diff --git a/PKGLIST.md b/PKGLIST.md
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..4212dd0f9
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+++ b/PKGLIST.md
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+## All Packages
+
+|linux(arch)|windows(arch)|iphoneos(arch)|macosx(arch)|android(arch)|
+|-----|-------|--------|------|-------|
+|autoconf(*)|bzip2(*)|cmake(*)|autoconf(*)|cmake(*)||
+|automake(*)|cairo(*)|doctest(*)|automake(*)|doctest(*)||
+|bzip2(*)|cmake(*)|libjpeg(*)|bzip2(*)|libjpeg(*)||
+|cairo(*)|doctest(*)|lua(*)|cairo(*)|lua(*)||
+|cjson(*)|expat(*)|nlohmann_json(*)|cjson(*)|nlohmann_json(*)||
+|cmake(*)|freeglut(*)|tbox(*)|cmake(*)|tbox(*)||
+|doctest(*)|freetype(*)|zlib(*)|doctest(*)|zlib(*)||
+|expat(*)|glew(*)||expat(*)|||
+|ffmpeg(*)|go(*)||ffmpeg(*)|||
+|fontconfig(*)|libjpeg(*)||fontconfig(*)|||
+|freeglut(*)|libpng(*)||freetype(*)|||
+|freetype(*)|libsdl(*)||glew(*)|||
+|glew(*)|libuv(*)||go(*)|||
+|go(*)|lua(*)||gperf(*)|||
+|gperf(*)|luajit(*)||json-c(*)|||
+|json-c(*)|make(*)||libev(*)|||
+|libev(*)|nlohmann_json(*)||libiconv(*)|||
+|libiconv(*)|patch(*)||libjpeg(*)|||
+|libjpeg(*)|pcre(*)||libmill(*)|||
+|libmill(*)|pixman(*)||libpng(*)|||
+|libpng(*)|python(*)||libsdl(*)|||
+|libsdl(*)|sqlite3(*)||libtask(*)|||
+|libtask(*)|tbox(*)||libtool(*)|||
+|libtool(*)|zlib(*)||libuv(*)|||
+|libuv(*)|||libxml2(*)|||
+|libxml2(*)|||lua(*)|||
+|lua(*)|||luajit(*)|||
+|luajit(*)|||make(*)|||
+|make(*)|||mbedtls(*)|||
+|mbedtls(*)|||mysql(*)|||
+|mysql(*)|||nasm(*)|||
+|nasm(*)|||ncurses(*)|||
+|ncurses(*)|||nlohmann_json(*)|||
+|nlohmann_json(*)|||openssl(*)|||
+|openssl(*)|||patch(*)|||
+|patch(*)|||pcre(*)|||
+|pcre(*)|||pcre2(*)|||
+|pcre2(*)|||pixman(*)|||
+|pixman(*)|||pkg-config(*)|||
+|pkg-config(*)|||python(*)|||
+|python(*)|||sqlite3(*)|||
+|sqlite3(*)|||tbox(*)|||
+|tbox(*)|||util-linux(*)|||
+|util-linux(*)|||x264(*)|||
+|x264(*)|||x265(*)|||
+|x265(*)|||xz(*)|||
+|xz(*)|||yasm(*)|||
+|yasm(*)|||zlib(*)|||
+|zlib(*)||||||
diff --git a/scripts/genlist.lua b/scripts/genlist.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9326a5114
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/genlist.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import("packages", {alias = "get_packages"})
+
+function main(...)
+    
+    -- get packages
+    local packages = get_packages()
+    local tables = {}
+    local col = 1
+    local row_max = 0
+    for _, pkgs in pairs(packages) do
+        for row, pkg in ipairs(pkgs) do
+            tables[row] = tables[row] or {}
+            tables[row][col] = pkg
+        end
+        if #pkgs > row_max then
+            row_max = #pkgs
+        end
+        col = col + 1
+    end
+
+    -- generate markdown table
+    local packages_md = "## All Packages\n\n"
+    for plat, _ in pairs(packages) do
+        packages_md = packages_md .. "|" .. plat .. "(arch)" 
+    end
+    packages_md = packages_md .. "|\n"
+    for plat, _ in pairs(packages) do
+        packages_md = packages_md .. "|" .. (plat:gsub('.', '-')) 
+    end
+    packages_md = packages_md .. "|\n"
+    for y = 1, row_max do
+        for x = 1, col do
+            local pkg = tables[y][x]
+            local info = ""
+            if pkg then
+                if pkg.generic then
+                    info = pkg.name .. "(*)"
+                else
+                    info = pkg.name .. "(" .. table.concat(pkg.archs, ",") .. ")"
+                end
+            end
+            packages_md = packages_md .. "|" .. info 
+        end
+        packages_md = packages_md .. "|\n"
+    end
+    print(packages_md)
+    io.writefile(path.join(os.scriptdir(), "..", "PKGLIST.md"), packages_md)
+end
diff --git a/scripts/list.lua b/scripts/list.lua
index dfdb1247a..d0450462c 100644
--- a/scripts/list.lua
+++ b/scripts/list.lua
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
+import("packages")
+
 function main(...)
-    local packages = {}
-    for _, dir in ipairs(os.dirs(path.join("packages", "*", "*"))) do
-        local package = path.filename(dir)
-        local key = package:sub(1, 1)
-        packages[key] = packages[key] or {}
-        table.insert(packages[key], package)
+    for plat, pkgs in pairs(packages()) do
+        cprint("${magenta}%s${clear}:", plat)
+        for _, pkg in ipairs(pkgs) do
+            if pkg.generic then
+                cprint("  ${yellow}->${clear} %s", pkg.name)
+            else
+                cprint("  ${yellow}->${clear} %s (%s)", pkg.name, table.concat(pkg.archs, ", "))
+            end
+        end
     end
-    print(packages)
 end
diff --git a/scripts/packages.lua b/scripts/packages.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb5bfad64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/packages.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+-- imports
+import("core.package.package")
+import("core.platform.platform")
+
+-- is supported platform and architecture?
+function _is_supported(instance, plat, arch)
+
+    -- get script
+    local script = instance:get("install")
+    local result = nil
+    if type(script) == "function" then
+        result = script
+    elseif type(script) == "table" then
+
+        -- get plat and arch
+        local plat = plat or ""
+        local arch = arch or ""
+
+        -- match script for special plat and arch
+        local pattern = plat .. '|' .. arch
+        for _pattern, _script in pairs(script) do
+            if not _pattern:startswith("__") and pattern:find('^' .. _pattern .. '$') then
+                result = _script
+                break
+            end
+        end
+
+        -- match script for special plat
+        if result == nil then
+            for _pattern, _script in pairs(script) do
+                if not _pattern:startswith("__") and plat:find('^' .. _pattern .. '$') then
+                    result = _script
+                    break
+                end
+            end
+        end
+
+        -- get generic script
+        result = result or script["__generic__"]
+    end
+    return result
+end
+
+-- the main entry
+function main(...)
+    local packages = {}
+    local plat = os.host()
+    for _, packagedir in ipairs(os.dirs(path.join("packages", "*", "*"))) do
+        local packagename = path.filename(packagedir)
+        local packagefile = path.join(packagedir, "xmake.lua")
+        local instance = package.load_from_repository(packagename, nil, packagedir, packagefile)
+        if instance then
+            for _, plat in ipairs({"windows", "linux", "macosx", "iphoneos", "android"}) do
+                local archs = platform.archs(plat)
+                if archs then
+                    local package_archs = {}
+                    for _, arch in ipairs(archs) do
+                        if _is_supported(instance, plat, arch) then
+                            table.insert(package_archs, arch)
+                        end
+                    end
+                    if #package_archs > 0 then
+                        packages[plat] = packages[plat] or {}
+                        table.insert(packages[plat], {name = instance:name(), archs = package_archs, generic = #package_archs == #archs})
+                    end
+                end
+            end
+        end
+    end
+    for _, packages_plat in pairs(packages) do
+        table.sort(packages_plat, function(a, b) return a.name < b.name end)
+    end
+    return packages
+end