deb-simple, a no frills apt repository server

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I recently needed an simple way to serve up debian packages via apt-get for our internal apps. Oddly enough finding something that fit our needs was a bit harder than I thought. We needed something that:

Supported multiple versions of the same package
Didn’t care about signing or “changes” files
Allowed us to upload via an API or some type of incoming directory
Could handle multiple packages coming in at once without corrupting the repo
Was easy to setup/maintain

There were a few services out there that fit our needs but they were not free so I took a shot at building an app to fit our use-case. The outcome was deb-simple.

Currently it supports uploading packages via POST, deleting packages via DELETE and does a good job (I think) of making sure the repository listing doesn’t become corrupted.