A package manager for Linux. The goal is to make software management as easy and straightforward as in mobile operating systems.
Sword stands for System Wide Open Repository Director.
Currently the app is WIP (work in progress) and comes with no promises. Here's what works:
- Homescreen with most popular apps
- App cards showing name, description, icon, and active source
- Search engine across Pacman, Flatpak and AUR with deduplication (1 app = 1 entry)
- Multi-source unification: one entry per app, best source pre-selected, manual override available
- Dark and light theme with live switching
Near-term priorities:
- Install and remove: one-click package management functionality
- App detail view: full description, version history, source comparison, screenshots
- Installed apps list: separate view for what's currently on the system
- Update queue: pending updates across all sources in one place (including system packages!)
- Smoothness optimizations: it runs well on my machine, but I don't think it would on a 2010 laptop
Built on Tauri with Go on-device backend. May be bloated; I prioritize UX over sparing 200mb of ram.