Atlas — Safer Package Management for Arch Linux

Latest Release: v0.16.1
The AUR Isn't as Safe as It Used to Be.
Atlas Makes It Legible

PKGBUILD diffs in a terminal are overwhelming - most people skip past them. Atlas surfaces suspicious build patterns, maintainer changes, and source-level trust signals in a clean GUI, so you actually see the warning before you click install. Arch repos, AUR, Flatpak, and AppImage - all in one app, with themes, accent colors, and a ~30% faster launch in 0.14.

Atlas Brand Logo
yay -S atlas-pm
Instantly compiled and packaged locally through standard Arch build chains.
Arch Repositories via pacmanArch User Repository (AUR)Flatpak FlathubAppImage Integrations

Try the Live Atlas Dashboard Experience

We reconstructed a fully functioning web simulator of Atlas's layout. Try clicking package source pill switches, triggers simulated password checks, compile AUR dependencies, or clean storage space.

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ATLAS
DEMO
v0.16.1

Good morning, Cory

Package databases and keyring signatures validated 3 seconds ago.

Updates
Software Updates
1 pending
Safety
Timeshift Backups
Hook Active
Storage
Reclaim Space
10.4 GB footprint
Activity
Recent Logs
2 actions logged
AUR & Configs
Config Backups
3 .pacnews

System Package Catalog

S

steam

multilib • v1.0.0.85-7

Digital distribution platform for video games. Steam provides DRM, social networking, multiplayer matchmaking, and video streaming.

K

kodi

extra • v21.3-5

A free and open-source media player software application developed by the XBMC Foundation.

S

Spotify

flathub • v1.2.89.539.gfb3c63a3

Online proprietary music streaming service offering digital copyright restricted recorded audio, podcasts and video.

via Flatpak
Z

Zoom

flathub • v7.0.5.3034

Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing, Webinars, Screen Sharing and online meeting rooms.

D

Dropbox

flathub • v254.4.2518

Access your files securely from any computer or mobile device. Easily share large attachments with friends and colleagues.

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audacity

extra • v1:3.7.7-2

No description available for this package. A multi-track audio editor and recorder.

APPLICATION IN ACTION

Explore the Atlas Interface

Take a look at how Atlas streamlines package management through its actual layouts, clean typography, and granular control pages.

Atlas - Dashboard
Dashboard
Expand Screenshot

The dashboard shows lazy, fail-open attention cards - pending updates, system safety warnings, reclaimable disk space, recent activity, and AUR safety advisories. A command palette (Ctrl+K) lets you jump to any page or action instantly.

Attention Center cardsCommand palette (Ctrl+K)Multi-source groupingFail-open design

Coded for Speed, Hardened for Security

How Atlas addresses classic package problems with elegant designs and architecture.

One Card, Every Source

When a program is listed across multiple sources (e.g. VLC on pacman and Flathub), Atlas bundles them under a single card with a source-comparison panel showing trust notes, versions, and sizes side by side.

vlc-player
ArchAURFlat

Transaction Preview & Trust

Every install, update, uninstall, and downgrade gets a pre-flight preview showing download sizes, dependencies, AUR warnings, Flatpak permissions, and reverse-dep danger on removal. Copy the equivalent CLI command from any preview.

Pre-flight gate
FAIL-OPEN

PKGBUILD Viewer & AUR Safety

A first-class build-recipe reader: syntax-highlighted PKGBUILD, risk summary, .install scriptlet tabs, maintainer/checksum panel, line-linked findings, and a "changed since your build" diff. Advisory only - never a gate.

RISK SCANDIFF VIEW

Arch Maintenance Cockpit

System Health page with 10+ checks (DB-sync age, mirrorlist, pacman lock, keyring freshness, orphans, cache), a .pacnew center with per-file risk badges and read-only diffs, and a mirror manager showing the exact regenerate command. Pure Python, pure pywebview - no heavy runtimes.

# architecture configatlas/gems/arch • core
atlas/gems/flatpak • core
atlas/gems/appimage • core
atlas/view/webview • pywebview

Arch & AUR Stay Separated

AUR packages are community-maintained - Atlas keeps them visibly distinct with heuristic PKGBUILD scanning, maintainer-change advisories, orphan detection, out-of-date flags, vote counts, and AUR discovery buckets (Popular, Recent, VCS, Binary).

OUT OF DATEVOTES: 114

Flatpak Transparency & Control

Flatseal-grade permissions page (Share, Socket, Device, Filesystem, Bus, Environment) with in-app override editing via flatpak override --user. Detail-modal badges show FOSS/proprietary, verified/unverified, downloads, and an advisory safety tier. Every edit surfaces the exact override command - nothing hidden from CLI users.

# flatpak permissionsShare/Socket/Device • toggles
Filesystem/Bus/Env • editable
Safety tier • advisory
Override command • copyable

Installation Guide

Standard compilation workflows for the Arch build chain, makepkg compilers, or running raw Python codes directly.

AUR Helper (Arch & CachyOS)

The standard and fastest way. Install the stable release using an AUR helper such as yay or paru. Prefer atlas-pm (versioned releases); atlas-pm-git tracks HEAD for bleeding-edge builds.

Shell Console Container
$yay -S atlas-pm
# or for the latest development build:
$yay -S atlas-pm-git
# launch the graphical client
$atlas