Shelly Pi 3.14 gives the native builder another round of fixes for real-world PKGBUILDs, adds a way to reclaim space from the AUR build cache, and makes package reviews easier to navigate.
There is plenty happening on the desktop, too: Flathub links open the app you wanted, package conflicts explain what will be removed, and package details are easier to read and copy. Behind the scenes, isolated builds gain Shelly’s own provisioning helper, stronger PGP support, and more reliable dependency handling.
🧹 Give your AUR cache some breathing room
Built AUR packages can add up. You can now preview and remove cached build archives with --aur-cache, making it possible to recover disk space without manually digging through Shelly’s cache.
shelly purify standard --aur-cache
Standard purge behavior has also been corrected.
🏗️ A sturdier native builder
The native builder now supports more complex PKGBUILDs and fixes failures involving SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH, install declarations, shell parsing, unsafe source paths, and sources that share the same filename.
Git sources are cloned from their original URLs, required files are detected more reliably, and regression tests cover the corrected behavior. Package-specific failures affecting Anydesk, Mandolin, Remora, and Pi have also been addressed.
🛠️ Shellystrap and isolated builds
Isolated environments now use Shellystrap, Shelly’s own provisioning helper. Required PGP keys can be handed off to isolated builds, dependency handling has been improved, and systemd home-directory issues have been corrected.
🔍 Review upgrades your way
AUR PKGBUILD reviews now support collapsed diffs, making large changes easier to navigate. Individual upgrades can also be reviewed separately before continuing.
Optional dependencies are handled more clearly, ignored packages remain visible in filtered lists, and conflict prompts identify which installed package will be removed.
✨ A smoother desktop experience
Package columns now use ellipses instead of overflowing, while package-detail text can be selected and copied. Installation status updates display more reliably, and PGP key-import confirmations no longer crash the interface.
Flathub links open directly to the requested application, Flatpak pages show the correct installed and update versions, and dependency download progress is represented more accurately.
📦 AppImage, Flatpak, and tray improvements
Each installed AppImage can now have its own environment variables, and StaticURL update checks correctly follow redirects.
Flatpak installation and update flows have been refined, including fixes for application selection and version display. The notification tray can now follow a cron schedule, and tray-service updates initiated from the CLI work correctly.
⚡ Downloads and package operations
Parallel package and repository downloads now respect the configured setting. Package installation places --needed correctly, package status is updated more reliably, and command output uses clearer wording.
🌍 Translations
This release updates the Simplified Chinese, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, and Japanese translations. It also introduces Azerbaijani translations for the UI and notification components.
❤️ Thank you, contributors!
Thank you to everyone who contributed fixes, translations, testing, and improvements to this release:
@VinnyQF, @caroberrie, @ZoeyErinBauer, @azdanov, @square-235, @Mattyan89, @StKob, @jamalkamaladdin, and @utuhiro78.
A special welcome to first-time contributors @square-235, @StKob, and @jamalkamaladdin!