# Install betty with Homebrew English-like interface for the command-line. Version 0.1.7 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:betty ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install betty ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:betty - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.1.7 - **Source summary:** English-like interface for the command-line - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00 ## Executables - betty (cli) - betty (alias) ## Uses from macOS - ruby ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-04 - Package-manager version: 0.1.7 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/pickhardt/betty - Upstream latest detected: v0.1.7 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage Betty is a Ruby command-line assistant that translates English-like phrases into shell commands, pitched by its README as a friendly natural-language interface for users who do not remember exact commands. ### Project history The GitHub repository was created in May 2014. Its README presents Betty as version 0.1.8, documents a broad set of command phrases, and notes that the original maintainer no longer has time to actively maintain it while remaining open to new maintainers. ### Adoption history Betty's package history is narrow compared with the other tools in this batch: the input records Homebrew packaging only. Its adoption belongs mostly to the 2010s wave of playful natural-language CLI helpers rather than to a broad multi-distro system package footprint. ### How it is used Users invoke commands such as asking for word counts, dates, file searches, archive extraction, process lists, permissions changes, and music controls. Betty prints the command it is about to run and can ask users to choose among multiple matching commands. ### Why package nerds care Betty is package-nerd interesting as a small artifact of the pre-LLM natural-language CLI era: it packaged a phrase-to-command rule set as an installable Unix tool, showing how command discovery and shell ergonomics were explored before modern AI assistants. ### Timeline - 2014: Repository created in May. - 2010s: README documents version 0.1.8 and an English-like command catalog. - 2021: Repository metadata shows later maintenance activity, but the README asks for new maintainers. ### Related projects - Related projects include shell command explainers and natural-language assistants such as howdoi, tldr-style command discovery tools, and later AI-backed shell helpers. ### Sources - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: ~/.bettyconfig ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** betty - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 1 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://pkg.so/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [starship](https://pkg.so/brew/starship/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, shell. - [shellcheck](https://pkg.so/brew/shellcheck/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, shell. - [fish](https://pkg.so/brew/fish/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, shell. - [zsh](https://pkg.so/brew/zsh/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, shell. - [mongosh](https://pkg.so/brew/mongosh/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, shell. - [zoxide](https://pkg.so/brew/zoxide/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, shell. - [atuin](https://pkg.so/brew/atuin/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, shell. - [direnv](https://pkg.so/brew/direnv/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, shell. - [powershell](https://pkg.so/brew/powershell/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, command-line, developer, developer-tools, language. - [shelltestrunner](https://pkg.so/brew/shelltestrunner/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, command-line, developer, developer-tools, line. - [argc](https://pkg.so/brew/argc/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, line, runner. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/betty.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/betty.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - pkgdb category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph