# Install pocket-id with Homebrew, apk, Nix

Open-source identity provider for secure user authentication. Version 2.12.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-30. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#pocket-id.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:pocket-id
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install pocket-id
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add pocket-id
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pocket-id from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#pocket-id
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:pocket-id
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pocket-id>
- **Version:** 2.12.0
- **Source summary:** Open-source identity provider for secure user authentication
- **Homepage:** <https://pocket-id.org>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/pocket-id/pocket-id>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://pocket-id.org>
- **License:** BSD-2-Clause
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/pocket-id/pocket-id/archive/refs/tags/v2.12.0.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-30T01:28:10Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- pocket-id (cli)
- pocket-id (alias)

## Build dependencies

- go
- node
- pnpm

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 2.12.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-30
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/pocket-id/pocket-id
- Upstream latest detected: v2.12.0 (current)

## Security Notes

formula declares a Homebrew service.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- formula declares a Homebrew service

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** pocket-id
- **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 - pocket-id: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/po/pocket-id/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - pocket-id - 2.9.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pocket-id from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Simple OIDC provider that allows users to authenticate with passkeys | https://pocket-id.org/
- apk - pocket-id-openrc - 2.9.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pocket-id-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Simple OIDC provider that allows users to authenticate with passkeys (OpenRC init scripts) | https://pocket-id.org/


## Related links

- [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.
- [Security and crypto packages](https://pkg.so/security-crypto-tools/) - Matched security, identity, cryptography, password, signing, or certificate metadata.
- [node](https://pkg.so/brew/node/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [go](https://pkg.so/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pnpm](https://pkg.so/brew/pnpm/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [oauth2_proxy](https://pkg.so/brew/oauth2-proxy/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: authentication, cli, identity-provider, oidc, security.
- [krb5](https://pkg.so/brew/krb5/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: authentication, cli, security.
- [cyrus-sasl](https://pkg.so/brew/cyrus-sasl/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: authentication, cli, security.
- [linux-pam](https://pkg.so/brew/linux-pam/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: authentication, cli, security.
- [oath-toolkit](https://pkg.so/brew/oath-toolkit/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: authentication, cli, security.
- [opkssh](https://pkg.so/brew/opkssh/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: authentication, cli, identity-access, oidc, security.
- [pinentry](https://pkg.so/brew/pinentry/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: authentication, cli, security.
- [saml2aws](https://pkg.so/brew/saml2aws/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: authentication, cli, identity-provider, security.

## Combined YAML source

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