RepoSources

Static JSON files mapping Linux distro package names to Homebrew formula names, hosted via GitHub Pages at zachhandley.github.io/RepoSources.

What it does

A Forgejo workflow runs weekly on a self-hosted runner, paginates the Repology API, and generates JSON mapping files for Debian 12, Ubuntu 24.04, and Alpine 3.20 packages to their Homebrew equivalents. The results are force-pushed to the gh-pages branch on GitHub, which triggers a GitHub Actions workflow to deploy to GitHub Pages.

Data flow

1. Forgejo (self-hosted, Alpine container) runs scripts/generate-maps.py
2. Script paginates Repology API, generates docs/maps/{debian,ubuntu,alpine,all}.json
3. Forgejo pushes docs/ contents to gh-pages branch on GitHub
4. GitHub Actions deploys gh-pages to GitHub Pages

Files

URL	Description
maps/debian.json	Debian 12 package name -> Homebrew formula
maps/ubuntu.json	Ubuntu 24.04 package name -> Homebrew formula
maps/alpine.json	Alpine 3.20 package name -> Homebrew formula
maps/all.json	All distros combined in one file

JSON format

{
  "metadata": {
    "generated_at": "2026-03-21T04:00:00Z",
    "source": "repology",
    "distro": "debian_12",
    "total_mappings": 4500
  },
  "mappings": {
    "libssl-dev": "openssl@3",
    "curl": "curl",
    "python3": "python@3"
  }
}

Running manually

python3 scripts/generate-maps.py

Requires requests (pip install requests or apk add py3-requests on Alpine).