chore: release

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 
+## [0.13.2](https://github.com/pkgforge/soar/compare/v0.13.1...v0.13.2) - 2026-08-10
+
+### ⛰️  Features
+
+- *(cli)* Expose soar to frontends with JSON output and a plugin manifest ([#192](https://github.com/pkgforge/soar/pull/192)) - ([1ea7f51](https://github.com/pkgforge/soar/commit/1ea7f51c854c007de53b734de5a3892baaba2c2e))
+
 ## [0.13.1](https://github.com/pkgforge/soar/compare/v0.13.0...v0.13.1) - 2026-08-05
 
 ### ⛰️  Features

Cargo.toml

@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ serde_json = { version = "1.0.150", features = ["indexmap"] }
 serial_test = "3.5.0"
 sha2 = "0.11.0"
 soar-config = { version = "0.12.0", path = "crates/soar-config" }
-soar-core = { version = "0.17.1", path = "crates/soar-core" }
-soar-db = { version = "0.6.1", path = "crates/soar-db" }
+soar-core = { version = "0.17.2", path = "crates/soar-core" }
+soar-db = { version = "0.6.2", path = "crates/soar-db" }
 soar-dl = { version = "0.12.0", path = "crates/soar-dl" }
-soar-events = { version = "0.2.0", path = "crates/soar-events" }
-soar-operations = { version = "0.4.1", path = "crates/soar-operations" }
+soar-events = { version = "0.3.0", path = "crates/soar-events" }
+soar-operations = { version = "0.4.2", path = "crates/soar-operations" }
 soar-package = { version = "0.5.0", path = "crates/soar-package" }
-soar-registry = { version = "0.6.1", path = "crates/soar-registry" }
+soar-registry = { version = "0.6.2", path = "crates/soar-registry" }
 soar-utils = { version = "0.5.0", path = "crates/soar-utils" }
 squishy = { version = "0.5.1", features = ["appimage", "dwarfs"] }
 tabled = { version = "0.21", default-features = false, features = ["ansi"] }

crates/soar-cli/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "soar-cli"
-version = "0.13.1"
+version = "0.13.2"
 description = "A modern package manager for Linux"
 default-run = "soar"
 license.workspace = true

crates/soar-cli/src/apply.rs

@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ use tabled::{
 };
 use tracing::{info, warn};
 
-use crate::utils::{display_settings, icon_or, Colored, Icons};
+use crate::{
+    json_output::{self, ApplyDiffJson},
+    utils::{display_settings, event_stream_enabled, icon_or, Colored, Icons},
+};
 
 pub async fn apply_packages(
     ctx: &SoarContext,
@@ -23,7 +26,7 @@ pub async fn apply_packages(
     let config = PackagesConfig::load(packages_config.as_deref())?;
     let resolved = config.resolved_packages();
 
-    if resolved.is_empty() {
+    if resolved.is_empty() && !(dry_run && event_stream_enabled()) {
         info!("No packages declared in configuration");
         return Ok(());
     }
@@ -32,6 +35,13 @@ pub async fn apply_packages(
 
     let diff = apply::compute_diff(ctx, &resolved, prune).await?;
 
+    // A dry run is a question rather than an operation, so it answers with the
+    // diff itself instead of streaming what it would do.
+    if dry_run && event_stream_enabled() {
+        json_output::emit(&ApplyDiffJson::new(&diff));
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
     display_diff(&diff, prune);
 
     if !diff.has_changes() && !diff.has_toml_updates() {

crates/soar-cli/src/cli.rs

@@ -313,6 +313,10 @@ pub enum Commands {
         #[arg(required = false, long, short)]
         ask: bool,
 
+        /// Report what would be updated, without updating anything
+        #[arg(required = false, long, conflicts_with_all = ["ask", "keep", "no_verify"])]
+        check: bool,
+
         /// Skip checksum verification
         #[arg(required = false, long)]
         no_verify: bool,
@@ -487,6 +491,10 @@ pub enum Commands {
     #[clap(name = "env")]
     Env,
 
+    /// Print how a frontend should drive this soar
+    #[clap(name = "plugin-manifest")]
+    PluginManifest,
+
     /// Garbage collection
     #[clap(name = "clean")]
     Clean {