# Install wikibase-cli with Homebrew Command-line interface to Wikibase. Version 20.3.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-01. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:wikibase-cli ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install wikibase-cli ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:wikibase-cli - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 20.3.1 - **Source summary:** Command-line interface to Wikibase - **Homepage:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-08-01T02:49:35Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00 ## Executables - wb (cli) - wd (cli) - wb (alias) - wd (alias) ## Dependencies - node ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-04 - Package-manager version: 20.3.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-08-01 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://codeberg.org/maxlath/wikibase-cli - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## 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. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes 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. ## 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/wikibase-cli/config.json - Windows: %USERPROFILE%\wikibase-cli\config\config.json ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.config/wikibase-cli/config.json - Windows: %USERPROFILE%\wikibase-cli\config\config.json ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** wikibase-cli - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Database and data packages](https://pkg.so/database-data-tools/) - Matched database, SQL, migration, or data-store metadata. - [node](https://pkg.so/brew/node/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [typedb](https://pkg.so/brew/typedb/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, knowledge-graph. - [virtuoso](https://pkg.so/brew/virtuoso/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, knowledge-graph. - [sqlite](https://pkg.so/brew/sqlite/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data. - [protobuf](https://pkg.so/brew/protobuf/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data. - [bzip2](https://pkg.so/brew/bzip2/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data. - [redis](https://pkg.so/brew/redis/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data. - [gdbm](https://pkg.so/brew/gdbm/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data. - [freetds](https://pkg.so/brew/freetds/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data. - [cubejs-cli](https://pkg.so/brew/cubejs-cli/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, command-line, data, interface, line. - [sanity](https://pkg.so/brew/sanity/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, command-line, data, interface, line. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/wikibase-cli.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/wikibase-cli.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - pkgdb category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph