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Debian repository management tool

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Aptly is a tool for managing Debian repositories. It mirrors remote Debian and Ubuntu repositories, manages local package repositories, takes snapshots of package sets, pulls new package versions along with their dependencies, and publishes results as a Debian repository. It is available both as a CLI tool and an HTTP REST service.

Core capabilities include mirroring and updating remote repositories, creating and merging snapshots, filtering repositories by dependencies, pulling selective package upgrades, publishing snapshots over HTTP, and publishing directly to Amazon S3. It also offers package search, dependency visualization across mirrors, repositories, snapshots and published repositories, and a REST API for uploading packages and managing repositories, snapshots and published repositories.

Aptly is aimed at users who maintain Debian package repositories. It can be tried for free, with downloads available as a CLI tool and HTTP REST service.

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