wali is a web browser based installer for Arch Linux:

• In the live environment, wali runs a web server
• Install Arch from another machine with a web UI
• 4MB download, 10MB extracted, with no dependencies
• A video of v1.2
  • Note: the mouse pointer doesn't show in the video

• Create partitions and ext4 or btrfs filesystems
• Profiles: niri, xfce, Hyprland and Plasma
• Video: Guidance on appropriate video driver
• Packages: install additional packages
• Install: output displayed in browser

1. Boot into the latest Arch ISO and configure the internet connection as usual
2. Download and extract wali
   • curl -sfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ccooper1982/wali/main/scripts/install.sh | sh
   • Install location is /root/wali
3. Use ip addr to find the appropriate IP address for the web server
4. Start:
   • cd /root/wali
   • ./start.sh <ip_address> [port]
   • Default port is 8080

1. In a browser, visit the URL (note it is http)
   • i.e. http://192.168.1.2:8080/

Go through the menu options, configuring as required.

• For a bootable system, all stages up to and including "Boot Loader" must succeed
• If a subsequent stage fails, the system can probably still boot (reported as Partial Success).

• In the "Filesystems" page, you can click "Manage Partitions" to create partitions
  • There is no UI progress indicator yet, except the buttons are disabled
• All partitions on the selected device are deleted and new partitions are created
• A new partition for home can be created (if not then, you will mount /home to the root partition)
• The home partition cannot be sized yet, it's either "Do nothing" or "Use remaining space"

• boot and root are required, and must be separate partitions
• home can be mounted to:
  • Root partition (default)
  • New partition: wipes the filesystem then creates a new filesystem
  • Existing partition: mount only

• A root password is required
• A user account with password is required

• The web server is integrated into webtoolkit, a C++ web framework (the web equivalent of Qt)
• The install script syncs the time then downloads and extracts wali
• wali is linked statically to wt, as is wt to boost, so no additional dependencies are required

• C++23 compatible compiler, tested on GCC 15.x and clang 21.1.x

Assuming using clang:

• sudo pacman -Sy clang pkg-config boost cmake meson linux-headers

Download wt and plog then configure:

• meson setup build

Build wt then wali:

• meson compile -C build

The wali executable is build/wali.