# gmailctl mit Homebrew, dnf, MacPorts, Nix installieren Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für gmailctl in AI-Agent-Workflows. ## Installation ```sh sudo av install brew:gmailctl ``` Weitere Installationsbefehle: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install gmailctl ``` Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install gmailctl ``` Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: mail/gmailctl/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install gmailctl ``` Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gmailctl from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#gmailctl ``` Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gm/gmailctl/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Paketfakten - **Paketschlüssel:** brew:gmailctl - **Paketmanager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 0.12.0 - **Quellzusammenfassung:** Declarative configuration for Gmail filters - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-29T16:05:03+02:00 - **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - gmailctl (Alias) ## Installationsverhalten - Bottle: nicht verfügbar ## Version und Aktualität - Seite generiert: 2026-08-03 - Manager-Version: 0.12.0 ## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung gmailctl is a Go command-line tool for maintaining Gmail filters as declarative Jsonnet configuration. It treats mail filtering rules as code: users edit a local configuration, review a diff, and apply the result through the Gmail API instead of importing XML filters by hand. ### Projektgeschichte The public repository was created in 2018 by Marco Bertoni. The README frames the project around a practical frustration with long, hard-to-audit Gmail filter lists and contrasts gmailctl with tools that generate XML for manual import. The project developed around a small CLI surface: init, edit, diff, apply, download, export, and debug. Versioned GitHub releases show a 0.x series continuing from 2021 through 2026, with prebuilt binaries and Go installation documented upstream. ### Adoptionsgeschichte gmailctl's adoption story is that of a focused personal-infrastructure tool rather than a large ecosystem platform. It reached package managers such as Homebrew, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, and Snap, making a Gmail-account automation workflow installable through normal workstation provisioning. The repository's star count and package availability indicate a recognizable niche among users who want email rules to live in version control and code review, especially people already comfortable with command-line tools and declarative configuration. ### Wie es verwendet wird Practitioners run gmailctl init to set up Gmail API access, then use gmailctl edit or a local Jsonnet file to maintain filters. The tool can show diffs against Gmail settings, apply the local configuration, export XML, and download existing filters as a migration starting point. Its main operational value is repeatability: filter rules can be reviewed, backed up, refactored, and reapplied, while credentials and tokens stay in the gmailctl configuration directory. ### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren For package users, gmailctl is a small example of SaaS configuration drifting into dotfile territory. It packages the hidden state of a Gmail account as a CLI-managed artifact, so a mail workflow can be installed and upgraded alongside other command-line tools. ### Zeitleiste - 2018: Public GitHub repository created. - 2021: Version 0.10.0 published in the GitHub releases stream. - 2026: Version 0.12.0 published. ### Related projects - gmail-britta is cited by the README as an earlier Gmail-filter DSL approach based around XML import. - Jsonnet supplies the configuration language used for composable Gmail filter definitions. ### Quellen - - - ## Sicherheitshinweise Für gmailctl wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat. ## 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: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gmailctl/config.jsonnet, ~/.config/gmailctl/config.jsonnet, ~/.gmailctl/config.jsonnet ## Credential files - Unix: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gmailctl/credentials.json, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gmailctl/token.json, ~/.config/gmailctl/credentials.json, ~/.config/gmailctl/token.json, ~/.gmailctl/credentials.json, ~/.gmailctl/token.json ## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge - Nix - gmailctl: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gm/gmailctl/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - dnf - gmailctl - 0.12.0-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gmailctl from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Declarative configuration for Gmail filters | https://github.com/mbrt/gmailctl - MacPorts - gmailctl: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: mail/gmailctl/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/gmailctl.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/gmailctl.yml) ## Quellen - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph