About the project

I am a chronic distro-hopper. Every time I move between systems, I forget small package-management details: whether a package exists, what it is called on that distro, or which command I used last time.

For a while, I solved this with small bash aliases that combined package-manager search commands with fzf. The problem was that I kept changing distros, changing configs, and forgetting to bring those aliases with me. Fuzin is my attempt to make that workflow portable.

Fuzin detects the available package manager and opens an interactive fzf search. It works with package managers like pacman, apt, dnf, zypper, and brew. On Arch-based systems, it can also fall back to AUR helpers like yay or paru.

Demo

What I Use It For

  • Portable package search: Fuzin detects the package manager and opens the right search flow.
  • Multi-select installs/removals: I can select more than one package with TAB.
  • Package previews: I can read package descriptions without leaving the terminal.
  • AUR fallback: On Arch-based systems, I can search the AUR with yay or paru when the package is not in the official repositories.
  • Remove mode: I can search installed packages and remove the ones I select.

Installation

git clone https://github.com/Deniz-13/fuzin.git
cd fuzin
chmod +x fuzin
sudo mv fuzin /usr/local/bin/fuzin

Usage

1. Search and install packages

The default mode is install mode.

fuzin
fuzin -i                # enters install mode.

If you are using pacman and the package does not exist in the official repositories, press ESC and Fuzin will ask whether you want to search the AUR.

2. AUR helpers

fuzin -y or --yay       # use yay for AUR search
fuzin -p or --paru      # use paru for AUR search

3. Remove packages

You can also search and remove packages that are already installed on your system.

fuzin -r                # search and remove installed packages