Giet

Giet is a GitHub‑based package manager for Linux. It installs pre‑built binaries directly from GitHub releases, supports local files (tarballs, zips, AppImages), and offers basic package management (install, remove, update, lock/unlock).

• Install packages from GitHub URLs or owner/repo strings
• Install local packages (.tar.gz, .tgz, .tar.xz, .tar, .zip, .appimage)
• List installed packages
• Remove packages
• Update single, multiple, or all packages
• Lock packages to a specific version
• Unlock packages

The only way to install Giet currently is to compile it from source. You need Go and Git.

git clone https://github.com/linuxenjoyer64/giet.git
cd giet/src
go mod init giet
go mod tidy
go build -o giet ./cmd
sudo mv giet /usr/local/bin/

giet --help

giet -i https://github.com/owner/repo
# or
giet -i owner/repo

giet -i /path/to/package.tar.gz

giet -iv https://github.com/owner/repo
# or
giet -iv owner/repo
# or
giet -iv /path/to/package.tar.gz

giet -l

giet -r package-name

giet -u package-name

giet -u

giet --lock package-name

giet --unlock package-name

giet --version

• GitHub releases: .appimage, .tar.gz, .tgz, .tar.xz, .zip
• Local files: same as above, plus plain .tar

Issues and pull requests are welcome.