# Install antigen with Homebrew, Nix

Plugin manager for zsh, inspired by oh-my-zsh and vundle. Version 2.2.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#antigen.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:antigen
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install antigen
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#antigen
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/an/antigen/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:antigen
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/antigen>
- **Version:** 2.2.3
- **Source summary:** Plugin manager for zsh, inspired by oh-my-zsh and vundle
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/zsh-users/antigen>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/zsh-users/antigen>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/zsh-users/antigen/releases/download/v2.2.3/v2.2.3.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Uses from macOS

- zsh

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Caveats: To activate antigen, add the following to your ~/.zshrc: source $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/antigen/antigen.zsh
- Bottle: available on all

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 2.2.3
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/zsh-users/antigen
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for antigen. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** antigen
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** yes
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - antigen: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/an/antigen/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [Homebrew utility packages](https://pkg.so/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [tfenv](https://pkg.so/brew/tfenv/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: inspired, manager.
- [tgenv](https://pkg.so/brew/tgenv/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: inspired, manager.
- [zplug](https://pkg.so/brew/zplug/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: manager, zsh.

## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph