Nala
A command-line frontend for apt with parallel downloads and more readable output.
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About Nala
Nala wraps apt, the package manager on Debian and Ubuntu based systems. It shows installs, upgrades and removals in a clearer layout than apt's default output, and it downloads packages in parallel to speed up large updates.
It is written in Python and released under the GPL. It suits people who manage Debian or Ubuntu machines from the terminal and find apt's output hard to scan.
Strengths
- Parallel package downloads
- Clearer output than plain apt
- Open source under the GPL
Limitations
- Only for apt-based distributions such as Debian and Ubuntu
- A wrapper around apt rather than a replacement for it
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence.
- License
- GPL-3.0-or-later
- Developer
- Volian
- Platforms
- Linux, Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- No
- Best suited for
- Debian and Ubuntu users who want apt with faster downloads and cleaner output
- Categories
- System utilities, CLI tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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