# Install pget with Homebrew, Nix, scoop

File download client. Version 0.2.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#pget.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:pget
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install pget
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#pget
```

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

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/pget
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/pget.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:pget
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pget>
- **Version:** 0.2.1
- **Source summary:** File download client
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/Code-Hex/pget>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Code-Hex/pget>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/Code-Hex/pget/archive/refs/tags/v0.2.1.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- pget (cli)
- pget (alias)

## Build dependencies

- go

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 0.2.1
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/Code-Hex/pget
- Upstream latest detected: v0.2.1 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.

## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Source Database Details

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - pget: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pg/pget/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/pget: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/pget.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Secret-risk packages](https://pkg.so/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [go](https://pkg.so/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [magic-wormhole](https://pkg.so/brew/magic-wormhole/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, file-transfer, networking.
- [lftp](https://pkg.so/brew/lftp/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, file-transfer, networking.
- [croc](https://pkg.so/brew/croc/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, file-transfer, networking.
- [duck](https://pkg.so/brew/duck/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, file-transfer, networking.
- [lrzsz](https://pkg.so/brew/lrzsz/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, file-transfer, networking.
- [ncftp](https://pkg.so/brew/ncftp/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, file-transfer, networking.
- [davix](https://pkg.so/brew/davix/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, file-transfer, networking.
- [sendme](https://pkg.so/brew/sendme/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, file-transfer, networking.
- [portal](https://pkg.so/brew/portal/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, file, file-transfer, line, networking.

## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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