Arch Linux packaging for Nuvio — the Nuvio desktop media player, built from the official upstream source.

What this repository is

This repository contains no application code. It is a packaging-only repository that builds NuvioDesktop — the official upstream Nuvio app — into a signed Arch Linux package.

• The package tracks the upstream source release byte-for-byte; the only difference from upstream is the Arch pkgrel counter
• AUR packages: nuvio-linux-bin (prebuilt, from these releases) and nuvio-linux-git (built from upstream's Dev branch)
• Signed releases with SHA256SUMS.txt and the PKGBUILD used to build them

Why this fork was retired

NuvioLinux started as a fork of NuvioDesktop carrying Linux-specific playback work (a custom native mpv bridge), a rebrand, and extra package formats. Upstream has since implemented proper libmpv and GTK3 integration natively — smoother, hardware-accelerated playback that passed all of our testing — which made the fork's divergent code redundant.

The fork has been retired: this repository now follows upstream exactly, and every release is built from unmodified upstream source. Application development, issues, and the other platform packages (Windows, macOS, DEB, RPM, AppImage, Flatpak) all live upstream.

Installation

From the AUR (recommended)

paru -S nuvio-linux-bin      # prebuilt package from these releases
# or
paru -S nuvio-linux-git      # built from the upstream Dev branch

From a release (no AUR helper)

curl -LO https://github.com/JJDizz1L/NuvioLinux-unofficial/releases/download/v0.1.27alpha-1/nuvio-linux-gpg-key.asc
sudo pacman-key --add nuvio-linux-gpg-key.asc
sudo pacman-key --lsign-key 9201A54A09675CBEBAD08647EDDA55C8236D6C88
sudo pacman -U https://github.com/JJDizz1L/NuvioLinux-unofficial/releases/download/v0.1.27alpha-1/nuvio-linux-0.1.27alpha-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

Verify the download first with SHA256SUMS.txt and gpg --verify *.pkg.tar.zst.sig *.pkg.tar.zst.

Building the package

The PKGBUILD fetches the pinned upstream source tarball itself, so building from this repository is self-contained:

git clone https://github.com/JJDizz1L/NuvioLinux-unofficial.git
cd NuvioLinux-unofficial/dist/arch
makepkg -si

Build requirements:

• base-devel
• jdk21-temurin (AUR) — baseline x86-64 Temurin 21, used to build the bundled runtime. Do not substitute an -march=v3/v4 JDK build; the bundled runtime would not run on older CPUs.
• mpv, webkit2gtk-4.1, gtk3, libxcomposite, libxext — headers for the native player bridge, which is compiled at build time and links the system libmpv

Runtime dependencies (mpv, webkit2gtk-4.1, gtk3, X11 libraries) are resolved by pacman automatically.

Package details

• Self-contained app image in /opt/Nuvio with a bundled Temurin 21 runtime; launcher at /usr/bin/nuvio
• Playback via system libmpv — hardware acceleration follows your mpv / VA-API / VDPAU setup
• P2P streaming works out of the box (bundled TorrServer)
• Signed with packaging key 9201A54A09675CBEBAD08647EDDA55C8236D6C88

Releases

Tagged v<upstream-version-without-hyphens>-<pkgrel> (e.g. v0.1.27alpha-1). Each release ships the built package, its detached GPG signature, SHA256SUMS.txt, the signing public key, and the PKGBUILD used to build it.

Upstream

Nuvio is developed upstream at NuvioMedia/NuvioDesktop and is currently alpha software — expect breaking changes between releases. All application development, issue tracking, and non-Arch packages live there; this repository only adds Arch Linux packaging and follows upstream releases.

Legal

Nuvio functions solely as a client-side interface for browsing metadata and playing media provided by user-installed extensions and/or user-provided sources. It does not host, store, or distribute any media content. For the full disclaimer and DMCA information, see Nuvio's legal page.

License

GPL-3.0, as upstream. See LICENSE.