Repology
liveDeveloperTechnologyRepology — cross-distro package version aggregator. Keyless.
5tools
0msauth
free tier50 calls/day
Tools
projectrequired: nameAll packages (per-repo) for one project name (e.g. "firefox").
Parameters
NameTypeDescription
namereqstring—Try it
Response
problemsrequired: projectOutstanding maintenance problems for a project.
Parameters
NameTypeDescription
projectreqstring—Try it
Response
repositoriesList all package repositories indexed by Repology (distros, BSDs, language ecosystems, etc.) with their names, family, and active/total package counts.
No parameters required.
Try it
Response
maintainerrequired: maintainerMaintainer summary by canonical maintainer id (often email).
Parameters
NameTypeDescription
maintainerreqstring—Try it
Response
projects_searchPaginate or filter Repology projects by name substring, maintainer, category, or repository membership; returns up to 200 project names per page with their per-repo version data.
Parameters
NameTypeDescription
start_nameoptstring—end_nameoptstring—searchoptstring—maintaineroptstring—categoryoptstring—in_repooptstring—not_in_repooptstring—countoptnumber—Try it
Response
Test with curl
The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.
List available tools
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/repology/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'Call a tool
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/repology/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"project","arguments":{"name": "test"}}}'Use with the SDK
Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.
TypeScript
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("project", {"name":"example"});ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("repology — cross-distro package version aggregator");