📦 PackMan

A fast, unified TUI for all your package managers — built with Rust.

PackMan lets you browse, search, install, remove, and upgrade packages across pip, npm, cargo, apt, pacman, AUR, rpm, flatpak, snap, and brew — all from one beautiful terminal interface.

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✨ Features

• Auto-detects all package managers installed on your system
• Unified package list — switch between managers with Tab or number keys
• Live search — filter packages as you type
• Install / Remove / Upgrade packages without leaving the TUI
• Distro detection — shows your current Linux distro in the header
• TokyoNight color scheme — easy on the eyes
• Supports 10 package managers: pip, npm, cargo, apt, pacman, AUR (yay/paru), rpm, flatpak, snap, brew

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📦 Supported Package Managers

Manager	Platform	Notes
pip	Linux / macOS	Uses pip3 automatically
npm	Linux / macOS	Global packages only
cargo	Linux / macOS	Installed crates
brew	macOS / Linux	Homebrew
apt	Debian/Ubuntu	Uses dpkg-query
pacman	Arch Linux	Official repos
aur	Arch Linux	AUR only via yay/paru (-Qem)
rpm	Fedora/RHEL
flatpak	Linux	Flathub apps
snap	Ubuntu

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🚀 Installation

From source

git clone https://github.com/aliabdoxd14-sudo/packman
cd packman
cargo build --release
sudo cp target/release/packman /usr/local/bin/

Requirements

• Rust 1.70+
• Any of the supported package managers installed on your system

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⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts

Key	Action
↑ / k	Move up
↓ / j	Move down
/	Toggle search mode
i	Install package (type name in search first)
u	Upgrade selected package
r	Remove selected package
Tab	Switch to next package manager
1–5	Switch to package manager by index
Ctrl+R	Refresh package list
Ctrl+O	Toggle outdated packages only
Esc	Exit search mode / Quit
q	Quit

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🛠 Usage

# Launch PackMan
packman

# Show help
packman --help

To install a package:

1. Press / to enter search mode
2. Type the package name
3. Press i to install

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🏗 Built With

• Ratatui — TUI framework
• Crossterm — terminal backend
• Tokio — async runtime
• Serde JSON — JSON parsing for npm/pip output

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📄 License

MIT