COPR
also: Cool Other Package Repository
COPR (Cool Other Package Repository) is a Fedora-hosted service that allows users to build and host RPM packages outside the official Fedora repositories, useful for third-party software and community projects.
COPR stands for Cool Other Package Repository and is a free, automated build system provided by Fedora for creating and distributing custom RPM packages. It allows developers and maintainers to build packages for multiple Fedora versions and RHEL-compatible distributions without requiring official repository inclusion.
Users can enable a COPR repository on their system using dnf copr enable username/projectname, which adds the repository to their package manager and allows easy installation of packages via dnf install. For example, dnf copr enable copr_user/my_application would enable that user's COPR project.
COPR is commonly used for packaging bleeding-edge software, pre-release versions, niche applications, or patched versions of existing packages. When you enable a COPR, your system automatically pulls updates from that repository, similar to official repositories.