Overview

Pkgline is a user-space package manager for Linux and macOS. It installs developer tools directly from git repositories without needing sudo.

Why Pkgline?

• No sudo: Binaries go into ~/.pkgline/bin (add it to your PATH).
• Git-first: Clone from forge shorthand (gh:, gl:, cb:, sh:), full Git URLs, or local directories.
• Native builds: Go, Rust, cbld/C/C++, Make, and CMake. Make/CMake can be inferred from Makefile / CMakeLists.txt when language is omitted.
• Script fallback: Repos can ship install.sh / uninstall.sh hooks in pkgline.toml.

Architecture

graph TD
    A[Git remotes] -->|clone| B(Pkgline)
    B -->|read pkgline.toml| C{Build type}
    C -->|go / rust / cbld / make / cmake| D[Compile]
    C -->|install.sh| E[Script hook]
    D --> F[~/.pkgline/bin]
    E --> F