--- title: "KDE Linux drops AUR from its build pipeline over security and reliability concerns" url: https://daily.dev/posts/kde-linux-drops-aur-from-its-build-pipeline-over-security-and-reliability-concerns-mds3zy0ql source_url: https://www.xda-developers.com/kde-linux-drops-aur-from-its-build-pipeline-over-security-and-reliability-concerns type: article source: "XDA Developers" published: 2026-05-31T22:17:18.110Z updated: 2026-05-31T22:18:03.035Z tags: ["security", "linux"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # KDE Linux drops AUR from its build pipeline over security and reliability concerns **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary KDE Linux has removed the Arch User Repository (AUR) from its official build pipeline, citing security risks (malware discovered in AUR packages multiple times) and reliability issues (multi-day outages blocking the build process). The decision was also driven by KDE Linux's goal to be platform-agnostic and avoid requiring packaging knowledge for development. End users of KDE Linux are unaffected and can still use AUR to install packages; the change only impacts the OS build process itself. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [KDE Linux is Coming Along Nicely, Ditching the AUR and Tightening Up Security](https://daily.dev/posts/kde-linux-is-coming-along-nicely-ditching-the-aur-and-tightening-up-security-nsrvjo939) · It's Foss · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Arch Linux's AUR Sees More Than 400 Packages Compromised With Malware](https://daily.dev/posts/arch-linux-s-aur-sees-more-than-400-packages-compromised-with-malware-rajulib7a) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/kde-linux-drops-aur-from-its-build-pipeline-over-security-and-reliability-concerns-mds3zy0ql)