List all user-installed packages on OpenWrt / LEDE

list-user-installed-packages.sh

#!/bin/sh

FLASH_TIME=$(opkg info busybox | grep '^Installed-Time: ')

for i in $(opkg list-installed | cut -d' ' -f1)
do
    if [ "$(opkg info $i | grep '^Installed-Time: ')" != "$FLASH_TIME" ]
    then
        echo $i
    fi
done

@crzsotona
The title and filename of the OPs original script says "list user installed packages". That is what the script does. It does NOT list packages in the OG or custom firmware that has already been flashed to the device. Happy for you that you managed to discover that it is useless for anything else.

now for apk equivalent?

@tojestzart
These are the droids commands you are looking for:

# Install the owut package if it is not installed already (needs openwrt v24.10 or greater)
[ ! -f "$(which owut)" ] && [ -f "$(which apk)" ] && apk update&&apk add owut
[ ! -f "$(which owut)" ] && [ -f "$(which opkg)" ] && opkg update&&opkg install owut

# show packages that are installed on the device but are not in the default sysupgrade firmware
# (ie user installed or added in custom fw)
owut list

# show all installed packages (without listing dependencies)
owut blob | grep '   '|cut -d'"' -f2

# This also shows all apps without dependencies (obviously openwrt >=25)
# The file was generated by running apk update
cat /etc/apk/world

@tojestzart

Using grep:

grep -v -F -x -f /rom/etc/apk/world /etc/apk/world

Or with diffutils installed:

diff /rom/etc/apk/world /etc/apk/world | grep '^>' | awk '{print $2}'

owut list thats the solution in case you added packages to firmware selector, but first you need to install owut