PkgSeek

What it does

PkgSeek is an open-source package search engine for Linux, BSD & Homebrew. 🔎 1.9M+ packages across 31 distributions: Debian, Arch, Fedora, RHEL, openEuler, openKylin, UOS, OpenWrt, FreeBSD, Homebrew… Compare versions across distros. Check CVEs + fixed versions. File reverse-lookup, dependency graphs, error→install commands. 🔓 Open by default: free REST API + MCP, daily Parquet/JSON dumps, no challenge, no 10,000-result cap. Try nginx, openssl, or /usr/bin/convert at https://pkgseek.com.

Search Linux, BSD and Homebrew packages across Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Alpine, Arch, FreeBSD, NetBSD and more. Compare versions, dependencies, files and sourced CVE evidence in one place.

A growing package index spanning Linux distributions, FreeBSD, NetBSD and Homebrew. Version compare, dependency graphs and CVE data, all open. One package, every distribution, side by side. Spot who is on the newest release and who is lagging, without opening five tabs. Buffer over-read in the ngx_http_mp4_module when handling crafted MP4 files, leading to worker process crash. Memory disclosure in mp4 module under specific configuration when processing a specially crafted media file. A real API, file reverse-lookup, dependency graphs and daily data dumps. Public reads need no challenge and have no 10,000-result cap. Full snapshots in Parquet and JSON. Take the whole index offline. No…from pkgseek.com

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  Libredesk – Open-source customer support desk. Single binary app2025 · github.com · ▲376

  Libredesk is a 100% free and open-source customer support desk, the backend is written in Go and the frontend is in Vue JS with ShadnCN for UI components. Unlike many "open-core" alternatives that lock essential features behind enterprise plans, Libredesk is fully open-source and plans to always stay this way. It's in alpha (v0.1.0) right now, but there’s a working demo available. I built this because I wanted a truly open and self-hosted alternative to platforms like Chatwoot, Intercom, and Zendesk. Would love feedback, suggestions, and thoughts from the community. GitHub:…

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  Sysdig, a tool for Linux system exploration2014 · github.com · ▲171

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  pkg.vc2025 · pkg.vc · ▲33

  Install npm packages from pull requests or branches

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  PkgHub.io - Simple Ubuntu Package Hosting2013 · pkghub.io · ▲48

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  Packagr.app – a private package repository with security scanning2019 · packagr.app · ▲43

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  I built a tool for policy driven vetting of open source packages2023 · github.com · ▲7

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