# Install rmw with Homebrew, Nix, zypper

Trashcan/recycle bin utility for the command-line. Version 0.10.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-31. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#rmw.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:rmw
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install rmw
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#rmw
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install rmw
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: rmw from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:rmw
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/rmw>
- **Version:** 0.10.0
- **Source summary:** Trashcan/recycle bin utility for the command-line
- **Homepage:** <https://theimpossibleastronaut.github.io/rmw-website/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/theimpossibleastronaut/rmw>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://theimpossibleastronaut.github.io/rmw-website/>
- **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/theimpossibleastronaut/rmw/releases/download/v0.10.0/rmw-0.10.0.tar.xz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-31T11:59:39Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- rmw (cli)
- rmw (alias)

## Dependencies

- canfigger
- gettext
- glib
- ncurses

## Build dependencies

- gettext
- meson
- ninja
- pkgconf

## 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: 0.10.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-31
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/theimpossibleastronaut/rmw
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## 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: ~/.config/rmwrc, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/rmwrc
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** rmw
- **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 - rmw: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/rm/rmw/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- zypper - rmw - 0.10.0-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: rmw from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Safe-remove utility for the command line | https://theimpossibleastronaut.github.io/rmw-website
- zypper - rmw-lang - 0.10.0-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: rmw-lang from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Translations for package rmw | https://theimpossibleastronaut.github.io/rmw-website


## 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.
- [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 Homebrew package provider.
- [glib](https://pkg.so/brew/glib/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [gettext](https://pkg.so/brew/gettext/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [ncurses](https://pkg.so/brew/ncurses/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pkgconf](https://pkg.so/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [ninja](https://pkg.so/brew/ninja/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [meson](https://pkg.so/brew/meson/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [rmtrash](https://pkg.so/brew/rmtrash/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, file-deletion, file-management, system, trash.
- [mmv](https://pkg.so/brew/mmv/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, file-management, system.
- [safe-rm](https://pkg.so/brew/safe-rm/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, file-deletion, file-management, system.
- [rnr](https://pkg.so/brew/rnr/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, file-management, system.
- [periscope](https://pkg.so/brew/periscope/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, file-management, system.
- [ddh](https://pkg.so/brew/ddh/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, file-management, system.
- [brename](https://pkg.so/brew/brename/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, file-management, system.
- [rmrfrs](https://pkg.so/brew/rmrfrs/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, file-management, system.
- [trash-cli](https://pkg.so/brew/trash-cli/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, command-line, file, file-management, line.
- [czkawka](https://pkg.so/brew/czkawka/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, file, file-management, gettext, glib.

## Combined YAML source

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