We are pleased to present Package Finder, the new essential tool for managing your software!
This application is used to search for software packages. It is fully compatible with all versions of Slackel, Slackware and Salix distributions.
Main Features:
- Universal Support: Full functionality for Slackel, Slackware and Salix.
- All Versions: Compatibility with every version of the above distributions.
- Official Repositories: Direct access to the central repos of the ecosystem.
- Third-Party Repos: Integration of external third-party repositories for the Slackware ecosystem.
- Single Search: Locate official and third-party packages in one environment.
Technologies & Architecture: The application was developed with modern and efficient technologies:
- Python & HTML: The core of the application and the graphical user interface.
- JSON: Use of JSON files for fast and direct package search.
- SQLite Database: Built-in database for recording statistics.
Statistics & User Login:Through the SQLite database, the application collects anonymous statistics to improve your experience:
- Number of Online Users:Monitoring of active users in real time.
- Operating System: Recording of the distribution/version used for the connection.
- Statistics Tab: All connection data and user statistics are immediately visualized through the special built-in tab of the application statistics.
- Avg Graphs: The page includes specialized graphs that display the average of users for the last 7 days (avg last 7 days) as well as for the last 30 days (avg last 30 days) for better monitoring of long-term activity.
To search for a package
- choose Distribution: All Distributions, Arch: x86_64, In Search type firefox
- You get results for all distributions for firefox all versions x86_64 package.
- Typing firefox-152 or firefox 152 get firefox 152 x86_64 package of slackel
- Typing firefox salix get all firefox packages for all salix versions
- Typing firefox salix 15 or firefox 15 salix get firefox package for salix 15.0 version
- Typing firefox slackware 15 get firefox package for slackware 15.0
- Typing firefox slackware current get firefox package for slackware current
- Typing firefox slackware get firefox package for all slackware versions
- choose Distribution: salix 15.0 in search type geany you get geany and geany-plugins and geany-themes for salix 15.0
Typing geany 2.1 you get eany and geany-plugins
Package Finder simplifies finding software, bringing together the entire Slackware ecosystem in one application.
