# Install finch with Homebrew Cask

Open source container development tool. Version 1.17.2 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install finch.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install cask:finch
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew Cask (100%):

```sh
brew install --cask finch
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew cask metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** cask:finch
- **Package manager:** Homebrew Cask
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/finch>
- **Version:** 1.17.2
- **Source summary:** Open source container development tool
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/runfinch/finch>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/runfinch/finch>
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/runfinch/finch/releases/download/v1.17.2/Finch-v1.17.2-aarch64.pkg>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 1.17.2
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/runfinch/finch
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew cask API
- **Tap:** homebrew/cask
- **Full Token:** finch
- **Names:** Finch
- **Artifacts:** Pkg: 1, Uninstall: 1, Zap: 1
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - finch - 2.14.14-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: finch from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | text-based multi-protocol instant messaging client | https://www.pidgin.im
- Ubuntu apt - finch - 1:2.14.13-1ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: finch from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | text-based multi-protocol instant messaging client | https://www.pidgin.im
- apk - finch - 2.14.14-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: finch from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | text-based multi-protocol instant messaging client | https://pidgin.im/
- dnf - finch - 2.14.14-5.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: finch from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | A text-based user interface for Pidgin | http://pidgin.im/
- zypper - finch - 2.14.14-2.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: finch from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Text-Based User Interface for Pidgin Instant Messaging Client | https://pidgin.im/


## Related links

- [Homebrew Cask packages](https://pkg.so/homebrew-cask-packages/) - Generated from Homebrew Cask package-manager metadata.

## Sources

- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph