# Install tgpt with Homebrew, Nix, pacman AI Chatbots in terminal without needing API keys. Version 2.12.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-27. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#tgpt. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:tgpt ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install tgpt ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#tgpt ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tg/tgpt/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S tgpt ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: tgpt from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:tgpt - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.12.0 - **Source summary:** AI Chatbots in terminal without needing API keys - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-only - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-27T01:52:16Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00 ## Executables - tgpt (cli) - tgpt (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## 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: 2.12.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-27 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/aandrew-me/tgpt - Upstream latest detected: v2.12.0 (current) ## Project history and usage tgpt is a cross-platform terminal client for AI chat providers. Its README presents the tool as a way to use AI in the terminal and emphasizes provider support without requiring a user-managed API key for the common path described in the package metadata. ### Project history The public source-backed history is thin, but the project is clearly organized around a Go command-line executable, a provider list, release binaries, and installer scripts for Unix-like systems and Windows. ### Adoption history The README documents installation through Homebrew, Arch Linux, FreeBSD ports/packages, Go, Scoop, and Chocolatey. The Homebrew input also records packaging in Homebrew, Nix, and pacman. ### How it is used Package users install the `tgpt` command to query AI chat services from a shell, update script-installed copies with `tgpt -u`, and optionally configure HTTP or SOCKS proxy settings through environment variables or proxy.txt files. ### Why package nerds care tgpt belongs to the post-LLM wave of small terminal-first AI tools: its package-manager relevance is less about a long lineage and more about making AI chat available as a simple executable in the same workflows where developers already use curl, shells, and package managers. ### Timeline - 2020s: Project README documents multi-platform terminal AI usage and package-manager installation. - 2020s: README documents Homebrew, Arch Linux, FreeBSD, Go, Scoop, and Chocolatey installation paths. ### Related projects - The README links to its provider documentation for the currently available AI backends. ### Sources - Official README: https://github.com/aandrew-me/tgpt#readme - Official provider docs linked from README: https://github.com/aandrew-me/tgpt/blob/main/md/providers.md - 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: ./proxy.txt, ~/.config/tgpt/proxy.txt ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** tgpt - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - tgpt: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tg/tgpt/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman - tgpt - 2.11.1-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: tgpt from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | AI Chatbots in terminal without needing API keys | https://github.com/aandrew-me/tgpt ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [MCP tool packages](https://pkg.so/mcp-tools/) - Mentions MCP or Model Context Protocol. - [AI and agent packages](https://pkg.so/ai-agent-tools/) - Matched AI model, agent, coding-agent, orchestration, or MCP metadata. - [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [go](https://pkg.so/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [mods](https://pkg.so/brew/mods/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: ai, cli, model-tools, terminal. - [gptline](https://pkg.so/brew/gptline/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: ai, cli, model-tools, terminal. - [chatblade](https://pkg.so/brew/chatblade/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: ai, cli, model-tools, terminal. - [ollama](https://pkg.so/brew/ollama/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: ai, cli, model-tools. - [llama.cpp](https://pkg.so/brew/llama-cpp/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: ai, cli, model-tools. - [llmfit](https://pkg.so/brew/llmfit/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: ai, cli, model-tools. - [cliproxyapi](https://pkg.so/brew/cliproxyapi/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: ai, cli, model-tools. - [llm](https://pkg.so/brew/llm/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: ai, cli, model-tools. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/tgpt.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/tgpt.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 - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph