This software is in pre-alpha state. While the core functionality is implemented, things are expected to be broken.

bxt is a repository management system that allows to create ALPM repositories (called "Boxes" here) in a declarative way and operate with them using command line tools or a web-API.

This repository contains following projects:

• daemon: a server side backend application that handles all the repository work aspects.
• frontend: a client web application allowing users to interact with the server in a convenient manner.

Features

• Clear Structure: Box consists of sections, a branch/repository/architecture triplet (e.g., stable/core/x86_64) allowing straightforward navigation in a file manager-like UI;
• Simple Package Management: packages can be added, removed and updated using a plain drag-and-drop;
• Synchronization: Box's state can synchronized with a remote repository of arbitrary structure;
• Automatic Deployment Support: packages can be pushed via a basic HTTP API designed to be used in scripts;
• User Management: bxt is made to have a hierarchical multi-user system with per-user granular permission control;
• Candidates System: the package's source (either sync or manual/automatic push) preference is fully configurable;

Setup

To build and run this application you can use Docker (with Buildx):

# copy example configs
mkdir -p /etc/bxtd/
cp configs/config.toml /etc/bxtd/config.toml
cp configs/box.yml /etc/bxtd/box.yml

# adopt configs as needed

# build and run
docker compose up production