CachyOS August 2026 Release Rewrites Shelly in Zig, Prepares Server Edition
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CachyOS has been released in August 2026. The fifth release of the year is revising central system tools, complementing initial support for installation profiles of the planned Server Edition and bringing changes to different desktop environments. The command line installer has received numerous bug fixes and a revised code base. At the same time, it experimentally supports the future installation profiles of the Server Edition.
August release: CachyOS expands handheld support and experiments with Server Edition.
CachyOS has released its August update. The focus is on Shelly, the default graphical package manager. The application has been rewritten from C# to Zig for this major release. Read the full article: CachyOS: August Release with New Package Manager Shelly and Improvements for Handhelds Where to follow us: Facebook, Reddit, Google News, X, Threads Want to stay up-to-date? Add us to your favorite sources on Google!
Shelly 3.0 ditches C# for Zig — Arch Linux’s package manager no longer loads .NET
Shelly, the most widely used graphical package manager on Arch Linux, no longer boots a managed runtime when you open it. Version 3.0 rebuilds the entire application in Zig — a systems programming language that compiles directly to native machine code — replacing the C# codebase that powered the tool since its first release. The practical difference shows up on startup. Where Shelly previously had to load the .NET runtime before doing anything, …
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