[Feature]: Arch based Linux release

[EHMilon]

Problem / pain point

Hello! I am using Arch Linux and noticed that while there are .deb and .rpm releases, there isn't a native Arch package available.

While tools like debtap can convert packages, having an official Arch-compatible build (or a PKGBUILD submitted to the AUR) would make the installation much cleaner and more reliable for Arch-based users.

Proposed solution

Would you consider adding a .pkg.tar.zst to your release workflow or maintaining an official AUR package? This would greatly benefit the Arch/Manjaro community.

Alternatives considered

No response

Scope

Other

Hard-constraints check

• I have read the hard constraints in CLAUDE.md and this proposal does not conflict with any of them.

[github-actions]

Thanks for reporting this. I checked the current packaging and release setup in this repo, and I could not find Arch Linux packaging or AUR automation wired up yet.

Right now, the documented Linux release artifacts are AppImage, .deb, and .rpm (README.md:146, README.md:154, README.md:156). The release workflow builds those same Linux artifacts on Ubuntu (.github/workflows/release.yml:152, .github/workflows/release.yml:156, .github/workflows/release.yml:158), and the Electron builder config only declares Linux targets for AppImage, deb, and rpm (apps/desktop/electron-builder.yml:89, apps/desktop/electron-builder.yml:90, apps/desktop/electron-builder.yml:92, apps/desktop/electron-builder.yml:94).

The checked-in packaging automation also only covers Homebrew, winget, Scoop, and Flatpak (packaging/README.md:9, packaging/README.md:11, packaging/README.md:13, packaging/README.md:18, packaging/README.md:20), and packaging/update-shas.sh syncs those same channels plus Flatpak from release assets (packaging/update-shas.sh:4, packaging/update-shas.sh:6, packaging/update-shas.sh:123, packaging/update-shas.sh:138, packaging/update-shas.sh:158, packaging/update-shas.sh:200). I did not find a PKGBUILD, .pkg.tar.zst target, or AUR manifest in the repository.

This project is still in the v0.1 pre-alpha line, so some distribution work is still catching up (README.md:40, README.md:257). Also, CLAUDE.md notes that some internal docs are gitignored in normal clones, and in this checkout docs/VISION.md and docs/ROADMAP.md were not present (CLAUDE.md:11).

Your request makes sense, but based on the current codebase I can only confirm that Arch/AUR support is not implemented yet.

Relevant code:

• README.md:146 — current direct-download release artifacts
• .github/workflows/release.yml:152 — Linux build job artifact set
• apps/desktop/electron-builder.yml:89 — Linux packaging targets in electron-builder
• packaging/README.md:9 — packaging channels currently tracked in-repo
• packaging/update-shas.sh:123 — packaging sync script covers existing channels only

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