Search Software Projects (Repology)

repology/search-projects

Searches Repology for software projects whose name contains the text, optionally only those packaged in one repository, with each project's newest version, package count, repository count and status counts. Up to 200 projects. Data from Repology, https://repology.org, reduced to per-repository version rows and served by Eden Engine; not an official Repology product.

activeper callv1

Price

$0.0026 per call

You pay the price shown. If a call turns out to cost more than its quote, you pay the actual price, capped at twice the quote. No monthly minimum. Top-ups start at $0.50.

Data source

Repology

Package version data from Repology, https://repology.org, which tracks packages across Linux distributions and other repositories, fetched through its public API. Folded to per-repository version rows (maintainers, licences and summaries are dropped) and served by Eden Engine; this is not an official Repology product.

Use it

Five steps: search, inspect, learn, run, settle. No per-tool setup; your agent reaches this tool through the meta-tools it already has.

Connect once and your AI can find and run this tool, and any other it needs.

Install it Create an account

agent

// 1. search: find the tool
omnial_search({ query: "what you need" })

// 2. inspect: price and input schema
omnial_inspect({ tool: "repology/search-projects" })

// 3. learn: read the usage guide at runtime
omnial_learn({ tool: "repology/search-projects" })

// 4. run: price the exact call first, then run it
omnial_execute({ tool: "repology/search-projects", input: { /* see input_schema */ }, dry_run: true })
omnial_execute({ tool: "repology/search-projects", input: { /* ... */ } })

// 5. settle: the call is charged when it finishes, nothing to do

Not connected yet? Point your MCP client at https://mcp.eden-engine.com/mcp, then copy a config for your client.

Pricing

Every charge this tool can incur.

Charge	Price
Per call	$0.0026

Updated: Oct 26, 2026

Input and output schemas

Input schema

input_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "search"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "inrepo": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[a-z0-9_]{1,64}$",
      "description": "Optional repository the project must be in, for example debian_13 or arch."
    },
    "search": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._ -]*$",
      "maxLength": 100,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Text the project name contains, for example tinydb."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

output_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "project_count",
    "projects"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "projects": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "project"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "project": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Repology project name."
          },
          "package_count": {
            "type": "integer",
            "description": "Package records."
          },
          "status_counts": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "Records per status: newest, devel, unique, outdated, legacy, rolling, noscheme, incorrect, untrusted, ignored.",
            "additionalProperties": true
          },
          "newest_version": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Newest version: the first record marked newest, else the first marked unique, null when neither exists."
          },
          "repository_count": {
            "type": "integer",
            "description": "Repositories that carry it."
          }
        },
        "description": "A project.",
        "additionalProperties": true
      },
      "description": "Projects, in name order."
    },
    "project_count": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Projects returned, at most 200."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": true
}