How about adding a scoop bucket?

[YDX-2147483647]

Could we add a scoop bucket under https://github.com/typst-community/?

What is Scoop and a Scoop Bucket?

Scoop is a command-line installer for Windows. It's a reliable project started 12 years ago and its core repo has 22.6k stars now.

For reference, typst started 7 years ago (counting beta) and https://github.com/typst/typst/ has 44.2k stars now.

A scoop bucket is a collection of apps. To be more specific, the bucket is a GitHub repo containing JSON app manifests. An app manifest describes how to install an app, and will be updated automatically by GitHub Actions.

Examples:

• bucket: https://github.com/charmbracelet/scoop-bucket
• app manifest: https://github.com/YDX-2147483647/scoop-bucket/blob/ee6893b96da484ffec324852f2d27ec63cec9fce/bucket/tinymist.json

scoop install … works basically the same as cargo binstall …, but scoop is built upon ubiquitous tools on Windows, and does not require the user to set up a rust toolchain.

Current Situation

The typst cli is included in scoop's official Main bucket, but tinymist and other tools related to typst are not included, because they do not meet the criteria (500+ stars and 150+ forks).

However, these tools are included in community/personal buckets. For example, tinymist is included in 7 buckets.

This proves that at least some Windows users need a scoop bucket about typst stuffs.

My proposal

I suggest we add a scoop bucket under https://github.com/typst-community/.

Benefits:

• Facilitate the use of typst tools and scoop

• Make joint efforts to keep the app manifests updated

  The auto update workflow works in most cases, but it will fail if the zip structure has changed or the repo owner has been transferred. As a result, for instance, 3 of 7 manifests of tinymist are outdated.

• Improve security

  scoop install typst-community/tinymist looks far better than scoop install ydx-2147483647/tinymist or scoop install jack-mil/tinymist or installing from any random bucket.

Costs:

• GitHub Actions usage, about 4 hours per month on the Windows runner

  It's free for public repositories. GitHub pays for that.

• Someone has to set up the bucket initially and keep an eye later.

  I volunteer myself.

[tingerrr]

So, if we were to add a scoop-bucket under typst-community/scoop-bucket people could add this under whichever name they like (likely choosing typst-community itself)? Are the manifests all that need to be maintained, or does it also require scripts and such? How do we keep them up to date automatically when new releases of various tools are released?

[YDX-2147483647]

people could add this under whichever name they like (likely choosing typst-community itself)?

Well actually, the end user decides the name:

scoop bucket add any-name https://github.com/typst-community/scoop-bucket

scoop install any-name/<manifestname>
scoop install <manifestname>  # if only one bucket contains it

Are the manifests all that need to be maintained, or does it also require scripts and such? How do we keep them up to date automatically when new releases of various tools are released?

GitHub Actions updates them automatically in 99% cases, and https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/BucketTemplate/ provides the workflow files.
You can take a look at the log of the Main bucket: https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Main/actions/workflows/excavator.yml

To be specific, we write checkver in the app manifest, and GitHub Actions will check if the repo has published a new release.

    "checkver": {
        "github": "https://github.com/Myriad-Dreamin/tinymist"
    }

[tingerrr]

Ah, it's just a cron job, I suppose that's simple enough. Sure, I don't see why not, especially with the domain conveying some form of authority.

I could create a repo right away and add you as owner.

[YDX-2147483647]

OK. Could you create the repo from https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/BucketTemplate/? I will do the setup afterwards.

[tingerrr]

I've sent you an invitation.

[YDX-2147483647]

Accepted. Thank you!

[tingerrr]

The scoop bucket can now be viewed at https://github.com/typst-community/scoop-bucket