pacman vs yay : ManjaroLinux
www.reddit.com › comments › mnx7zaYay is a wrapper. It makes life simpler... So you can find packages by doing something like 'yay exa' and then selecting an option. Install direct with 'yay -S exa' the same as 'pacman -S exa' and it's a pacman installation, but yay also brings in AUR packages so you can find some benefits.
yay vs pacman? : EndeavourOS
www.reddit.com › comments › skx9buyay and paru are wrappers for pacman that can also automate the process of downloading and building things from the AUR. If you update by simply typing yay then it will first use pacman to do a full system update from the official repos and then check for updates from the AUR.