yay
Yet Another Yogurt — an AUR helper for Arch Linux, written in Go.
yay wraps pacman for official-repository packages and adds full AUR support: PKGBUILD downloading, cross-source dependency resolution, makepkg-based building, devel/VCS package tracking, and AUR voting. A single pacman-compatible CLI for both sources.
Install
AUR (recommended)
Use the AUR helper you already have, or install manually:
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
cd yay && makepkg -si
yay-bin (no Go required)
Skip the build entirely if you do not want to install Go:
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay-bin.git
cd yay-bin && makepkg -si
yay-git (latest git)
Track the latest development branch from git:
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay-git.git
cd yay-git && makepkg -si
Documentation
- Manual — yay(8) — complete command and option reference
- Lua API — init.lua hooks, autocmds, and configuration
- init.lua template — ready-to-copy configuration template
Quick reference
yay foo # search and install (yogurt mode)
yay -Syu # full upgrade: repo + AUR
yay -Syua # AUR-only upgrade
yay -G foo # download PKGBUILD
yay -Ps # system statistics and health check