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Plain or Managed The two execution paths are separate. Plain Managed Entry point sow create DIR init, repo, dist, add, rm, build State package directory sow.yml plus private SQLite/journals Public layout flat RPM/DEB indexes Repository pool/ + dists/ …

Managed mode keeps configuration, membership, generations, and audit state. This example starts from an empty directory. Initialize the workspace sow init /srv/sow cd /srv/sow init creates: /srv/sow/ ├── sow.yml # configuration; schema: sow/v3 └── …

Plain mode builds a flat repository in one directory. It does not read sow.yml, create a workspace, or keep a database. Prepare a directory Put RPM and/or DEB files at the directory top level. sow create does not recurse and does not move or rename …

SOW is one executable: there is no service to enable and no runtime language environment. Release builds target Linux and macOS on amd64 and arm64; Linux also gets RPM and DEB packages. Windows is not supported. Use the Download page to select the …

SOW builds static RPM/YUM and DEB/APT repositories; it is not an HTTP daemon. Choose one of two isolated paths: Plain: sow create rebuilds indexes beside the packages in an ordinary directory. Managed: a workspace tracks package membership, Dists, …