auracle

Lightweight tool for querying the Arch User Repository.

TLDR

Search for AUR packages matching a regex

$ auracle search '[regex]'

Display information about one or more AUR packages

$ auracle info [package1] [package2] ...

Display the PKGBUILD of one or more AUR packages

$ auracle show [package1] [package2] ...

Display updates for installed AUR packages

$ auracle outdated

Clone a package repository recursively with dependencies

$ auracle clone --recurse [package]

SYNOPSIS

auracle command [options] [packages]

auracle is a lightweight command-line tool for querying the Arch User Repository (AUR). It provides fast search, package information lookup, and update checking without building or installing packages.Written in C++, auracle focuses on AUR queries rather than full package management. It is designed to be used with other tools or scripts for a complete AUR workflow.

PARAMETERS

-q, --quiet

Limit output to package names only (used with `search` and `outdated`)

--sort field

Sort search results by field (name, votes, popularity)

--rsort field

Sort search results by field in reverse order

--literal

Treat search terms as literal strings rather than regular expressions

--recurse

Recursively follow and process dependencies (used with `clone` and `download`)

--show-file file

Control which source file is displayed by the `show` subcommand

--search-by field

Search by a specific field (name, name-desc, maintainer, depends, makedepends, optdepends, checkdepends)

--color when

Control colored output: `auto`, `never`, or `always` (default: auto)

SUBCOMMANDS

search pattern

Search the AUR for packages matching the pattern (regex)

info packages

Display detailed information about specific packages

show packages

Print the PKGBUILD file for packages

outdated

List installed AUR packages with available updates

clone packages

Clone package git repositories

download packages

Download packages that are outdated, optionally with `--recurse` to also download new dependencies

buildorder packages

Show the build order and origin of packages needed for a given set of AUR packages

rawsearch pattern

Dump the raw JSON response from the AUR for a search request

rawinfo packages

Dump the raw JSON response from the AUR for an info request

CAVEATS

Does not build or install packages; use with makepkg or an AUR helper for installation. Regex patterns should be quoted to prevent shell expansion. Only queries the AUR API; does not access local package databases.