Migrating from yay

This guide helps yay users transition to OMG with familiar command patterns and enhanced capabilities.

Why Migrate?

Feature	yay	OMG
Search Speed	200-800ms	6ms (22x faster)
Runtime Management	❌	✅ Node, Python, Go, Rust, Ruby, Java, Bun
Security Scanning	❌	✅ CVE scanning, SBOM generation
Team Sync	❌	✅ Environment lockfiles
Language	Go	Rust (pure, no subprocess)

Command Mapping

Package Operations

yay	OMG	Notes
yay -Ss <query>	omg search <query>	22x faster, unified results
yay -S <pkg>	omg install <pkg>	Security grading included
yay -R <pkg>	omg remove <pkg>	Same behavior
yay -Syu	omg update	Updates official + AUR
yay -Si <pkg>	omg info <pkg>	Richer metadata
yay -Sc	omg clean	Clears caches
yay -Qe	omg explicit	List explicitly installed
yay -Sy	omg sync	Sync databases

Interactive Mode

# yay interactive search
yay <query>

# OMG equivalent
omg search <query> -i

AUR Operations

OMG handles AUR transparently:

# Search includes AUR automatically
omg search spotify

# Install from AUR (auto-detected)
omg install spotify

# Update AUR packages
omg update

Configuration Migration

yay config location

~/.config/yay/config.json

OMG config location

~/.config/omg/config.toml

New Capabilities

After migrating, you gain access to:

Runtime Management

omg use node 20
omg use python 3.12
omg list node --available

Security Scanning

omg audit
omg audit sbom --format cyclonedx

Team Sync

omg env capture
omg env share

Next Steps

• CLI Reference — Full command documentation
• Configuration — All config options
• Security — Vulnerability scanning setup