This repository never hosts a binary. Every PKGBUILD sources what upstream published — a release tarball, .deb, wheel or AppImage — and either repackages it (-bin) or builds it (no suffix), exactly like any hand-written AUR package would. CI only bumps pkgver and the checksums.

This is not a style preference. The AUR submission guidelines say:

Packages that use prebuilt deliverables, when the sources are available, must use the -bin suffix. […] The AUR should not contain the binary tarball created by makepkg

A -bin package repackages what upstream ships. Building the software yourself, publishing the result as a release asset and having the AUR PKGBUILD download that makes this repository an unofficial binary repository — users can no longer verify that the package matches what upstream released. Packages set up that way were removed from the AUR in July 2026; do not reintroduce the pattern.

If upstream ships no Linux binary, there are exactly two options: build from source in the PKGBUILD (and drop the -bin suffix), or don't package it.

Packages

Package	Upstream	Upstream deliverable	AUR
`bt-volume-step`	Felitendo/bt-volume-step — corrects the coarse internal volume grid of Bluetooth audio devices on PipeWire	built from source	bt-volume-step
`cachy-auto-update`	Felitendo/cachy-auto-update — unattended background updates for CachyOS (pacman, AUR, Flatpak, AppImages)	built from source	cachy-auto-update
`chiaki-ng-bin`	streetpea/chiaki-ng — PlayStation Remote Play client (Qt6)	AppImage	chiaki-ng-bin
`chromium-widevine-helper`	GloriousEggroll/chromium-widevine-helper — extension + native helper installing Google's Widevine CDM into Chromium-based browser profiles	no build step	chromium-widevine-helper
`concat`	jub0t/Concat — free and open-source CapCut replacement (a Slint window over a Rust video engine)	built from source	not published yet
`concat-bin`	jub0t/Concat — prebuilt release of `concat`	self-contained tarball	not published yet
`concat-git`	jub0t/Concat — `main` branch of `concat`	built from source	concat-git
`faugus-launcher-bin`	Faugus/faugus-launcher — launcher for Windows games via UMU-Launcher	`.deb` (`all`)	faugus-launcher-bin
`fluxer-bin`	fluxer.app — Fluxer desktop client (Electron)	tarball	fluxer-bin
`lunar-client-bin`	lunarclient.com — Minecraft PvP modpack launcher	AppImage	lunar-client-bin
`middleclick-autoscroll`	Felitendo/middleclick-autoscroll — enables middle-click autoscroll in every application that supports it	built from source	middleclick-autoscroll
`modrinth-app-bin`	modrinth/code — Minecraft mod manager/launcher	`.deb`	modrinth-app-bin
`nextcloud-native`	Obiente/nc-native — adaptive native Nextcloud client for files, media and installed server apps (Compose Multiplatform, unofficial)	built from source	nextcloud-native
`nextcloud-native-bin`	Obiente/nc-native — prebuilt release of `nextcloud-native`	`.deb`	nextcloud-native-bin
`nextcloud-native-git`	Obiente/nc-native — `main` branch of `nextcloud-native`	built from source	nextcloud-native-git
`plezy-bin`	edde746/plezy — Plex, Jellyfin and Emby client (Flutter); the source package lives in `extra`	`.deb`	plezy-bin
`sharpemu-bin`	sharpemu/sharpemu — experimental PlayStation 5 emulator	tarball	sharpemu-bin
`snapx-bin`	SnapXL/SnapX — ShareX-fork screenshot/sharing tool	self-contained tarball	snapx-bin
`timetable`	ostfriese4/untis — "Timetable", a GTK4 + LibAdwaita client for WebUntis	built from source	timetable
`vacuumtube-bin`	shy1132/VacuumTube — YouTube Leanback (TV UI) with built-in adblocker	`.deb`	vacuumtube-bin
`waydroid-helper-bin`	ayasa520/waydroid-helper — GTK4 GUI for Waydroid configuration and extensions	AppImage	waydroid-helper-bin
`wiiudownloader-bin`	Xpl0itU/WiiUDownloader — Wii U title downloader (Go + GTK3)	AppImage	wiiudownloader-bin
`zapzap-bin`	rafatosta/zapzap — WhatsApp desktop client (PyQt6 + WebEngine)	wheel	zapzap-bin

Setup (one-time)

Create an AUR account and add an SSH public key to it (AUR account settings).
Add the matching private key as a repository secret named AUR_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY (Settings → Secrets and variables → Actions → New repository secret).
Optionally set the repository variable AUR_GIT_NAME and the repository secret AUR_GIT_EMAIL to control the commit identity used on the AUR (defaults: Felitendo / the maintainer's GitHub noreply address).

The first push to ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/<pkgname>.git creates the AUR package automatically.

Adding a package

Check first that upstream actually publishes a Linux binary, that the package is not already in the official repositories (the AUR rejects the push outright: "package already provided by [extra]"), and that the AUR does not already carry an equivalent package — a -bin next to a maintained source package is fine, a second copy of the same thing is not.

Then create a directory named after the AUR package containing:

PKGBUILD — sources upstream's release URLs directly. pkgver, pkgrel and sha256sums are maintained by CI, so keep sha256sums on a single line.
pkg.sh — bash sourced by scripts/update-package.sh, defining:
- latest_version — prints the latest upstream version, no v prefix.
- refresh_checksums <version> <pkgbuild-path> — updates the sha256sums* lines for that version. If the asset name carries build metadata that does not follow from pkgver (see snapx-bin, faugus-launcher-bin), resolve it via the GitHub API here and sync an _asset variable in the PKGBUILD too.
- BUILD_DEPS — optional array of Arch packages to install before the CI test build; only needed by packages that build from source.
- AUR_PUBLISH — optional; set to false to keep a package out of the AUR while it is still being prepared. Everything else still runs, so the PKGBUILD is kept current and test-built; only the publishing waits. Flip it to true to go live (concat, concat-bin).
Other local source files in the directory (.desktop files, patches, …) are pushed to the AUR alongside PKGBUILD and .SRCINFO.

The workflow discovers package directories automatically. Trigger a run manually via Actions → Update AUR packages → Run workflow to publish it immediately.