# API

Visit [dist.pkgx.dev](https://dist.pkgx.dev) for an HTTP index.

* sources (mirror)
  * `dist.pkgx.dev/<PKG>/versions.txt`
  * `dist.pkgx.dev/<PKG>/v<VERSION>.tar.gz`
  * `dist.pkgx.dev/<PKG>/v<VERSION>.sha256sum`
* bottles
  * `dist.pkgx.dev/<PKG>/<PLATFORM>/<ARCH>/versions.txt`
  * `dist.pkgx.dev/<PKG>/<PLATFORM>/<ARCH>/v<VERSION>.tar.gz`
  * `dist.pkgx.dev/<PKG>/<PLATFORM>/<ARCH>/v<VERSION>.tar.xz`
  * `dist.pkgx.dev/<PKG>/<PLATFORM>/<ARCH>/v<VERSION>.asc`
  * `dist.pkgx.dev/<PKG>/<PLATFORM>/<ARCH>/v<VERSION>.sha256sum`

`versions.txt` files are newline separated, sorted lists of available versions\
for each type of distributable.

{% hint style="warning" %}
`dist.pkgx.dev/<PKG>/versions.txt` and the bottle`versions.txt` may not be the same. Always check the more specific`versions.txt`.
{% endhint %}

## The Pantry

The [pantry](https://github.com/pkgxdev/pantry) is our API for pkg metadata.

## libpkgx

Install and run `pkgx` packages from your apps.

* [Rust](https://github.com/pkgxdev/pkgx)
* [TypeScript](https://github.com/pkgxdev/libpkgx)


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