# Install pelican with Homebrew, apt, pacman, dnf

Static site generator that supports Markdown and reST syntax. Version 4.12.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-22. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install pelican.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:pelican
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install pelican
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install pelican
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: pelican from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S pelican
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: pelican from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install python3-pelican
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-pelican from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:pelican
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pelican>
- **Version:** 4.12.0
- **Source summary:** Static site generator that supports Markdown and reST syntax
- **Homepage:** <https://getpelican.com/>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://getpelican.com/>
- **License:** AGPL-3.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/c4/8d/da26b77f0d9827d341bdedea357ccb5670717e3a9b4142e3e44c7f34db44/pelican-4.12.0.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-22T11:11:14Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- pelican (cli)
- pelican-import (cli)
- pelican-plugins (cli)
- pelican-quickstart (cli)
- pelican-themes (cli)
- pelican (alias)
- pelican-import (alias)
- pelican-plugins (alias)
- pelican-quickstart (alias)
- pelican-themes (alias)

## Dependencies

- python@3.14

## Build dependencies

- rust

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 4.12.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-22
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://getpelican.com/
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## 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: pelicanconf.py, publishconf.py
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** pelican
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 1
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - pelican - 4.11.0+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: pelican from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | blog aware, static website generator | https://getpelican.com/
- Debian apt - pelican-doc - 4.11.0+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: pelican-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | blog aware, static website generator (documentation) | https://getpelican.com/
- Ubuntu apt - pelican - 4.9.1+dfsg-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: pelican from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | blog aware, static website generator | https://getpelican.com/
- Ubuntu apt - pelican-doc - 4.9.1+dfsg-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: pelican-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | blog aware, static website generator (documentation) | https://getpelican.com/
- dnf - python3-pelican - 4.12.0-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-pelican from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | A tool to generate a static blog from reStructuredText or Markdown input files | http://getpelican.com
- pacman - pelican - 4.11.0-3: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: pelican from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A tool to generate a static blog, with restructured text (or markdown) input files. | https://blog.getpelican.com/


## Related links

- [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.
- [Language runtime packages](https://pkg.so/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata.
- [python@3.14](https://pkg.so/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [rust](https://pkg.so/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [eleventy](https://pkg.so/brew/eleventy/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, markdown, static-site-generator.
- [docfx](https://pkg.so/brew/docfx/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, markdown, static-site-generator.
- [marmite](https://pkg.so/brew/marmite/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, markdown, static-site-generator.
- [blades](https://pkg.so/brew/blades/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, markdown, static-site-generator.
- [sphinx-doc](https://pkg.so/brew/sphinx-doc/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, python, restructuredtext, static-site-generator.
- [mkdocs-material](https://pkg.so/brew/mkdocs-material/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, markdown, python, static-site-generator.
- [publish](https://pkg.so/brew/publish/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, static-site-generator.
- [nift](https://pkg.so/brew/nift/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, static-site-generator.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/pelican.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/pelican.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
