About us
Chaotic-AUR is a binary repository for Arch Linux, run by a team of volunteers who pre-build AUR packages.
The team
Nico JenschLead MaintainerGitHub profile of Nico Jensch
TNEInfra maintainerGitHub profile of TNE
Pedro H. Lara CamposFounderGitHub profile of Pedro H. Lara Campos
Paulo MatiasFormer TU, Co-founderGitHub profile of Paulo Matias
Technetium1Package maintenanceGitHub profile of Technetium1
xiotaPackage maintenanceGitHub profile of xiota
YumiMirror managementGitHub profile of Yumi
Joëlle van EssenPackage reviewsGitHub profile of Joëlle van Essen
SolarAquarionPackage maintenanceGitHub profile of SolarAquarion
LordKitsunaFormer kernel builderGitHub profile of LordKitsuna
João FigueiredoKDE git packagesGitHub profile of João Figueiredo
AlexjpKDE git packagesGitHub profile of Alexjp
Rustem B.Package maintenanceGitHub profile of Rustem B.
Build infrastructure
Most packages build automatically from their AUR source. Some exceptions live in our package repository.
The main node runs in Hetzner's Finnish datacenter on an EX44, with hardware from Garuda Linux.
Get in touch
For questions and support, use our issue trackers or the Telegram group. For private matters, pick one of these channels.
Open an issue for enhancements, database corruptions and other requests. Report build bugs to the AUR package maintainers.
Mirrors
The mirror list shows every mirror and its status. We distribute files with Syncthing.
To host a mirror yourself, contact us through any of the channels above.
Memorial
For our 3rd and 6th birthday, the community shared their desktop and terminal screenshots. For our 8th birthday, we look back at our history.
Useful links
- News channel
- t.me/s/chaotic_aur
- Community chat
- t.me/chaotic_aur_sac
- Matrix bridge
- #chaotic-aur:mozilla.org
- Package list
- pkgs.org
- Manual downloads
- builds.garudalinux.org
- Chaotic manager
- chaotic-manager.pages.dev
- Status page
- uptime.chaotic.cx
Special thanks
- Librewish (Shrinivas Kumbhar), former co-maintainer, Garuda Linux founder
- Garuda Linux staffers
- All current and past mirror providers
- Tk-Glitch (TkG)
- Kodehawa
- Figue
- Benjamim Gois
- Dr Juan Carlos Ponce Campuzano, creator of the Aizawa applet and our logo
- BlackStarMuzic, clean version of our logo
- Frogging Family and Linux Gaming Dev Discord servers
- André, Gabriel Olivato and Maiser
- AUR package maintainers, Arch Linux TUs and staffers
- Everybody who helped with the projects we pre-build
In memory of our colleague Rustem Bakirov, a proactive co-maintainer who left us in December 2021 at the age of 20.