Nyah 🐈

A polished, cross-platform package manager wrapper.
Nyah unifies winget, chocolatey, scoop, apt, dnf, pacman, apk, flatpak, pkg, npm, and pip behind a single consistent CLI.

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Philosophy

• Wrapper only. Nyah never hosts packages or resolves dependencies itself.
• Zero cloud. No telemetry, no package registry, no server.
• Lightweight. Installs as a Python package; no binaries required.

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Quick Start

pip install nyah          # install
nyah doctor               # check system health
nyah install git          # install a package
nyah search neovim        # find a package

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Installation

pip install nyah
# or from source:
git clone https://github.com/yourname/nyah && cd nyah
pip install -e .

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Commands

Package Management

Command	Description
nyah install <pkg> [<pkg2>...]	Install one or more packages
nyah install <pkg> with <backend>	Force a specific backend
nyah remove <pkg>	Remove a package
nyah reinstall <pkg>	Remove then re-install
nyah purge <pkg>	Remove + delete leftover config/cache dirs
nyah repair <pkg>	Attempt to repair a broken install
nyah upgrade [<pkg>...]	Upgrade packages
nyah update	Refresh package database
nyah list	List installed packages
nyah search <query>	Search for packages

Information

Command	Description
nyah info <pkg>	Detailed package info (version, homepage, license, location)
nyah which <pkg>	Locate executable, backend, and version
nyah homepage <pkg>	Open package homepage in browser

Developer Setups

Quickly bootstrap an entire developer environment:

nyah setup python     # git + python + vscode + pipx
nyah setup rust       # git + rust + llvm + vscode
nyah setup cpp        # git + cmake + llvm + vscode
nyah setup web        # git + node + vscode
nyah setup node       # git + node + yarn + vscode
nyah setup gamedev    # git + cmake + python + vscode
nyah setup ai         # git + python + vscode + pipx + cuda

Workspace Manifests

Create a nyah.toml in your project directory:

[packages]
git    = true
python = true
vscode = true
rust   = true

Then just run:

nyah install    # reads nyah.toml automatically

Export / Import / Sync

nyah export                    # save package list to packages.json
nyah export -o mylist.json     # custom filename
nyah import mylist.json        # install missing packages
nyah sync mylist.json          # sync: install missing, skip installed

Backup & Restore

nyah backup                      # creates nyah_backup.json
nyah backup -o my_backup.json    # custom filename
nyah restore nyah_backup.json    # restore packages + config

Backup includes: installed packages, preferred backend, all config, and command history.

Backend Management

nyah backend              # show current, installed, available backends
nyah use winget           # switch preferred backend
nyah enable scoop         # install a new backend (Windows)

History

nyah history                        # all history
nyah history --filter install       # only installs
nyah history --filter remove        # only removals
nyah history --last 10              # last 10 entries

Health & Doctor

nyah health      # check installed dev tools (Git, Python, Node, Java, Rust, Go, CMake, VS...)
nyah doctor      # full system diagnostic (OS, arch, PATH, admin status, backends)
nyah doctor --fix  # auto-repair common issues

Cache

nyah cache size    # show cache disk usage
nyah cache clean   # remove stale entries (keeps config + history)
nyah cache clear   # delete entire cache

Config

nyah config                    # list all config keys
nyah config get preferred_backend
nyah config set colors false
nyah config set preferred_backend chocolatey

Misc

nyah version       # Nyah and backend versions
nyah --help        # full help
nyah --debug       # verbose error output

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Supported Backends

Backend	Platform	Auto-install
winget	Windows	✔
chocolatey	Windows	✔
scoop	Windows	✔
apt	Linux (Debian/Ubuntu)	–
dnf	Linux (Fedora/RHEL)	–
pacman	Linux (Arch)	–
apk	Linux (Alpine)	–
flatpak	Linux	✔ (via apt/dnf)
pkg	FreeBSD	–
npm	Any (Node.js)	–
pip	Any (Python)	–
git	Any	–

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Architecture

nyah/
├── cli.py          ← Argument parsing + output formatting
├── dispatcher.py   ← All business logic
├── config.py       ← ~/.nyah/config.json
├── detector.py     ← Discovers installed package managers
├── logger.py       ← Colored console output
├── backend/
│   ├── base.py     ← Abstract backend interface
│   ├── winget.py
│   ├── chocolatey.py
│   ├── scoop.py
│   ├── apt.py
│   ├── dnf.py
│   ├── pacman.py
│   ├── apk.py
│   ├── flatpak.py
│   ├── pkg.py
│   ├── npm.py
│   ├── pip.py
│   └── git.py
└── test_nyah.py    ← Full test suite (50+ tests)

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Contributing

1. Fork the repo
2. Add your feature in the right backend or dispatcher method
3. Write a test in test_nyah.py
4. Run pytest nyah/test_nyah.py -q — all must pass
5. Open a PR

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License

MIT