Shelly 2.4 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Released with New Features

Posted by hanuca on Jun 22, 2026 6:00 AM EDT
9to5linux.com; By Marcus Nestor
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Shelly developer Zoey Bauer released Shelly 2.4 today as the latest version of this open-source and free Pacman alternative for Arch Linux, designed with the user in mind, especially newcomers.

Shelly 2.4 introduces a major revamp to the CLI version with Zsh completions and a modern, pacman-style shortcode interface to make Shelly’s command line more familiar for those used to pacman or yay, and further improves AppImage support by displaying updates in the UI, fixing desktop entry handling, and enhancing the eventing mechanism.

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