webkit2gtk-automator

Automated builder and AUR publisher for webkit2gtk, running on a self-hosted server.

Every hour the container polls the AUR for a new webkit2gtk version. When an update is detected, it builds the package from source inside an isolated Arch Linux container and publishes the resulting binary as a webkit2gtk-bin AUR package, with the prebuilt artifact hosted on GitHub Releases.

How it works

docker compose up -d
    │
    └── container starts
        │
        every hour:
        ├── query AUR RPC API for webkit2gtk version
        ├── if unchanged → sleep
        └── if newer →
            git pull webkit2gtk PKGBUILD
            makepkg (all available cores)
            upload .pkg.tar.zst to GitHub Releases
            update webkit2gtk-bin PKGBUILD + .SRCINFO
            git push to AUR

Setup

1) Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Brodino96/webkit2gtk-automator.git
cd webkit2gtk-automator

2) Configure the environment

cp .env.example .env

Edit .env and fill in:

Variable	Description
GITHUB_TOKEN	Personal access token with Contents: read/write on this repo
GITHUB_REPO	Brodino96/webkit2gtk-automator
AUR_SSH_KEY_PATH	Absolute path to the SSH private key registered on your AUR account
AUR_PACKAGE_NAME	webkit2gtk-bin
AUR_MAINTAINER_NAME	Your name (written into the published PKGBUILD)
AUR_MAINTAINER_EMAIL	Your email (written into the published PKGBUILD)
POLL_INTERVAL_SECONDS	How often to check for updates, in seconds (default: 3600)
NPROC	CPU cores to use for compilation (default: all available)

3) Start the daemon

docker compose up -d

4) Optional - Watch the logs

docker compose logs -f

Useful commands

# Stop the daemon
docker compose down

# Rebuild the image after a Dockerfile change
docker compose up -d --build

# Force a rebuild on next poll (reset the tracked version)
rm state/last_version
docker compose restart

Notes

• The build takes 1–3 hours depending on server hardware
• If an artifact for the current version already exists in state/artifacts/, the build step is skipped and the existing file is published directly (useful for testing)
• All logs go to stdout and are accessible via docker compose logs
• The state/ directory is created at runtime and is not tracked by git