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Install wikibase-cli with Homebrew

Command-line interface to Wikibase. Version 20.3.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-01.

Install commandSecurity notes

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Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install wikibase-cli

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

Command-line interface to Wikibase

Commands and aliases

  • wb
  • wd

history

Project history and usage

wikibase-cli is a command-line interface for Wikidata and other Wikibase installations. Its own README describes it as a CLI layer over the JavaScript wikibase-edit and wikibase-sdk modules, with extra terminal-oriented commands and a batch mechanism intended for large edit runs.

Project history

The tool was primarily developed around Wikidata, then generalized so the same command-line workflow could target arbitrary Wikibase instances. That transition mirrors the wider Wikibase ecosystem: Wikidata is the largest public deployment, while institutional and private Wikibase installations need the same read, edit, and scripting primitives.

How it is used

In practice, wikibase-cli is used as a terminal alternative to browser-based editing and as a scripting tool for repeated or bulk edits. The Wikidata tools page describes it as based on wikibase-edit and usable from scripts to run many edits, which is the niche where package users are most likely to meet it.

Why package nerds care

For package collections, wikibase-cli is notable less as a standalone data store than as a small automation surface over a knowledge-graph stack. Its `wb` and `wd` executables make Wikibase operations feel like ordinary shell commands, which is useful for data-cleaning, bot, and reconciliation workflows.

Related projects

  • wikibase-cli sits on top of wikibase-edit and wikibase-sdk and targets Wikidata as well as other Wikibase deployments.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for wikibase-cli. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
  • Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

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

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
~/.config/wikibase-cli/config.json
Windows
%USERPROFILE%\wikibase-cli\config\config.json

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix
~/.config/wikibase-cli/config.json
Windows
%USERPROFILE%\wikibase-cli\config\config.json

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
wbcliglobal executable
wdcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-04
manager version20.3.1
manager updated2026-08-01
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://codeberg.org/maxlath/wikibase-cli

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:wikibase-cli
Version20.3.1
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/wikibase-cli
Homepagehttps://codeberg.org/maxlath/wikibase-cli
Upstream docshttps://codeberg.org/maxlath/wikibase-cli
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://registry.npmjs.org/wikibase-cli/-/wikibase-cli-20.3.1.tgz
Last updated2026-08-01T02:49:35Z
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesnode
Bottleavailable (on all)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namewikibase-cli
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • nodeRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • typedbShares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, knowledge-graph.
  • virtuosoShares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, knowledge-graph.
  • sqliteShares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data.
  • protobufShares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data.
  • bzip2Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data.
  • redisShares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

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  • curated configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment
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