Introduction

Declarch is a declarative wrapper for many package managers.

Short version:

you list what you want,
declarch maps it to backends,
declarch sync applies it.

Why people use it

One workflow for mixed ecosystems (pacman, flatpak, npm, nix, etc).
Config-first style that is easier to review and version.
Backend configs are flexible, so they can follow upstream package-manager changes.

What it is not

Not a replacement for every backend CLI feature.
Not guaranteed perfect on every backend/environment pair yet.

v0.8 note

v0.8 introduced breaking changes. If you are migrating, back up config first and start with preview.

cp -r ~/.config/declarch ~/.config/declarch.backup
declarch --dry-run sync

Path above is Linux-style. Use this to print real paths on your OS:

declarch info --doctor

One important behavior

declarch install expects explicit backend now. Use backend:package or --backend <name>.

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