macOS
brew install arfprovider-native install command
brew / Rang 6020
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für arf in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
brew install arfprovider-native install command
Überblick
Modern R console with syntax highlighting and fuzzy search
Verlauf
arf console, short for Alternative R Frontend, is a new Rust-written cross-platform console for R. It focuses on interactive terminal ergonomics: syntax highlighting, fuzzy history search, meta commands, shell mode, configurable prompts, persistent SQLite-backed history, and an IPC mode for automation.
The GitHub repository was created in January 2026, and v0.1.0 was released later that month. The README warns that arf is under active development and that the configuration and history file formats may still change, which is consistent with its fast early release cadence through the 0.3 and 0.4 series in spring 2026.
Adoption is early but already package-manager oriented. The README documents GitHub release binaries, a shell installer, winget, Scoop, cargo-binstall, Homebrew, AUR, and source installation. The Homebrew formula builds the `arf-console` crate, installs shell completions, and tests config initialization plus history and IPC commands.
Users run `arf` as an alternative R console, optionally selecting an R version through rig or enabling reprex mode. Configuration lives in a platform-specific TOML file, generated with `arf config init`, and runtime usage includes R meta commands such as `:help`, `:shell`, `:history`, `:restart`, and `:quit`.
arf is notable because R console frontends are often Python- or IDE-adjacent, while arf packages a modern terminal REPL as a single Rust binary with no runtime dependencies. Its explicit Homebrew, winget, Scoop, AUR, and release-binary paths make it a good example of a young language-tooling project designed for cross-platform package distribution from the start.
Sicherheitslage
Für arf wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.
Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.
local files
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.
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
~/.config/arf/arf.toml~/Library/Application Support/arf/arf.toml%APPDATA%\arf\arf.tomlExecutables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
arf | Executable | indexiertes Executable | Aus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt. |
Aktualität
Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.
Installationsmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:arf |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.5 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/eitsupi/arf |
| Repository | https://github.com/eitsupi/arf |
| Zuletzt aktualisiert | 2026-08-01T06:42:43Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | nicht erfasst |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Quellspur
Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.
View the package source record on GitHub.