# Advantages of PARU over YAY

**URL:** <https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/advantages-of-paru-over-yay/17020>\
**Category:** General system\
**Created:** [August 30, 2021, 7:37am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/advantages-of-paru-over-yay/17020 "2021-08-30T07:37:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![flyingcakes](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/flyingcakes/32/6218_2.png) [@flyingcakes](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/flyingcakes)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 7:42am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/advantages-of-paru-over-yay/17020/3 "2021-08-30T07:42:45Z")

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> [@One of the main developers for yay is stepping away from development to work on his own aur helper](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/one-of-the-main-developers-for-yay-is-stepping-away-from-development-to-work-on-his-own-aur-helper/9299):
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> Curious how this will effect EnOS. Also think I’ll try out the new helper.

> [@YAY is not maintained good anymore?](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/yay-is-not-maintained-good-anymore/11499/5):
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> Looks like it is still getting commits. How many commits does something that is feature complete need? For me, paru excludes one of the main features that makes yay great. The color coded combinedupgrade compare. I see no advantage to paru over all the other AUR helpers out there. If I was forced to switch away from yay for some reason I would probably go to pikaur EDIT: This is what I am referring to in yay in case you don’t have it turned on: [image]

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