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app parui

Simple TUI frontend for paru or yay

44 releases (16 stable)

1.0.19 Jan 19, 2026
1.0.18 Apr 29, 2024
1.0.10 Sep 6, 2023
1.0.9 Aug 26, 2023
0.1.4 Apr 28, 2022

#239 in Command-line interface

MIT license

57KB
1.5K SLoC

parui

Crates.io

Simple TUI frontend for paru or yay.

Usage

Usage: parui [OPTION]... QUERY
        Search for QUERY in the Arch User Repository.,
        Example:
           parui -p=yay rustup

        Options:
           -p=<PROGRAM>
               Selects program used to search AUR
               Not guaranteed to work well
               Default: paru
           -h
               Print this help and exit

Keybinds

parui adopts vim-like keybinds.

Key Mode Action
<Return> Insert Search for query
<C-w> Insert Removes previous word
<C-c> Both Exits parui
<Escape> Both Switch Modes
i, / Select Enter Insert Mode
<Return> Select Install selected packages
<C-j>, <C-Down> Select Moves info one row down
<C-k>, <C-Up> Select Moves info one row up
h, <Left>, <PgUp> Select Moves one page back
j, <Down> Select Moves one row down
k, <Up> Select Moves one row up
l, <Right>, <PgDn> Select Moves one page forwards
g, <Home> Select Go to start
G, <End> Select Go to end
<Space> Select Select/deselect package
c Select Clear selections
<S-R> Select Remove selected packages
q Select Exits parui

Images

Start Screen Info Info Scrolling Selections

Dependencies

~15–24MB
~437K SLoC