# kalker mit Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, scoop, winget installieren Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für kalker in AI-Agent-Workflows. ## Installation ```sh sudo av install brew:kalker ``` Weitere Installationsbefehle: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install kalker ``` Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install kalker ``` Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: math/kalker/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add kalker ``` Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kalker from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#kalker ``` Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ka/kalker/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/kalker ``` Evidenz: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/kalker.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id PaddiM8.kalker -e ``` Evidenz: Windows Package Manager source index: PaddiM8.kalker from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Paketfakten - **Paketschlüssel:** brew:kalker - **Paketmanager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 2.2.3 - **Quellzusammenfassung:** Full-featured calculator with math syntax - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-10T17:56:40Z - **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - kalker (Alias) ## Installationsverhalten - Bottle: nicht verfügbar ## Version und Aktualität - Seite generiert: 2026-08-03 - Manager-Version: 2.2.3 ## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung Kalker is a Rust-based scientific calculator packaged as a command-line tool and also presented as a website, Android app, WebAssembly-backed browser calculator, Rust library, JavaScript binding, and web component. In package-manager terms it belongs to the small but loved class of terminal calculators that try to feel like math notation rather than a four-function shell utility. ### Projektgeschichte The GitHub repository was created on 2020-06-04, and GitHub releases show public 0.1.x builds beginning on 2020-06-12. The README describes Kalker as supporting variables, user-defined functions, complex numbers, differentiation, integration, vectors, matrices, number bases, syntax highlighting, and loading predefined function files. The project split its reusable engine from its front ends: the README identifies the Rust crate `kalk` as the library that powers the tool, plus `@paddim8/kalk` JavaScript bindings and `@paddim8/kalk-component` for browser use. That made Kalker more than a single binary while keeping the Homebrew package focused on the `kalker` executable. ### Adoptionsgeschichte Kalker followed the Rust CLI adoption path: Cargo installation from upstream, release binaries for major desktop platforms, then distribution through package managers including Homebrew, MacPorts, AUR, Nix/NixOS, NetBSD pkgsrc, Scoop, and winget as recorded by its README and batch package metadata. By 2026-07-01, the repository metadata showed roughly low-thousands GitHub stars, enough to mark it as a recognized niche calculator rather than infrastructure software. ### Wie es verwendet wird Typical use is interactive or one-shot calculation with math-like syntax: defining variables and functions, evaluating symbolic-looking expressions, using constants and built-in functions, and loading a personal file of predefined formulas. Its appeal is strongest for people who want a terminal-native calculator without switching mental models to a spreadsheet or CAS notebook. The documented file-loading behavior and default startup file make it useful for recurring domain formulas, such as physics constants or repeated engineering calculations, while staying lightweight enough for shell workflows. ### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren Kalker is interesting to package nerds because it is a multi-surface Rust project whose CLI, library, npm binding, and browser demo all orbit one calculation engine. It also shows the modern pattern of a small desktop utility being available through Cargo, OS package managers, JavaScript packaging, and WebAssembly at the same time. ### Zeitleiste - 2020: GitHub repository created and 0.1.x releases published. - 2024: v2.2.0 released, showing the project had moved well beyond its initial Rust CLI shape. - 2025: v2.2.2 released on GitHub. ### Related projects - `kalk` is the Rust crate behind Kalker, and `@paddim8/kalk` exposes the engine to JavaScript and WebAssembly use. - Kalker sits near terminal calculators such as bc, qalc, and eva, but emphasizes human-readable math syntax and multi-platform app surfaces. ### Quellen - - - - - - ## Sicherheitshinweise narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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 - Linux: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/kalker/default.kalker, ~/.config/kalker/default.kalker - macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/kalker/default.kalker - Windows: %APPDATA%\kalker\default.kalker ## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge - Nix - kalker: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ka/kalker/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - kalker - 2.2.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kalker from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Calculator that supports user-defined variables, functions, differentiation, and integration | https://kalker.xyz - MacPorts - kalker: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: math/kalker/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/kalker: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/kalker.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - PaddiM8.kalker: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: PaddiM8.kalker from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/kalker.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/kalker.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