# lnk mit Homebrew installieren

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

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:lnk
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install lnk
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:lnk
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.9.1
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Git-native dotfiles management that doesn't suck
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/yarlson/lnk>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/yarlson/lnk>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-26T13:41:02+02:00
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- lnk (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 0.9.1
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

lnk is a small Go-based dotfiles manager built around Git and symbolic links. Its README describes it as intentionally low-ceremony: it moves files into a Git repo, symlinks them back, and tracks managed paths in plain text.

### Projektgeschichte

The yarlson/lnk GitHub repository was created in May 2025. The project presents itself as a git-native dotfiles manager with no templates and no separate config file, using a default repository location under ~/.config/lnk unless overridden by LNK_HOME or XDG_CONFIG_HOME.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

Official adoption evidence is still thin because lnk is young and primarily distributed through its GitHub repository, GitHub releases, Go install, an install script, and Homebrew. The repository metadata shows several hundred stars by mid-2026, suggesting interest among users who want a simpler alternative to larger dotfile frameworks.

### Wie es verwendet wird

The README's core workflow is init, pull, add, status, diff, push, and host-specific adds. Users keep a Git repository of dotfiles, while lnk restores files to their original paths as symlinks and can keep host-specific files under hostname-based subdirectories.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

lnk is package-nerd relevant as a deliberately minimal entrant in the crowded dotfiles-manager category. It packages a common shell-script pattern into one Homebrew-installable binary while staying close to Git and POSIX symlinks.

### Zeitleiste

- 2025: The yarlson/lnk repository is created.
- 2025: README documents Homebrew, release binaries, and go install as installation paths.
- 2026: Repository metadata shows continued activity and package-manager availability through Homebrew.

### Related projects

- Git, GNU Stow, chezmoi, and yadm occupy related dotfiles-management territory.
- lnk distinguishes itself by using a plain Git repository and symlink restoration rather than a template-heavy configuration system.

### Quellen

- <https://api.github.com/repos/yarlson/lnk>
- <https://github.com/yarlson/lnk>
- source_facts.package-manager


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Combined YAML source

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


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph