Arch Linux AUR Packages Scraper 🐧

Scrape Arch User Repository (AUR) packages for names, descriptions, versions, maintainers, votes, and popularity — clean structured fields ready as CSV, JSON, JSONL, Excel, or XML for downstream pipelines.

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parseforge/aur-arch-packages-scraper on Apify. Call: ApifyClient("TOKEN").actor("parseforge/aur-arch-packages-scraper").call(run_input={...}), then client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items for results. Key inputs: searchQuery (string, default "docker", required), maxItems (integer, default 10). Full actor spec: fetch build via GET https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/parseforge~aur-arch-packages-scraper (Bearer TOKEN). Get token: https://console.apify.com/account/integrations

Search the Arch Linux AUR the easy way. No code. No logins. Just type a package keyword like docker or yay, press run, and get a clean list of Arch User Repository packages you can open in Excel.

Why this helps ⚡

• Save hours: Skip searching aur.archlinux.org one query at a time.
• Judge quality fast: Compare votes and popularity to spot trusted packages.
• Check freshness: See last-modified and out-of-date flags before you install.
• Ready for Excel/CRM: Download results as CSV or JSON from Apify.
• Runs on a schedule: Set it to monitor AUR packages daily or weekly.

Who it's for 👥

• Arch Linux users comparing AUR packages before installing
• Package maintainers and security researchers auditing the repository
• Data teams tracking AUR trends, votes, and maintainer activity

What you get 📦

• Complete package data: Name, description, version, and upstream project URL
• Community signals: Vote count and popularity score for each package
• Maintainer and dates: Maintainer handle, first-submitted, and last-modified timestamps
• Status and links: Out-of-date flag, direct AUR page URL, and a run timestamp

📊 AUR data fields

Each package record includes: name, description, version, upstreamUrl, maintainer, numVotes, popularity, firstSubmitted, lastModified, aurUrl, outOfDate, scrapedAt and an error field. All 13 field names come from a real production run, so what you see here is what lands in your dataset.

⚠️ Good to know: you only need an Apify account; no Arch Linux or AUR login is required. Every run queries the live AUR search API, so results reflect the repository at run time. Only publicly available package metadata is collected.

🚀 How to use

1. 📝 Sign up. Create a free account (takes 2 minutes).
2. 🎯 Set input. Configure the input fields in the form (or paste a JSON), then set maxItems.
3. 🚀 Run it. Click Start and let the Actor collect your data.
4. 📥 Download. Grab your results in the Dataset tab as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

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🆘 Need Help?

If you hit a bug, have questions about setup, or need a scraper we haven't built yet, open our contact form or write to parseforge@protonmail.com. We also take on paid custom data projects.

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