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-# Packets
+# 📦 Packets – Custom Package Manager for Linux
+
+> A fast and minimal package manager written in Go with Lua hooks, local network discovery, and SQLite-based indexing.
+
+---
+
+## 📘 Overview
+
+**Packets** is a lightweight package manager for Linux, written in Go. It supports:
+
+- Installation and removal of packages
+- Dependency resolution and upgrading
+- `.tar.zst` compressed packages with `manifest.toml` metadata
+- Lua-based install/remove hooks
+- Local cache with SHA-256 validation
+- Peer-to-peer discovery over LAN
+- Remote package syncing via HTTP
+- SQLite-based local database
+
+---
+
+## 📁 Directory Structure
+
+| Path                  | Description                      |
+|-----------------------|----------------------------------|
+| `/etc/packets/`       | Configuration files              |
+| `/opt/packets/`       | Installed package data           |
+| `/var/cache/packets/` | Cached `.tar.zst` package files  |
+
+(This can be changed in `/etc/packets/config.toml`)
+
+---
+
+# Available Commands
+
+`packets install <name>`	    Install a package (resolves dependencies, executes Lua install hook)
+`packets remove <name>`	        Remove a package (executes Lua remove hook)
+`packets upgrade <name>`	    Upgrade a package by checking family and serial in the manifest
+`packets sync [url]`	        Synchronize index.db from remote HTTP source
+`packets serve init|stop`       Starts and stop the LAN service daemon
+`packets list`	                List all installed packages
+
+# 📦 Package Format
+
+Packages must be compressed as .tar.zst and include:
+
+.
+├── manifest.toml       # Package metadata
+├── data/               # Files to install
+├── install.lua         # Lua install hook
+└── remove.lua          # Lua remove hook
+
+
+## Example manifest.toml
+``[Info]
+name = "packets"
+version = "1.0.0"
+description = "offline and online packetmanager"
+dependencies = []
+author = "robo"
+family = "1f84ca15-5077-4f1d-a370-0ec860766eb2"
+serial = 0
+
+[Hooks]
+install = "install.lua"
+remove = "remove.lua"``
+
+
+# 🔄 Installation Process
+
+    Check if package is already cached and validated via SHA-256.
+
+    If not, search the package:
+
+        Via LAN: Sends UDP broadcast (Q:filename) to peers.
+
+        Via HTTP: Downloads from configured mirrors.
+
+    Decompress .tar.zst, install files.
+
+    Execute Lua install hook.
+
+# 🧩 Core Features
+✅ Dependency Resolution
+
+Installs required dependencies listed in the manifest.
+## 🌐 LAN Discovery
+
+Broadcasts package request to devices in the same network via UDP.
+## 📡 Remote Download
+
+Downloads package via HTTP if not found on LAN.
+## 🔒 Security
+
+    SHA-256 checksum validation
+
+    Path validation to avoid exploits (..)
+
+    Safe, sandboxed Lua runtime with limited API
+
+## 🛠️ Allowed Lua API (install/remove hooks)
+
+To ensure security, only a limited set of safe functions are exposed in Lua hooks:
+
+os.remove(path)
+os.rename(old, new)
+os.copy(source, target)
+os.symlink(source, target)
+io.open(path, mode)
+path_join(...)  -- Safely join path segments
+
+### Note: Dangerous functions like os.execute, os.getenv, etc. are removed.
+## 🗃️ Databases
+
+    index.db: Available packages (after sync)
+
+    installed.db: Packages currently installed
+
+#⚠️ Restrictions & Notes
+
+    Linux only (//go:build linux)
+
+    Root permissions required for most commands
+
+    Changing dataDir triggers prompt to migrate installed packages
+
+    Binaries in binDir are not automatically moved if path changes
+
+    Do not manually edit lastDataDir
 
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