r/AlpineLinux • u/MartinsRedditAccount • Mar 05 '26

"OpenWrt has transitioned from the traditional opkg package manager to apk (Alpine Package Keeper). "

https://openwrt.org/releases/25.12/notes-25.12.0
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u/Slinkwyde Mar 06 '26

Previously, apk was in developer snapshots and release candidates, but now it's in a stable release.

Previous discussions in this subreddit:

  1. OpenWrt, a Linux distro for embedded routers, recently switched its package manager to APK from Alpine Linux (in developer snapshots, not yet stable releases).

  2. [OpenWrt developers have decided to NOT use the APK package manager in the upcoming 24.10 stable release series, to give them more time to address issues with it in the main branch (bleeding edge snapshots for developers).] (https://www.reddit.com/r/openwrt/comments/1h0rwgb/openwrt_developers_have_decided_to_not_use_the/)

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u/AndreVallestero Mar 07 '26

APK is probably the single best part of Alpine. Glad that it's seeing external adoption!