astmn

A lightweight asset manager designed for tracking and extracting binary files via Git-friendly manifests.

Warning

This project is in early development. Features and CLI interfaces are unstable and may not work.

Supported Formats

Archive Type	Status
.zip	Implemented
.7z	Implemented
.tar.gz	Implemented
.gzip	Planned
.tar	Planned
.rar	Planned

How It Works

Current Mode

1. Reads a YAML manifest tracking binary asset versions and target paths.
2. Downloads full archives from remote sources (e.g., Google Drive, direct HTTP).
3. Verifies integrity using SHA-256 checksums and safe path extraction.
4. Overwrites local assets when the manifest in the registry changes.

Roadmap

• File-level Hashing: Track individual binary files instead of full archives to download only updated files, drastically reducing bandwidth usage.
• Dedicated Hosting/Server: Custom server implementation to handle delta syncs and chunked binary storage.

Quickstart

# Build the binary
make build

# View the package contents
./astmn view templates/Example_UE_Asset_Pack.yml

# Install assets from a manifest
./astmn install templates/Example_UE_Asset_Pack.yml

# Interactively generate a new package manifest
./astmn pack