PackagePicker is a quick way to install your favorite software on a new computer using existing package managers. Just select the apps you want, we'll give you a command to install them all at once!
yay augments the default pacman package manager on Arch linux. It can install pacman packages, as well as packages from the AUR (Arch User Repository).
⬇️ Select the packages you'd like to install with yay: ⬇️
Browsers 🌐
Chrome is Google's browser based on the open source Chromium. [Wikipedia]
📦 yay: google-chrome AUR
ungoogled-chromium is a free and open-source variant of Chromium that removes all Google-specific web services. [Wikipedia]
📦 yay: ungoogled-chromium-bin AUR
Brave is a free and open-source web browser based on the Chromium web browser. It is focused on privacy, and does some interesting things with adblocking and cryptocurrency. [Wikipedia]
📦 yay: brave-bin AUR
Messaging & Communication 📧
Beeper is an instant messaging service that enables using a variety of other chat services and protocols from the same unique application. [Wikipedia]
📦 yay: beeper-latest-bin AUR
Slack is a cloud-based team communication platform based primarily around instant messaging. [Wikipedia]
📦 yay: slack-desktop AUR
Skype is a proprietary telecommunications application operated by Skype Technologies, a division of Microsoft, best known videoconferencing, voice calls, and instant messaging. [Wikipedia]
📦 yay: skypeforlinux-stable-bin AUR
Mozilla Thunderbird is free and open-source email client software which also functions as a full personal information manager with a calendar and contactbook, as well as an RSS feed reader, chat client (IRC/XMPP/Matrix), and news client. [Wikipedia]
📦 yay: thunderbird
Security 🔐
WireGuard is a communication protocol and free and open-source software that implements encrypted virtual private networks (VPNs) with a focus on simplicity and performance. [Wikipedia]
📦 yay: wireguard-tools
Media 🎞
Spotify is an audio streaming app with music and podcasts. It has a premium subscription to remove ads. [Wikipedia]
📦 yay: spotify AUR
foobar2000 is a freeware audio player. It has a modular design, which provides user flexibility in configuration and customization. [Wikipedia]
📦 yay: foobar2000 AUR
Utility 🔧
balenaEtcher is a free and open-source utility used for writing image files such as .iso and .img files onto storage media to create live SD cards and USB flash drives. [Wikipedia]
📦 yay: etcher-bin AUR
Flameshot is an open-source and cross platform screenshot tool.
📦 yay: flameshot
Creative 🎨
OBS Studio is a free and open-source, cross-platform screencasting and streaming app. [Wikipedia]
📦 yay: obs-studio
LAME is an mp3 encoder. The patent has expired, so it's now bundled with Audacity on Windows and macOS. You may still need to install it on Linux. See https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/faq_installing_the_lame_mp3_encoder.html
📦 yay: lame
Unreal Engine 3D computer graphics game engine developed by Epic Games [Wikipedia]
📦 yay: unreal-engine AUR
The version of Godot with Mono which allows for writing code in C#
📦 yay: godot-mono-bin AUR
Compression 🗜️
7-Zip is a free and open-source file archiver, used to create and extract .zip, .7z and other archives. [Wikipedia]
📦 yay: 7-zip-full AUR
PeaZip is a free and open-source cross-platform file manager and file archiver. [Wikipedia]
📦 yay: peazip-qt-bin AUR
Cloud ☁️
Dropbox is a file storage and synchronization service. [Wikipedia]
📦 yay: dropbox AUR
Insync is a third-party client for managing file syncing in Dropbox, Google Drive, and OneDrive
📦 yay: insync AUR
Documents 📄
Foxit PDF Reader is a cross-platform PDF reader. [Wikipedia]
📦 yay: foxitreader AUR
Writing 🖋
Notion is a freemium productivity and note-taking web application. It offers organizational tools including task management, project tracking, to-do lists, and bookmarking. [Wikipedia]
📦 yay: notion-app-electron AUR
Obsidian is a personal knowledge base and note-taking software application that operates on Markdown files. It allows users to link between notes and create a knowledge graph. [Wikipedia]
📦 yay: obsidian-bin
Logseq is an open-source and cross-platform knowledge base and organizational tool.
📦 yay: logseq-desktop-bin AUR
LibreOffice is a free and open-source office productivity software suite. It provides similar functionality to the Microsoft Office Suite. [Wikipedia]
📦 yay: libreoffice-fresh
Gaming 🎮
Heroic is a free, open-source, and cross-platform launcher for Epic, GOG and Amazon Prime Games
Legendary is a CLI open-source game launcher that can download and install games from the Epic Games platform on Linux, macOS, and Windows
📦 yay: legendary AUR
Dev Langs & Runtimes 🧑💻
Python version is deprecated and you should prefer Python 3 unless you have a specific reason to use 2.
📦 yay: python2 AUR
Dev Tools 🪛
PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management program from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and the associated scripting language. It is open-source and cross-platform. [Wikipedia]
📦 yay: powershell-bin AUR
Visual Studio Code, also commonly referred to as VS Code, is a source-code editor developed by Microsoft. It is cross-platform. [Wikipedia]
📦 yay: visual-studio-code-bin AUR
VSCodium is a community-driven, freely-licensed binary distribution of Microsoft’s editor VS Code
📦 yay: vscodium-bin AUR
Git Large File System allows for tracking larger files and binary blobs in Git.
📦 yay: git-lfs
Docker Desktop is a GUI tool for managing Docker images and containers. It is not free for commercial use at larger companies!
📦 yay: docker
Docker Compose is a tool for defining and running multi-container applications. It allows defining docker containers in YAML files instead of via command-line arguments.
📦 yay: docker-compose
Aruino IDE is an editor and other tools required for programming and flashing Arduino microcontrollers.
📦 yay: arduino-ide
Oracle VM VirtualBox is a hosted hypervisor for x86 virtualization developed by Oracle Corporation. [Wikipedia]
📦 yay: virtualbox
Wireshark is a free and open-source packet analyzer. It is used for network troubleshooting, analysis, software and communications protocol development, and education. [Wikipedia]
📦 yay: wireshark-qt
Then run this command in a terminal
yay -S