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Paru

Paru is a free, open-source developer tool for Linux. Paru is your standard pacman wrapping AUR helper with lots of features and minimal interaction. It has 9,050 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0 license. Its source code is on GitHub at Morganamilo/paru.

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About Paru

Paru is your standard pacman wrapping AUR helper with lots of features and minimal interaction. paru -- Interactively search and install.

Install Paru

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AUR (Arch Linux)

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Is Paru free and open source?

Yes. Paru's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0 license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free, so you can use, copy and change it for free.

How do I install Paru?

the AUR package paru. The commands are on this page. Installers are also on its GitHub Releases page (latest: v2.1.0).

Is Paru still maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 27, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.