Chaotic-AUR package list

This is the right place to submit package requests, bug reports, or outdated packages of Chaotic-AUR. Please feel free to use issues! 📜

Some packages we have already built

• Variations of the Linux kernel such as
  • Cachyos / Cachyos-BORE,
  • Clear,
  • Nitrous,
  • VFIO,
  • XanMod / XanMod-RT / XanMod-LTS,
  • Mainline,
  • AMD / AMD Znver2 / AMD Znver3,
  • LQX
  • and a few architecture-specific variants of the previously mentioned kernels
• Emulators and gaming utilities
• A lot of browsers like Firedragon, Firefox-wayland-hg, Floorp, Icecat, and Ungoogled Chromium
• ... a lot more ...

Check out the package lists to find out what exactly gets built and when! 🕵️‍♀️

Modified packages

While we would prefer to build AUR packages without modification, doing so is often not practical or possible.

• Depends, options, or commands may be missing.
• Erroneous options or commands may be present.
• Packages may not build or function without changes.
• Packages may not meet packaging standards.

To address such issues:

• Toolbox automatically corrects some common errors.
• Manual corrections may be applied with Interfere.
• The original package may be forked as a custom package.

Special packages

• chaotic-keyring: Public keys to verify the Chaotic-AUR package signatures.
• chaotic-mirrorlist: List of servers mirroring Chaotic-AUR packages.
• chaotic-interfere: Marker indicating manually applied interferes. This package is not intended to be installed.

Banished and rejected packages 📑

This is a list of packages that we will reject for good reasons:

• snapd: We didn't know how to help our users with it since it breaks A LOT. We recommend using native packages or FlatPak instead. Also, there are a lot of other reasons to not use Snaps.

• lib32-*: The difficulty of maintaining 32-bit packages is increasing as their usefulness decreases. They may be considered to keep existing packages working, like wine-*. Otherwise, use 64-bit packages when available.

• gst-plugins-{ugly,bad}: These need too frequent rebuilds which can't be dealt with as we don't control the packages pkgrel. Ultimately this would result in a bad user experience.

• ffmpeg-{full,headless}: These need too frequent rebuilds which can't be dealt with as we don't control the packages pkgrel. Ultimately this would result in a bad user experience.

• mpv-amd, ffmpeg-amd: This is just MPV/FFMPEG without CUDA and NVENC to achieve shorter build times without actual end-user benefit.

• unreal-engine (and -git): Some mirrors don't have sufficient storage space.

• python2: Has been EOL for a couple of years, and was removed from Arch repositories. Requests for packages that depend on it in any way will be rejected (see #1958).

• linux-ck: Other kernels contain the same optimizations, and official pre-built binaries are available from repo-ck.

• Packages that use EOL, non-standard, or modified versions of Electron. Packages that use Electron as a web browser. The consecutive cluster of Electron versions available from the extra repository are acceptable.

• Dependencies without any dependents: Such packages are useless by themselves. Maintaining them wastes effort that is better spent elsewhere.

Banned due to licensing issues 🛑

• AMDGPU PRO Drivers. Redistribution of both software and documentation is prohibited.

• aseprite{-git}: Redistribution is explicitly prohibited in its FAQ.

• feishu: Unauthorized redistribution of their applications is explicitly prohibited per ToS.

• multimc*: Redistribution of custom binaries that include their API keys and trademarked assets is explicitly prohibited.

• rider: Redistribution disallowed per ToS.

• tlauncher: Legal gray area, as it potentially allows playing Minecraft in a reduced capacity without a license.