diff --git a/server/src/cli.rs b/server/src/cli.rs
index 2419606..036c70b 100644
--- a/server/src/cli.rs
+++ b/server/src/cli.rs
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ impl Cli {
         let config = Config {
             data_dir: self.data_dir.clone(),
         };
-        let repo_manager = MetaRepoMgr::new(&self.data_dir.join("repos"), db.clone());
+        let repo_manager = MetaRepoMgr::new(&self.data_dir.join("repos"));
 
         let global = Global {
             config,
diff --git a/server/src/db/query/package.rs b/server/src/db/query/package.rs
index c76e532..6cd709f 100644
--- a/server/src/db/query/package.rs
+++ b/server/src/db/query/package.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::db::{self, *};
+use crate::db::*;
 
 use sea_orm::{sea_query::IntoCondition, *};
 use serde::Deserialize;
@@ -50,14 +50,20 @@ pub async fn by_fields(
     version: Option<&str>,
     compression: Option<&str>,
 ) -> Result<Option<package::Model>> {
-    let cond = Condition::all()
-        .add(package::Column::RepoId.eq(repo_id))
-        .add(package::Column::Name.eq(name))
-        .add(package::Column::Arch.eq(arch))
-        .add_option(version.map(|version| package::Column::Version.eq(version)))
-        .add_option(compression.map(|compression| package::Column::Compression.eq(compression)));
+    let mut query = Package::find()
+        .filter(package::Column::RepoId.eq(repo_id))
+        .filter(package::Column::Name.eq(name))
+        .filter(package::Column::Arch.eq(arch));
 
-    Package::find().filter(cond).one(conn).await
+    if let Some(version) = version {
+        query = query.filter(package::Column::Version.eq(version));
+    }
+
+    if let Some(compression) = compression {
+        query = query.filter(package::Column::Compression.eq(compression));
+    }
+
+    query.one(conn).await
 }
 
 pub async fn delete_with_arch(conn: &DbConn, repo_id: i32, arch: &str) -> Result<DeleteResult> {
@@ -162,34 +168,34 @@ pub async fn insert(conn: &DbConn, repo_id: i32, pkg: crate::repo::package::Pack
 
 pub async fn full(conn: &DbConn, id: i32) -> Result<Option<FullPackage>> {
     if let Some(entry) = by_id(conn, id).await? {
-        let licenses: Vec<String> = entry
+        let licenses = entry
             .find_related(PackageLicense)
-            .select_only()
-            .column(package_license::Column::Name)
-            .into_tuple()
             .all(conn)
-            .await?;
-        let groups: Vec<String> = entry
+            .await?
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|e| e.name)
+            .collect();
+        let groups = entry
             .find_related(PackageGroup)
-            .select_only()
-            .column(package_group::Column::Name)
-            .into_tuple()
             .all(conn)
-            .await?;
-        let related: Vec<(db::PackageRelatedEnum, String)> = entry
+            .await?
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|e| e.name)
+            .collect();
+        let related = entry
             .find_related(PackageRelated)
-            .select_only()
-            .columns([package_related::Column::Type, package_related::Column::Name])
-            .into_tuple()
             .all(conn)
-            .await?;
-        let files: Vec<String> = entry
+            .await?
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|e| (e.r#type, e.name))
+            .collect();
+        let files = entry
             .find_related(PackageFile)
-            .select_only()
-            .column(package_file::Column::Path)
-            .into_tuple()
             .all(conn)
-            .await?;
+            .await?
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|e| e.path)
+            .collect();
 
         Ok(Some(FullPackage {
             entry,
diff --git a/server/src/db/query/repo.rs b/server/src/db/query/repo.rs
index 0370c2b..94627f7 100644
--- a/server/src/db/query/repo.rs
+++ b/server/src/db/query/repo.rs
@@ -43,12 +43,16 @@ pub async fn by_name(conn: &DbConn, name: &str) -> Result<Option<repo::Model>> {
         .await
 }
 
-pub async fn insert(conn: &DbConn, name: &str, description: Option<&str>) -> Result<repo::Model> {
+pub async fn insert(
+    conn: &DbConn,
+    name: &str,
+    description: Option<&str>,
+) -> Result<InsertResult<repo::ActiveModel>> {
     let model = repo::ActiveModel {
         id: NotSet,
         name: Set(String::from(name)),
         description: Set(description.map(String::from)),
     };
 
-    model.insert(conn).await
+    Repo::insert(model).exec(conn).await
 }
diff --git a/server/src/repo/archive.rs b/server/src/repo/archive.rs
index a979c09..d103f13 100644
--- a/server/src/repo/archive.rs
+++ b/server/src/repo/archive.rs
@@ -30,13 +30,11 @@ impl RepoArchiveWriter {
         .unwrap()?;
 
         Ok(Self {
-            // In practice, mutex is only ever used by one thread at a time. It's simply here so we
-            // can use spawn_blocking without issues.
             ar: Arc::new(Mutex::new(ar)),
         })
     }
 
-    /// Add either a "desc" or "files" entry to the archive
+    /// Set the current entry to be a new "files" list
     pub async fn add_entry<P: AsRef<Path>>(
         &self,
         full_name: &str,
@@ -75,4 +73,15 @@ impl RepoArchiveWriter {
                 .unwrap()?,
         )
     }
+
+    //
+    ///// Append the given line to the currently active entry
+    //pub async fn write_line(&self, line: &str) -> io::Result<()> {
+    //    let line = String::from(line);
+    //    let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel();
+    //
+    //    self.tx.send(Message::AppendLine(tx, line)).await;
+    //
+    //    rx.await.unwrap()
+    //}
 }
diff --git a/server/src/repo/manager.rs b/server/src/repo/manager.rs
index e2d9c4d..c288f30 100644
--- a/server/src/repo/manager.rs
+++ b/server/src/repo/manager.rs
@@ -1,287 +1,311 @@
-use super::{archive, package};
-use crate::{db, error::Result};
-
+use super::package::Package;
+use libarchive::write::{Builder, WriteEntry};
+use libarchive::{Entry, WriteFilter, WriteFormat};
+use std::fs;
+use std::io;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
-use futures::StreamExt;
-use sea_orm::{ColumnTrait, DbConn, ModelTrait, QueryFilter, QuerySelect};
-use tokio::io::AsyncRead;
-use uuid::Uuid;
+pub const ANY_ARCH: &str = "any";
 
-pub const ANY_ARCH: &'static str = "any";
-
-pub struct MetaRepoMgr {
+/// Overarching abstraction that orchestrates updating the repositories stored on the server
+pub struct RepoGroupManager {
     repo_dir: PathBuf,
-    conn: DbConn,
+    pkg_dir: PathBuf,
 }
 
-impl MetaRepoMgr {
-    pub fn new<P: AsRef<Path>>(repo_dir: P, conn: DbConn) -> Self {
-        MetaRepoMgr {
+fn parse_pkg_filename(file_name: &str) -> (String, &str, &str, &str) {
+    let name_parts = file_name.split('-').collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    let name = name_parts[..name_parts.len() - 3].join("-");
+    let version = name_parts[name_parts.len() - 3];
+    let release = name_parts[name_parts.len() - 2];
+    let (arch, _) = name_parts[name_parts.len() - 1].split_once('.').unwrap();
+
+    (name, version, release, arch)
+}
+
+impl RepoGroupManager {
+    pub fn new<P1: AsRef<Path>, P2: AsRef<Path>>(repo_dir: P1, pkg_dir: P2) -> Self {
+        RepoGroupManager {
             repo_dir: repo_dir.as_ref().to_path_buf(),
-            conn,
+            pkg_dir: pkg_dir.as_ref().to_path_buf(),
         }
     }
 
-    /// Generate archive databases for all known architectures in the repository, including the
-    /// "any" architecture.
-    pub async fn generate_archives_all(&self, repo: &str) -> Result<()> {
-        let repo = crate::db::query::repo::by_name(&self.conn, repo).await?;
+    pub fn sync(&mut self, repo: &str, arch: &str) -> io::Result<()> {
+        let subrepo_path = self.repo_dir.join(repo).join(arch);
 
-        if repo.is_none() {
-            return Ok(());
+        let mut ar_db = Builder::new();
+        ar_db.add_filter(WriteFilter::Gzip)?;
+        ar_db.set_format(WriteFormat::PaxRestricted)?;
+
+        let mut ar_files = Builder::new();
+        ar_files.add_filter(WriteFilter::Gzip)?;
+        ar_files.set_format(WriteFormat::PaxRestricted)?;
+
+        let mut ar_db = ar_db.open_file(subrepo_path.join(format!("{}.db.tar.gz", repo)))?;
+        let mut ar_files =
+            ar_files.open_file(subrepo_path.join(format!("{}.files.tar.gz", repo)))?;
+
+        // All architectures should also include the "any" architecture, except for the "any"
+        // architecture itself.
+        let repo_any_dir = self.repo_dir.join(repo).join(ANY_ARCH);
+
+        let any_entries_iter = if arch != ANY_ARCH && repo_any_dir.try_exists()? {
+            Some(repo_any_dir.read_dir()?)
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
+        .into_iter()
+        .flatten();
+
+        for entry in subrepo_path.read_dir()?.chain(any_entries_iter) {
+            let entry = entry?;
+
+            if entry.file_type()?.is_dir() {
+                // The desc file needs to be added to both archives
+                let path_in_tar = PathBuf::from(entry.file_name()).join("desc");
+                let src_path = entry.path().join("desc");
+                let metadata = src_path.metadata()?;
+
+                let mut ar_entry = WriteEntry::new();
+                ar_entry.set_pathname(&path_in_tar);
+                // These small text files will definitely fit inside an i64
+                ar_entry.set_size(metadata.len().try_into().unwrap());
+                ar_entry.set_filetype(libarchive::archive::FileType::RegularFile);
+                ar_entry.set_mode(0o100644);
+
+                ar_db.append_path(&mut ar_entry, &src_path)?;
+                ar_files.append_path(&mut ar_entry, src_path)?;
+
+                // The files file is only required in the files database
+                let path_in_tar = PathBuf::from(entry.file_name()).join("files");
+                let src_path = entry.path().join("files");
+                let metadata = src_path.metadata()?;
+
+                let mut ar_entry = WriteEntry::new();
+                ar_entry.set_filetype(libarchive::archive::FileType::RegularFile);
+                ar_entry.set_pathname(&path_in_tar);
+                ar_entry.set_mode(0o100644);
+                // These small text files will definitely fit inside an i64
+                ar_entry.set_size(metadata.len().try_into().unwrap());
+
+                ar_files.append_path(&mut ar_entry, src_path)?;
+            }
         }
 
-        let repo = repo.unwrap();
+        ar_db.close()?;
+        ar_files.close()?;
 
-        let mut archs = repo
-            .find_related(crate::db::Package)
-            .select_only()
-            .column(crate::db::package::Column::Arch)
-            .distinct()
-            .into_tuple::<String>()
-            .stream(&self.conn)
-            .await?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
 
-        while let Some(arch) = archs.next().await.transpose()? {
-            self.generate_archives(&repo.name, &arch).await?;
+    /// Synchronize all present architectures' db archives in the given repository.
+    pub fn sync_all(&mut self, repo: &str) -> io::Result<()> {
+        for entry in self.repo_dir.join(repo).read_dir()? {
+            let entry = entry?;
+
+            if entry.file_type()?.is_dir() {
+                self.sync(repo, &entry.file_name().to_string_lossy())?;
+            }
         }
 
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    /// Generate the archive databases for the given repository and architecture.
-    pub async fn generate_archives(&self, repo: &str, arch: &str) -> Result<()> {
-        let repo = crate::db::query::repo::by_name(&self.conn, repo).await?;
+    pub fn add_pkg_from_path<P: AsRef<Path>>(
+        &mut self,
+        repo: &str,
+        path: P,
+    ) -> io::Result<Package> {
+        let pkg = Package::open(&path)?;
 
-        if repo.is_none() {
-            return Ok(());
+        self.add_pkg(repo, &pkg)?;
+
+        // After successfully adding the package, we move it to the packages directory
+        let dest_pkg_path = self
+            .pkg_dir
+            .join(repo)
+            .join(&pkg.info.arch)
+            .join(pkg.file_name());
+
+        fs::create_dir_all(dest_pkg_path.parent().unwrap())?;
+        fs::rename(&path, dest_pkg_path)?;
+
+        Ok(pkg)
+    }
+
+    /// Add a package to the given repo, returning to what architectures the package was added.
+    pub fn add_pkg(&mut self, repo: &str, pkg: &Package) -> io::Result<()> {
+        // TODO
+        // * if arch is "any", check if package doesn't already exist for other architecture
+        // * if arch isn't "any", check if package doesn't already exist for "any" architecture
+
+        // We first remove any existing version of the package
+        self.remove_pkg(repo, &pkg.info.arch, &pkg.info.name, false)?;
+
+        // Write the `desc` and `files` metadata files to disk
+        let metadata_dir = self
+            .repo_dir
+            .join(repo)
+            .join(&pkg.info.arch)
+            .join(format!("{}-{}", pkg.info.name, pkg.info.version));
+
+        fs::create_dir_all(&metadata_dir)?;
+
+        let mut desc_file = fs::File::create(metadata_dir.join("desc"))?;
+        pkg.write_desc(&mut desc_file)?;
+
+        let mut files_file = fs::File::create(metadata_dir.join("files"))?;
+        pkg.write_files(&mut files_file)?;
+
+        // If a package of type "any" is added, we need to update every existing database
+        if pkg.info.arch == ANY_ARCH {
+            self.sync_all(repo)?;
+        } else {
+            self.sync(repo, &pkg.info.arch)?;
         }
 
-        let repo = repo.unwrap();
-
-        let parent_dir = self.repo_dir.join(&repo.name);
-        tokio::fs::create_dir_all(&parent_dir).await?;
-
-        let [tmp_ar_db_path, tmp_ar_files_path, files_tmp_file_path, desc_tmp_file_path] =
-            self.random_file_paths();
-        let ar_db = archive::RepoArchiveWriter::open(&tmp_ar_db_path).await?;
-        let ar_files = archive::RepoArchiveWriter::open(&tmp_ar_files_path).await?;
-
-        // Query all packages in the repo that have the given architecture or the "any"
-        // architecture
-        let mut pkgs = repo
-            .find_related(crate::db::Package)
-            .filter(db::package::Column::Arch.is_in([arch, ANY_ARCH]))
-            .stream(&self.conn)
-            .await?;
-
-        while let Some(pkg) = pkgs.next().await.transpose()? {
-            let mut files_tmp_file = tokio::fs::File::create(&files_tmp_file_path).await?;
-            let mut desc_tmp_file = tokio::fs::File::create(&desc_tmp_file_path).await?;
-
-            package::write_files(&self.conn, &mut files_tmp_file, &pkg).await?;
-            package::write_desc(&self.conn, &mut desc_tmp_file, &pkg).await?;
-
-            let full_name = format!("{}-{}", pkg.name, pkg.version);
-
-            ar_db
-                .add_entry(&full_name, &desc_tmp_file_path, true)
-                .await?;
-            ar_files
-                .add_entry(&full_name, &desc_tmp_file_path, true)
-                .await?;
-            ar_files
-                .add_entry(&full_name, &files_tmp_file_path, false)
-                .await?;
-        }
-
-        // Cleanup
-        ar_db.close().await?;
-        ar_files.close().await?;
-
-        // Move the db archives to their respective places
-        tokio::fs::rename(
-            tmp_ar_db_path,
-            parent_dir.join(format!("{}.db.tar.gz", arch)),
-        )
-        .await?;
-        tokio::fs::rename(
-            tmp_ar_files_path,
-            parent_dir.join(format!("{}.files.tar.gz", arch)),
-        )
-        .await?;
-
-        // If this fails there's no point in failing the function + if there were no packages in
-        // the repo, this fails anyway because the temp file doesn't exist
-        let _ = tokio::fs::remove_file(desc_tmp_file_path).await;
-        let _ = tokio::fs::remove_file(files_tmp_file_path).await;
-
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    /// Remove the repo with the given name, if it existed
-    pub async fn remove_repo(&self, repo: &str) -> Result<bool> {
-        let res = db::query::repo::by_name(&self.conn, repo).await?;
+    pub fn remove_repo(&mut self, repo: &str) -> io::Result<bool> {
+        let repo_dir = self.repo_dir.join(repo);
 
-        if let Some(repo_entry) = res {
-            // Remove repository from database
-            repo_entry.delete(&self.conn).await?;
-
-            // Remove files from file system
-            tokio::fs::remove_dir_all(self.repo_dir.join(repo)).await?;
+        if !repo_dir.exists() {
+            Ok(false)
+        } else {
+            fs::remove_dir_all(&repo_dir)?;
+            fs::remove_dir_all(self.pkg_dir.join(repo))?;
 
             Ok(true)
-        } else {
-            Ok(false)
         }
     }
 
-    /// Remove all packages from the repository with the given arch.
-    pub async fn remove_repo_arch(&self, repo: &str, arch: &str) -> Result<bool> {
-        let repo = db::query::repo::by_name(&self.conn, repo).await?;
+    pub fn remove_repo_arch(&mut self, repo: &str, arch: &str) -> io::Result<bool> {
+        let sub_path = PathBuf::from(repo).join(arch);
+        let repo_dir = self.repo_dir.join(&sub_path);
 
-        if let Some(repo) = repo {
-            let mut pkgs = repo
-                .find_related(db::Package)
-                .filter(db::package::Column::Arch.eq(arch))
-                .stream(&self.conn)
-                .await?;
-
-            while let Some(pkg) = pkgs.next().await.transpose()? {
-                let path = self
-                    .repo_dir
-                    .join(&repo.name)
-                    .join(super::package::filename(&pkg));
-                tokio::fs::remove_file(path).await?;
-
-                pkg.delete(&self.conn).await?;
-            }
-
-            tokio::fs::remove_file(
-                self.repo_dir
-                    .join(&repo.name)
-                    .join(format!("{}.db.tar.gz", arch)),
-            )
-            .await?;
-            tokio::fs::remove_file(
-                self.repo_dir
-                    .join(&repo.name)
-                    .join(format!("{}.files.tar.gz", arch)),
-            )
-            .await?;
-
-            // If we removed all "any" packages, we need to resync all databases
-            if arch == ANY_ARCH {
-                self.generate_archives_all(&repo.name).await?;
-            }
-
-            Ok(true)
-        } else {
-            Ok(false)
+        if !repo_dir.exists() {
+            return Ok(false);
         }
+
+        fs::remove_dir_all(&repo_dir)?;
+        fs::remove_dir_all(self.pkg_dir.join(sub_path))?;
+
+        // Removing the "any" architecture updates all other repositories
+        if arch == ANY_ARCH {
+            self.sync_all(repo)?;
+        }
+
+        Ok(true)
     }
 
-    pub async fn remove_pkg(&self, repo: &str, arch: &str, name: &str) -> Result<bool> {
-        let repo = db::query::repo::by_name(&self.conn, repo).await?;
+    pub fn remove_pkg(
+        &mut self,
+        repo: &str,
+        arch: &str,
+        pkg_name: &str,
+        sync: bool,
+    ) -> io::Result<bool> {
+        let repo_arch_dir = self.repo_dir.join(repo).join(arch);
 
-        if let Some(repo) = repo {
-            let pkg =
-                db::query::package::by_fields(&self.conn, repo.id, arch, name, None, None).await?;
+        if !repo_arch_dir.exists() {
+            return Ok(false);
+        }
 
-            if let Some(pkg) = pkg {
-                // Remove package from database & file system
-                tokio::fs::remove_file(
-                    self.repo_dir
-                        .join(&repo.name)
-                        .join(super::package::filename(&pkg)),
-                )
-                .await?;
-                pkg.delete(&self.conn).await?;
+        for entry in repo_arch_dir.read_dir()? {
+            let entry = entry?;
 
-                if arch == ANY_ARCH {
-                    self.generate_archives_all(&repo.name).await?;
-                } else {
-                    self.generate_archives(&repo.name, arch).await?;
+            // Make sure we skip the archive files
+            if !entry.metadata()?.is_dir() {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            let file_name = entry.file_name();
+            let file_name = file_name.to_string_lossy();
+
+            // The directory name should only contain the name of the package. The last two parts
+            // when splitting on a dash are the pkgver and pkgrel, so we trim those
+            let name_parts = file_name.split('-').collect::<Vec<_>>();
+            let name = name_parts[..name_parts.len() - 2].join("-");
+
+            if name == pkg_name {
+                fs::remove_dir_all(entry.path())?;
+
+                // Also remove the old package archive
+                let repo_arch_pkg_dir = self.pkg_dir.join(repo).join(arch);
+
+                repo_arch_pkg_dir.read_dir()?.try_for_each(|res| {
+                    res.and_then(|entry: fs::DirEntry| {
+                        let file_name = entry.file_name();
+                        let file_name = file_name.to_string_lossy();
+                        let (name, _, _, _) = parse_pkg_filename(&file_name);
+
+                        if name == pkg_name {
+                            fs::remove_file(entry.path())
+                        } else {
+                            Ok(())
+                        }
+                    })
+                })?;
+
+                if sync {
+                    if arch == ANY_ARCH {
+                        self.sync_all(repo)?;
+                    } else {
+                        self.sync(repo, arch)?;
+                    }
                 }
 
-                Ok(true)
+                return Ok(true);
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(false)
+    }
+
+    /// Wrapper around `remove_pkg` that accepts a path relative to the package directory to a
+    /// package archive.
+    pub fn remove_pkg_from_path<P: AsRef<Path>>(
+        &mut self,
+        path: P,
+        sync: bool,
+    ) -> io::Result<Option<(String, String, String, String)>> {
+        let path = path.as_ref();
+        let components: Vec<_> = path.iter().collect();
+
+        if let [repo, _arch, file_name] = components[..] {
+            let full_path = self.pkg_dir.join(path);
+
+            if full_path.try_exists()? {
+                let file_name = file_name.to_string_lossy();
+                let (name, version, release, arch) = parse_pkg_filename(&file_name);
+
+                let metadata_dir_name = format!("{}-{}-{}", name, version, release);
+
+                // Remove package archive and entry in database
+                fs::remove_file(full_path)?;
+                fs::remove_dir_all(self.repo_dir.join(repo).join(arch).join(metadata_dir_name))?;
+
+                if sync {
+                    if arch == ANY_ARCH {
+                        self.sync_all(&repo.to_string_lossy())?;
+                    } else {
+                        self.sync(&repo.to_string_lossy(), arch)?;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                Ok(Some((
+                    name,
+                    version.to_string(),
+                    release.to_string(),
+                    arch.to_string(),
+                )))
             } else {
-                Ok(false)
+                Ok(None)
             }
         } else {
-            Ok(false)
+            Ok(None)
         }
     }
-
-    pub async fn add_pkg_from_reader<R: AsyncRead + std::marker::Unpin>(
-        &self,
-        reader: &mut R,
-        repo: &str,
-    ) -> crate::Result<(String, String, String)> {
-        // Copy file contents to temporary path so libarchive can work with it
-        let [path] = self.random_file_paths();
-        let mut temp_file = tokio::fs::File::create(&path).await?;
-
-        tokio::io::copy(reader, &mut temp_file).await?;
-
-        // Parse the package
-        let path_clone = path.clone();
-        let pkg = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || package::Package::open(path_clone))
-            .await
-            .unwrap()?;
-
-        // Query the repo for its ID, or create it if it does not already exist
-        let res = db::query::repo::by_name(&self.conn, &repo).await?;
-
-        let repo_id = if let Some(repo_entity) = res {
-            repo_entity.id
-        } else {
-            db::query::repo::insert(&self.conn, repo, None).await?.id
-        };
-
-        // If the package already exists in the database, we remove it first
-        let res = db::query::package::by_fields(
-            &self.conn,
-            repo_id,
-            &pkg.info.arch,
-            &pkg.info.name,
-            None,
-            None,
-        )
-        .await?;
-
-        if let Some(entry) = res {
-            entry.delete(&self.conn).await?;
-        }
-
-        let dest_pkg_path = self.repo_dir.join(repo).join(pkg.file_name());
-
-        // Insert new package into database
-        let name = pkg.info.name.clone();
-        let version = pkg.info.version.clone();
-        let arch = pkg.info.arch.clone();
-        db::query::package::insert(&self.conn, repo_id, pkg).await?;
-
-        // Move the package to its final resting place
-        tokio::fs::create_dir_all(dest_pkg_path.parent().unwrap()).await?;
-        tokio::fs::rename(path, dest_pkg_path).await?;
-
-        // Synchronize archive databases
-        if arch == ANY_ARCH {
-            self.generate_archives_all(repo).await?;
-        } else {
-            self.generate_archives(repo, &arch).await?;
-        }
-
-        Ok((name, version, arch))
-    }
-
-    ///  Generate a path to a unique file that can be used as a temporary file
-    pub fn random_file_paths<const C: usize>(&self) -> [PathBuf; C] {
-        std::array::from_fn(|_| {
-            let uuid: uuid::fmt::Simple = Uuid::new_v4().into();
-            self.repo_dir.join(uuid.to_string())
-        })
-    }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/repo/manager_new.rs b/server/src/repo/manager_new.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adf37a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/repo/manager_new.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,283 @@
+use super::{archive, package};
+use crate::{db, error::Result};
+
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+
+use futures::StreamExt;
+use sea_orm::{ColumnTrait, DbConn, ModelTrait, QueryFilter, QuerySelect};
+use tokio::io::AsyncRead;
+use uuid::Uuid;
+
+pub const ANY_ARCH: &'static str = "any";
+
+pub struct MetaRepoMgr {
+    repo_dir: PathBuf,
+}
+
+impl MetaRepoMgr {
+    pub fn new<P: AsRef<Path>>(repo_dir: P) -> Self {
+        MetaRepoMgr {
+            repo_dir: repo_dir.as_ref().to_path_buf(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Generate archive databases for all known architectures in the repository, including the
+    /// "any" architecture.
+    pub async fn generate_archives_all(&self, conn: &DbConn, repo: &str) -> Result<()> {
+        let repo = crate::db::query::repo::by_name(conn, repo).await?;
+
+        if repo.is_none() {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+
+        let repo = repo.unwrap();
+
+        let mut archs = repo
+            .find_related(crate::db::Package)
+            .select_only()
+            .column(crate::db::package::Column::Arch)
+            .distinct()
+            .into_tuple::<String>()
+            .stream(conn)
+            .await?;
+
+        while let Some(arch) = archs.next().await.transpose()? {
+            self.generate_archives(conn, &repo.name, &arch).await?;
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Generate the archive databases for the given repository and architecture.
+    pub async fn generate_archives(&self, conn: &DbConn, repo: &str, arch: &str) -> Result<()> {
+        let repo = crate::db::query::repo::by_name(conn, repo).await?;
+
+        if repo.is_none() {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+
+        let repo = repo.unwrap();
+
+        let parent_dir = self.repo_dir.join(&repo.name);
+        tokio::fs::create_dir_all(&parent_dir).await?;
+
+        let ar_db =
+            archive::RepoArchiveWriter::open(parent_dir.join(format!("{}.db.tar.gz", arch)))
+                .await?;
+        let ar_files =
+            archive::RepoArchiveWriter::open(parent_dir.join(format!("{}.files.tar.gz", arch)))
+                .await?;
+
+        // Query all packages in the repo that have the given architecture or the "any"
+        // architecture
+        let mut pkgs = repo
+            .find_related(crate::db::Package)
+            .filter(db::package::Column::Arch.is_in([arch, ANY_ARCH]))
+            .stream(conn)
+            .await?;
+
+        // Create two temp file paths to write our entries to
+        let uuid: uuid::fmt::Simple = Uuid::new_v4().into();
+        let files_tmp_file_path = self.repo_dir.join(uuid.to_string());
+
+        let uuid: uuid::fmt::Simple = Uuid::new_v4().into();
+        let desc_tmp_file_path = self.repo_dir.join(uuid.to_string());
+
+        while let Some(pkg) = pkgs.next().await.transpose()? {
+            let mut files_tmp_file = tokio::fs::File::create(&files_tmp_file_path).await?;
+            let mut desc_tmp_file = tokio::fs::File::create(&desc_tmp_file_path).await?;
+
+            package::write_files(conn, &mut files_tmp_file, &pkg).await?;
+            package::write_desc(conn, &mut desc_tmp_file, &pkg).await?;
+
+            let full_name = format!("{}-{}", pkg.name, pkg.version);
+
+            ar_db
+                .add_entry(&full_name, &desc_tmp_file_path, true)
+                .await?;
+            ar_files
+                .add_entry(&full_name, &desc_tmp_file_path, true)
+                .await?;
+            ar_files
+                .add_entry(&full_name, &files_tmp_file_path, false)
+                .await?;
+        }
+
+        // Cleanup
+        ar_db.close().await?;
+        ar_files.close().await?;
+
+        // If this fails there's no point in failing the function + if there were no packages in
+        // the repo, this fails anyway because the temp file doesn't exist
+        let _ = tokio::fs::remove_file(desc_tmp_file_path).await;
+        let _ = tokio::fs::remove_file(files_tmp_file_path).await;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Remove the repo with the given name, if it existed
+    pub async fn remove_repo(&self, conn: &DbConn, repo: &str) -> Result<bool> {
+        let res = db::query::repo::by_name(conn, repo).await?;
+
+        if let Some(repo_entry) = res {
+            // Remove repository from database
+            repo_entry.delete(conn).await?;
+
+            // Remove files from file system
+            tokio::fs::remove_dir_all(self.repo_dir.join(repo)).await?;
+
+            Ok(true)
+        } else {
+            Ok(false)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Remove all packages from the repository with the given arch.
+    pub async fn remove_repo_arch(&self, conn: &DbConn, repo: &str, arch: &str) -> Result<bool> {
+        let repo = db::query::repo::by_name(conn, repo).await?;
+
+        if let Some(repo) = repo {
+            let mut pkgs = repo
+                .find_related(db::Package)
+                .filter(db::package::Column::Arch.eq(arch))
+                .stream(conn)
+                .await?;
+
+            while let Some(pkg) = pkgs.next().await.transpose()? {
+                let path = self
+                    .repo_dir
+                    .join(&repo.name)
+                    .join(super::package::filename(&pkg));
+                tokio::fs::remove_file(path).await?;
+
+                pkg.delete(conn).await?;
+            }
+
+            tokio::fs::remove_file(
+                self.repo_dir
+                    .join(&repo.name)
+                    .join(format!("{}.db.tar.gz", arch)),
+            )
+            .await?;
+            tokio::fs::remove_file(
+                self.repo_dir
+                    .join(&repo.name)
+                    .join(format!("{}.files.tar.gz", arch)),
+            )
+            .await?;
+
+            // If we removed all "any" packages, we need to resync all databases
+            if arch == ANY_ARCH {
+                self.generate_archives_all(conn, &repo.name).await?;
+            }
+
+            Ok(true)
+        } else {
+            Ok(false)
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub async fn remove_pkg(
+        &self,
+        conn: &DbConn,
+        repo: &str,
+        arch: &str,
+        name: &str,
+    ) -> Result<bool> {
+        let repo = db::query::repo::by_name(conn, repo).await?;
+
+        if let Some(repo) = repo {
+            let pkg = db::query::package::by_fields(conn, repo.id, arch, name, None, None).await?;
+
+            if let Some(pkg) = pkg {
+                // Remove package from database & file system
+                tokio::fs::remove_file(
+                    self.repo_dir
+                        .join(&repo.name)
+                        .join(super::package::filename(&pkg)),
+                )
+                .await?;
+                pkg.delete(conn).await?;
+
+                if arch == ANY_ARCH {
+                    self.generate_archives_all(conn, &repo.name).await?;
+                } else {
+                    self.generate_archives(conn, &repo.name, arch).await?;
+                }
+
+                Ok(true)
+            } else {
+                Ok(false)
+            }
+        } else {
+            Ok(false)
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub async fn add_pkg_from_reader<R: AsyncRead + std::marker::Unpin>(
+        &self,
+        conn: &DbConn,
+        reader: &mut R,
+        repo: &str,
+    ) -> crate::Result<(String, String, String)> {
+        // Copy file contents to temporary path so libarchive can work with it
+        let uuid: uuid::fmt::Simple = Uuid::new_v4().into();
+        let path = self.repo_dir.join(uuid.to_string());
+        let mut temp_file = tokio::fs::File::create(&path).await?;
+
+        tokio::io::copy(reader, &mut temp_file).await?;
+
+        // Parse the package
+        let path_clone = path.clone();
+        let pkg = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || package::Package::open(path_clone))
+            .await
+            .unwrap()?;
+
+        // Query the repo for its ID, or create it if it does not already exist
+        let res = db::query::repo::by_name(conn, &repo).await?;
+
+        let repo_id = if let Some(repo_entity) = res {
+            repo_entity.id
+        } else {
+            db::query::repo::insert(conn, repo, None)
+                .await?
+                .last_insert_id
+        };
+
+        // If the package already exists in the database, we remove it first
+        let res = db::query::package::by_fields(
+            conn,
+            repo_id,
+            &pkg.info.arch,
+            &pkg.info.name,
+            None,
+            None,
+        )
+        .await?;
+
+        if let Some(entry) = res {
+            entry.delete(conn).await?;
+        }
+
+        let dest_pkg_path = self.repo_dir.join(repo).join(pkg.file_name());
+
+        // Insert new package into database
+        let name = pkg.info.name.clone();
+        let version = pkg.info.version.clone();
+        let arch = pkg.info.arch.clone();
+        db::query::package::insert(conn, repo_id, pkg).await?;
+
+        // Move the package to its final resting place
+        tokio::fs::create_dir_all(dest_pkg_path.parent().unwrap()).await?;
+        tokio::fs::rename(path, dest_pkg_path).await?;
+
+        // Synchronize archive databases
+        if arch == ANY_ARCH {
+            self.generate_archives_all(conn, repo).await?;
+        } else {
+            self.generate_archives(conn, repo, &arch).await?;
+        }
+
+        Ok((name, version, arch))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/server/src/repo/mod.rs b/server/src/repo/mod.rs
index 2f2dacb..f5e48d4 100644
--- a/server/src/repo/mod.rs
+++ b/server/src/repo/mod.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 mod archive;
 mod manager;
+mod manager_new;
 pub mod package;
 
-pub use manager::MetaRepoMgr;
+pub use manager_new::MetaRepoMgr;
 
 use axum::{
     body::Body,
@@ -73,16 +74,10 @@ async fn post_package_archive(
         .repo_manager
         .write()
         .await
-        .add_pkg_from_reader(&mut body, &repo)
+        .add_pkg_from_reader(&global.db, &mut body, &repo)
         .await?;
 
-    tracing::info!(
-        "Added '{}-{}' to repository '{}' ({})",
-        name,
-        version,
-        repo,
-        arch
-    );
+    tracing::info!("Added '{}-{}' to repository '{}' ({})", name, version, repo, arch);
 
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -91,7 +86,12 @@ async fn delete_repo(
     State(global): State<crate::Global>,
     Path(repo): Path<String>,
 ) -> crate::Result<StatusCode> {
-    let repo_removed = global.repo_manager.write().await.remove_repo(&repo).await?;
+    let repo_removed = global
+        .repo_manager
+        .write()
+        .await
+        .remove_repo(&global.db, &repo)
+        .await?;
 
     if repo_removed {
         tracing::info!("Removed repository '{}'", repo);
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ async fn delete_arch_repo(
         .repo_manager
         .write()
         .await
-        .remove_repo_arch(&repo, &arch)
+        .remove_repo_arch(&global.db, &repo, &arch)
         .await?;
 
     if repo_removed {
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ async fn delete_package(
         .repo_manager
         .write()
         .await
-        .remove_pkg(&repo, &arch, &pkg_name)
+        .remove_pkg(&global.db, &repo, &arch, &pkg_name)
         .await?;
 
     if pkg_removed {