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+title: "Rieter"
+summary: "Easy-to-use Pacman repository server designed for the self-hosting enthusiast"
+type: "project"
+params:
+    links:
+        - name: Gitea
+          url: 'https://git.rustybever.be/Chewing_Bever/rieter'
+---
+
+My first goal for this project is to create a convenient all-round repository
+server implementation that could be used for everything from self-hosting a
+local repository to managing an entire distribution's package repository. It
+should be easy to deploy, lightweight, and work with any distribution. It
+should support any number of repositories and packages, and work with any
+package architecture.
+
+The repositories can be populated by manually uploading packages to the server
+(e.g. from a CI build), or by mirroring already existing repositories. The
+mirroring feature in particular makes it trivial to set up a new mirror for a
+distribution, as the server would take care of keeping the mirror up-to-date.
+Another usecase for this would be creating a local mirror of your
+distribution's repositories, which can greatly reduce your update times
+depending on your internet connection.
+
+Most users however don't need a full copy of a distro's package repository, so
+Rieter also provides a "smart mirror" mode. In this mode, a Rieter instance
+only syncs packages that have been requested before, e.g. from a previous
+system update. This way, your updates will still be a lot faster as the
+required packages are cached, but packages you don't use don't get stored,
+saving you a lot of storage space.