management

You can now define your packages in a TOML file and let Soar handle the rest.

Create ~/.config/soar/packages.toml:

[packages]
curl = "*"           # latest version
jq = "1.7.1"         # pinned to specific version
neovim = { pkg_id = "neovim-appimage", repo = "bincache" }

Then run:

soar apply           # install/update to match the file
soar apply --prune   # also remove packages not in the file
soar apply --dry-run # see what would change

Define once, apply anywhere.

You can get fancier with it too: pin versions, specify repositories, configure portable directories, exclude files. Run soar defpackages to generate an annotated template.

Install from URLs

No more waiting for packages to land in a repository:

soar install https://github.com/user/repo/releases/download/v1.0/tool-linux-amd64

Soar figures out the package name and type from the URL. If it gets it wrong, override with --name, --pkg-type, etc.

Under the Hood

The codebase is now split into independent crates:

• soar-dl — downloads with resume support
• soar-db — database layer
• soar-config — configuration parsing
• soar-registry — package metadata
• soar-package — format handling (AppImage, archives, etc.)
• soar-utils — shared utilities

This doesn't change anything for users, but it makes the code easier to work on. Each crate is versioned independently.

Smaller Things

• --no-progress flag to suppress progress bars (useful for scripts/CI)
• Fixed a bug where interrupted downloads wouldn't resume properly
• Package listing is faster now
• Better debug logging throughout

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⛰️ Features

• (crate) Init soar-config crate (#108) - (135af26)
• (install) Allow remote package install - (e060033)
• (packages) Add declarative installation - (1e95aca)
• (progress) Allow disabling progress bar - (29e04ff)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• (install) Handle resume on package install - (f92350f)
• (update) Resolve random package install on update - (eaa0058)

🚜 Refactor

• (integration) Integrate soar with modular crates (#123) - (2d340e5)
• (log) Add more debug logs - (96f5ac9)
• (log) Add debug logs - (cdbf808)
• (package) Improve install/remove user experience - (df8ad1c)

⚡ Performance

• (list) Use minimal struct for listing packages - (71570c7)

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (ci) Ignore libsqlite-sys from machete - (ca0f988)
• (crate) Downgrade crates to ready for publishing - (3ef7b12)
• (docs) Update readme, bump msrv - (5158af0)
• (docs) Fix readme - (90d8abb)

Soar v0.8.1

Note

If your first installed version was v0.8.0, then you likely have a corrupted database. If you can't install any program with this version, please clear the database file at ~/.local/share/soar/db/soar.db.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• (sql) Fix sql syntax - (58b3a05)

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (cli) Remove bi-directional conflicts_with - (ff0b62f)