Alire
Shares rank 33 of 35 package managers by recommenders
People recommend it for making Ada toolchains and projects easier to set up and build. No criticism was recorded.
People recommend it for making Ada toolchains and projects easier to set up and build. No criticism was recorded.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
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Why people recommend it
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Eases ARM toolchain setup
“it's become a lot easier to set up an ARM toolchain using Alire, Ada's package manager”
Comment from 2 Apr 2026 in “Ada and Spark on ARM Cortex-M – A Tutorial with Arduino and Nucleo Examples” Crate system fetches and builds
“I'm pretty sure you can get the new crate-system to grab/make you a working build.”
Comment from 18 Apr 2026 in “Ada, Its Design, and the Language That Built the Languages”
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4 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I'm pretty sure you can get the new crate-system to grab/make you a working build.”
“it's become a lot easier to set up an ARM toolchain using Alire, Ada's package manager”
“Big fan of the lire iOS app for interacting on mobile”
“the best starting point is”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.