"I think it's fine so long as it's clear that your project is your own and not affiliated with the original. Have fun!" — Dustin (original Antergos founder)

Planned Change — Effective Upon Completion of Migration

The Antergos‑NeXT project is preparing a full migration from GitHub to our new self‑hosted Gitea forge.
This follows upstream direction: Artix Linux uses Gitea as its official forge, and Antergos‑NeXT will align with that standard.

All active development, CI/CD, ISO tooling, and package work will move to our NAS‑backed Gitea infrastructure once the migration is finalized.

This notice explains what will change, what will remain, and how contributors should prepare.

• All development will move to the new Gitea forge.
• All existing GitHub repositories will be archived after migration.
• The GitHub organization will remain online, but will transition into a bug‑tracker‑only org.
• A new repository named bug-tracker will be created on GitHub for users who prefer GitHub or follow upstream policies.
• All code, pipelines, and releases will live on the self‑hosted forge.

Antergos‑NeXT follows upstream direction.
Artix Linux uses Gitea as its official forge, and we will maintain compatibility with upstream workflows, tooling, and contributor expectations.

Gitea provides:

• Full control over infrastructure
• Faster CI/CD execution
• Custom theming and branding
• Integrated package and ISO pipelines
• A unified backend for ArchWeb and repo metadata

All development will occur at:

https://antergos-nas.taild4360b.ts.net

This includes:

• Source code
• Issues (primary tracker on Gitea)
• Pull requests
• Releases
• ISO build pipelines
• Package metadata
• CI/CD logs

The GitHub org will remain online, but its role will change after migration.

• The organization itself
• A new repository named bug-tracker
• Archived historical repositories
• Public visibility for users who prefer GitHub

• All existing repositories will be archived
• No new development will occur on GitHub
• GitHub will become a secondary issue tracker only
• Users who dislike Gitea may continue filing issues on GitHub

Once migration is complete:

1. Update your Git remotes:

   git remote set-url origin https://antergos-nas.taild4360b.ts.net/Antergos-NeXT/<repo>

2. File issues on the new forge unless you specifically need GitHub.

3. Re‑open any active issues or PRs on the new platform.

• CI/CD runners are already operational on the new infrastructure.
• Package repository exposure via Funnel is being tested.
• ISO build pipelines will run on NAS hardware for improved performance.

This migration will align Antergos‑NeXT with upstream standards while preserving GitHub as a fallback for users who prefer it.
The project’s future development will be fully independent and self‑hosted.

— Antergos‑NeXT Maintainer Team

• The Antergos name and logo — carried forward with Dustin's blessing
• The Calamares installer — mature, upstream-supported, online mode (BYODE script for bare-system offline installs)
• A modern Arch-like live environment that just works
• Community-driven development — contributions welcome

• Artix Linux base with Dinit (switchable via changing-init.md) instead of Arch/systemd
• Calamares as the primary installer — online (netinstall with multiple DEs) + BYODE offline script
• KDE Plasma as the default desktop environment (GNOME removed — systemd dependency)
• buildiso (artools) for ISO builds
• Modern CI — all packages auto-built and deployed to gh-pages
• Antergos branding throughout — about dialog, installer theme, default branding fallback
• Antergos Layan theme — Kvantum, SDDM, GRUB theme, plasma plasmoids, Konsole, Yakuake skin

This isn't a 1:1 replica of the 2019 ISO. Cnchi is retired (too unstable to maintain), outdated design choices and unmaintainable packages are gone, and systemd stays out. The past informs, it doesn't confine.

Antergos NeXT uses Dinit — it's lightweight, fast, and stays out of the way. Artix provides Dinit, OpenRC, Runit, and S6; we chose Dinit as the supported default because OpenRC has service-enable bugs on installed systems. You can switch to another init via changing-init.md in the ISO repo.

⚠️ To any press reading this: If you see an article claiming Antergos NeXT is abandoned, it's outdated. During the brief rename to Pulsar Linux (before Dustin's blessing came through), some outlets assumed the project died. It didn't. Name changed back, installer got upgraded, development is active. Check the commit history.

_{Maintained solo by Michał. Updates may be slow — be patient, or better yet, contribute.}