# xe mit Homebrew, apt, Nix installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für xe in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:xe
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install xe
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install xe
```

  Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: xe from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#xe
```

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

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:xe
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Paketmanager-Seite:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/xe>
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Simple xargs and apply replacement
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/leahneukirchen/xe>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/leahneukirchen/xe>
- **Lizenz:** LicenseRef-Homebrew-public-domain
- **Quellarchiv:** <https://github.com/leahneukirchen/xe/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.tar.gz>
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- xe (cli)
- xe (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert
- Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-04
- Manager-Version: 1.0
- lokale Daten: OK
- Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/leahneukirchen/xe
- neueste erkannte Version: v1.0 (aktuell)
- Info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

xe is Leah Neukirchen's compact command-construction utility: a public-domain replacement-style tool that combines favored parts of xargs(1) and apply(1) for executing commands over argument lists.

### Projektgeschichte

The GitHub repository was created in 2015, with the first tag v0.1 following in November 2015 and v1.0 tagged in August 2023. The README presents the project plainly as a simple xargs and apply replacement, and the manpage expands the name as 'execute for every ...'.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

xe's adoption appears modest and Unix-tool focused rather than platform-defining. It reached package managers such as Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu, and Nix because it is a tiny C command with a clear niche: predictable argument splitting, replacement, dry runs, parallel execution, and pattern-based command selection.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Users pipe newline- or NUL-separated arguments into xe, pass arguments directly on the command line, run shell snippets with -s when needed, or use -j for parallel jobs. The manpage examples include compressing files with all CPU cores, removing empty files from another listing command, and converting media with percent rules.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

xe is a package-nerd kind of tool because it exists in the gap between POSIX tradition and day-to-day ergonomics. It does not try to replace the shell; it packages a sharper default behavior for the common 'run this for every thing' pattern.

### Zeitleiste

- 2015-10-24: GitHub repository is created.
- 2015-11-02: v0.1 is tagged.
- 2023-08-01: The xe manpage date records the mature command interface.
- 2023-08-05: v1.0 is tagged.

### Related projects

- xargs is the standard command-construction tool xe explicitly improves on.
- apply is the older utility whose replacement model xe also borrows from.
- GNU parallel and xapply are listed in xe's SEE ALSO section.

### Quellen

- <https://api.github.com/repos/leahneukirchen/xe>
- <https://github.com/leahneukirchen/xe>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/leahneukirchen/xe/master/xe.1>


## Sicherheitshinweise

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** yellow / mittel
- generalized runtime or code generation signal

## Details aus der Quelldatenbank

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** xe
- **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

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - xe - 0.11-5: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: xe from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | simple alternative to xargs and apply | https://git.vuxu.org/xe/about/
- Nix - xe: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/xe/xe/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - xe - 0.11-5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: xe from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | simple alternative to xargs and apply | https://git.vuxu.org/xe/about/


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- [xpipe](https://pkg.so/de/brew/xpipe/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, unix, xargs.
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- [zsh](https://pkg.so/de/brew/zsh/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, unix.
- [all-repos](https://pkg.so/de/brew/all-repos/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: apply, automation, cli, developer, developer-tools.
- [fzy](https://pkg.so/de/brew/fzy/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, simple, unix.
- [git-xargs](https://pkg.so/de/brew/git-xargs/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: automation, cli, developer, developer-tools, xargs.

## Combined YAML source

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


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph